Meyler Campbell Annual Lecture 2027
The Coaching CEO: Lessons from 26 years of leading organisations and building high-performing teams with Dame Carolyn McCall, CEO of ITV
What you need to know
Date: Tuesday 16th March 2027
Time: 6:00pm arrival, 6:30pm lecture, followed by drinks & canapés
Venue: 30 Euston Square, London NW1 2FB
Join us for an evening of insight, challenge, and meaningful connection with a lecture delivered by one of our own alumni – Dame Carolyn McCall.
We are delighted to have the opportunity to hear first-hand from a formidable business leader renowned for transforming some of the UK’s most influential organisations. Carolyn McCall is the CEO of the UK’s number one broadcaster, ITV, and was previously the CEO of The Guardian Media Group and easyJet; she also currently serves as President of the Marketing Society.
Carolyn will offer crucial insights into the challenges facing CEOs today, and as a graduate of the Meyler Campbell Mastered programme herself, will share her own reflections of the role coaching has in optimising performance for today’s business leaders.
Join us on the 16th March
This event promises to offer crucial insights for performance for today’s leaders, from a formidable business leader herself – don’t miss your chance to attend.
What you can expect
Drawing on 26 years of leading influential organisations, building high-performing teams and navigating major deals in a fiercely competitive digital world, Carolyn will share insights into:
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Leadership and Transformation
Offering lessons from 26 years of leading organisations and building high-performing teams, we will hear more about what has been paramount to Carolyn’s continued success as a leader across well-known businesses.
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Impact of Coaching
As an alumnus of the Meyler Campbell Mastered programme, Carolyn will share more about the impact coaching has had on her, where coaching skills has adapted her leadership style, and what more CEOs need for their development.
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Challenges Facing CEOs
Carolyn has successfully broken barriers by running three major companies across very different sectors, serving as CEO of Guardian Media Group (2006–2010), easyJet (2010–2017), and ITV plc (2018–present), and as such will offer crucial insights into the challenges facing CEOs in today’s world.
About Dame Carolyn McCall
Dame Carolyn McCall, CEO of ITV plc since 2018, has transformed the business to thrive in a fiercely competitive digital media world. ITV transitioned from a linear-only broadcaster into a media and entertainment business with successful streamer ITVX and a scaled, expanding global production business. She negotiated selling ITV’s Media & Entertainment arm to Sky for up to £1.6 billion, subject to regulatory approval. If approved, ITV Studios will become an independent, UK-listed, global company.
As easyJet CEO (2010-2017), she led a customer-focused turnaround, making travel easier and affordable, quadrupling its share price. As Guardian Media Group CEO (2006-2010), she led six divisions and created an investment trust securing the Guardian’s financial and editorial security. From 2002, as Guardian News and Media Ltd CEO, she launched the Guardian’s first website.
In 2024, Carolyn joined the Royal Ballet and Opera House Board. She is a Bridgepoint plc Non-Executive Director and The Marketing Society’s President. Past NED roles include Burberry (SID), Tesco, Lloyds TSB, and New Look Group plc. A Royal Academy Trustee for eight years, she chaired its Corporate Advisory Board.
She holds a 2016 DBE for services to aviation and 2008 OBE for services to women in business. Named 2008 Veuve Clicquot Businesswoman of the Year, she has leadership awards from Evening Standard, City AM, and Management Today. Carolyn graduated from the Meyler Campbell Mastered programme in 2021.
More from Carolyn
Fierce competition and shifts in viewership
ITV CEO Carolyn McCall's Keynote | RTS London Convention 2026
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UK Keynote: Carolyn McCall, ITV | RTS Cambridge Convention 2023
In conversation with BBC Chief Economics Correspondent Dharshini David, ITV Chief Executive Carolyn McCall, gives a progress report on ITVX, and talks about the company’s upcoming business challenges.
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Power Women Network | 2020
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Media Mastermind Keynote with Carolyn McCall, Chief Executive at ITV | Mipcom 2018
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Watch >>Carolyn McCall on Transformative Leadership
An interview with CMI | April 2017
In this 2017 interview, then easyJet CEO, Carolyn McCall reflects on leading the airline through political and economic turbulence while sustaining strong performance. The article presents transformation as the product of operational discipline, open communication and people-focused leadership.
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