Staff shortages and retention plans, client cannibalisation, new business tactics, performance benchmarking, regulatory consultation processes and building an industry that will survive external market forces are all topics to be discussed in a new event for senior private bankers, A Meeting of Minds. Scorpio Partnership, along with Owen James have created the Meeting of Minds approach, to hold boardroom style sessions and discuss pre-agreed agenda topics. The event will take place at the Lanesborough Hotel in London on 24 May 2007. “The Meeting of Minds is a CEO-style meeting series involving business leaders from across the industry. It is a pioneering approach to develop intelligent thought leadership and this is core to our approach. "At Scorpio Partnership we passionately believe the debate about the future of the industry needs to be collectively discussed among the market influencers with pro-active outcomes as a result. To date, too much time is spent chasing each other’s tails rather than actually going out and seizing the massive market opportunities of the HNW world,” said Sebastian Dovey, managing partner, Scorpio Partnership. The Meetings will include input from invited high net worth clients including a former premier league football manager as well as several business entrepreneurs. These clients have been briefed to inform the visionaries exactly what their expectations are from the industry and whether they are getting these solutions now. There will also be external input from market specialists in the field of business differentiation and employee retention. The event will also include an exclusive insight into Scorpio Partnership’s latest annual Global Private Banking Benchmarking Survey. For more information call Evie Owen Tel: +44 (0)1483 862692.