CIA’s legendary flagship dinner is one of the most prestigious in the business calendar. The Dinner will be held on 17 November 2022 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London’s Park Lane. The CIA Annual Dinner is an occasion for celebration, networking and great entertainment.

The evening provides an excellent opportunity to entertain valued existing clients, network with prospective customers and generate new business contacts. Senior representatives of chemical companies and influential figures from industry, government, stakeholders, the city and the news media will all be in attendance.

The after-dinner speaker will be Lord Daniel Finkelstein.

Lord Finkelstein is a columnist and broadcaster and former Executive Editor and Associate Editor of The Times. He began his career as Chair of the Young Social Democrats, a group of whom went on to join the Conservatives. After serving as director of a Westminster think tank focusing on social policy, he became a political advisor to John Major and then William Hague and Secretary to the Shadow Cabinet. He played an early role in attempts to modernise the party alongside the likes of David Cameron and George Osborne.

Following a brief spell in data communications he joined The Times, started their blog, and worked his way up to the leader columns. He has also written a highly regarded and very distinctive statistics-based football review, and regular columns for The Jewish Chronicle.

Known for taking an objective, insider's view of Westminster, Lord Finkelstein is a prominent commentator in the media, and a regular on Radio 4's satirical panel show The News Quiz. He provides a sharp and entertaining insight into the political scene examining the key policies and personalities with wry humour and genuine knowledge. Don’t miss out on the industry event of the year.

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