The Walpole British Luxury Summit

2025

Setting the course for luxury

Hosted at The Londoner in Leicester Square, our annual Walpole British Luxury Summit brings together over 300 luxury professionals and expert speakers to share multifaceted, exclusive insights across the industries that form the foundation of our country’s luxury sector. Across a day of keynote talks, panels and workshops, guests will gain access to cutting-edge research, leading voices and game-changing analysis that will help set their businesses up for success, as well as incredible networking opportunities with the industry’s most notable players.

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The Summit

Join us on Thursday 15th May 2025 as we discuss the strategic challenges and opportunities for our sector in the coming years, how our industry's fastest-growing players prioritise people and future-proof skills, and the emerging global markets you need to know about.

In-person tickets are now available for both Walpole members and non-members for the following early bird rates:

Walpole member tickets from £737 + VAT & fees
Non-member tickets are priced from £1,226 + VAT & fees

Walpole members please email [email protected] to receive your code.

This rate is available until 11.59pm Wednesday 14th May 2025 only.

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What to expect on the day…

What’s on the agenda? See all the key talks, presentations, speakers and timings at the Walpole British Luxury Summit 2025 (subject to change)

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Summit Speakers

A hallmark of the Walpole British Luxury Summit is an agenda filled with notable names sharing their cutting-edge industry insights. This year’s speakers included…

Andrea Baldo

Chief Executive Officer

Mulberry

Amrita Banta

Managing Director

Agility Research & Strategy

Rebecca Burdess

Global Head of Guest Experience and Services

Maybourne

Patrick Chalhoub

Executive Chairman

Chalhoub Group

Freddie Denham Webb

Co-Founder & Creative Director

Father

Dr George Gaitanos

Chief Operating & Scientific Officer

Chenot Group

Jonathan Kiman

Chief Marketing Officer

Burberry

Sabyasachi Mukherjee

Founder

Sabyasachi

Chioma Nnadi

Head of Editorial Content

British Vogue

Christopher Sanderson

Co-Founder

The Future Laboratory

Divia Thani

Global Editorial Director

Condé Nast Traveller

Kate Woolhouse

CEO

Hooke

Michael Ward

Managing Director

Harrods

Summit Sponsors

Since its inaugural event two decades ago, the Walpole British Luxury Summit has been supported by some of the most dynamic companies.

Summit News

Events

30th Apr 2024

All the photos from the Walpole British Luxury Summit 2024

The Walpole British Luxury Summit returned to its home at The Londoner hotel in Leicester Square this April, uniting over 300 luxury leaders who gathered to hear expert insights and exclusive analyses into where our sector is headed over the coming year. Couldn't join us in person? Take a look at all the photos from the event here

The Interview

10th Oct 2023

Katy Wickremesinghe and Rankin discuss why it's more important than ever for luxury brands to push boundaries

Earlier this year at the Walpole British Luxury Summit 2023, Katy Wickremesinghe – founder of cultural consultancy The Wick – took to the stage with internationally renowned photographer – and founder of the RANKIN CREATIVE agency – Rankin to speak about his life in images, the luxury sector and why brands should let culture inspire them to tell stories in exciting new ways

British Luxury Summit

24th Apr 2023

Four reasons why Hong Kong matters to luxury brands

Ahead of the upcoming Walpole British Luxury Summit 2023, InvestHK – one of our Associate Partners who will also be a part of our panel about the high-end customer in Asia – shares four reasons why Hong Kong is a prime location for any business in the luxury sector to consider.