Malcolm Hurlston CBE
Chairman
Esop Centre

Malcolm Hurlston chairs the Employee Share Ownership Centre which he founded in 1988. He is visiting professor at the University of Westminster and a mentor in entrepreneurship. His core business is Hurlstons, an international political media and research consultancy. In addition he chairs non-profits the Financial Inclusion Centre, Registry Trust and Irish Judgments. He is president of the UK's biggest debt charity, Foundation for Credit Counselling (now t/a StepChange), which he founded in 1993. His work in financial services was recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours List 2013 when he was awarded a CBE. He is a high risk investor who runs his own Small Self-Administered Scheme.

David Craddock
Founder and Director
David Craddock Consultancy Services

David Craddock is a consultant specialising in employee share ownership and reward management, operating through his own business, David Craddock Consultancy Services, which he founded in 1997. He addresses all aspects of an employee share scheme project from design and implementation, tax and legal compliance to communication, administration and the ongoing maintenance of employee share schemes. He works with varied clientele ranging from major public limited companies with international share scheme considerations to private businesses across the full SME sector. David lectures regularly on employee share ownership matters and contributes to conferences and seminars worldwide. He is the author of Tolley’s Guide to Employee Share Schemes, The ICSA Employee Share Schemes Handbook and the employee share scheme sections of The Croner Reward A to Z Essentials of Pay and Benefits.

Garry Karch
Managing Partner
RM2 Partnership

Garry Karch is a long-term employee ownership corporate finance professional. He is a co-founder of RM2 Corporate Finance, the corporate finance advisory affiliate of The RM2 Partnership. He brings over 25 years of employee ownership advisory and investment banking experience in the United States to RM2 Corporate Finance. During his time in the US, he served for many years on the ESOP Association’s Advisory Committee on Finance and was also a long-term member of the National Center for Employee Ownership. He has been a frequent speaker on structuring and financing employee ownership transactions throughout his career.