--- title: "Guest speaker Stuart Popham" url: "https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2016-11-30-guest-speaker-stuart-popham" school: "Riverside Secondary School" --- [Click here to apply for Riverside 6th Form](https://riversideschool.applicaa.com/year12) # Guest speaker Stuart Popham ![Image of Guest speaker Stuart Popham](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/news/277.jpg) 30 November 2016 Guest speaker Stuart Popham On Thursday 24th November, Riverside School welcomed its latest guest as part of the highly successful *Speakers for Schools* programme: Stuart Popham. Stuart joined Citigroup in July as Vice Chairman EMEA Banking. Until December 2010, he was the Senior Partner of Clifford Chance LLP, one of the world’s leading law firms where he chaired the firm’s Partnership Council, the supervisory board of the worldwide firm. He joined Clifford Chance in 1976 and was elected to the Partnership in 1984. He held various roles within the firm including leading the Banking and Finance practice areas between 1999 and 2003, becoming the Senior Partner in 2003. Stuart chairs *TheCityUK* which promotes financial services. Stuart is also a member of the business Advisory Forum of the Saïd Business School, Oxford University and also sits on the Council of The Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House). He is a non-executive director of Legal and General Insurance and is a Patron of the Whitehall Industry Group. Stuart is a member of the CBI and was for a number of years Chair of the London Region and sat on the Chairman’s and other committees. He is an International Envoy for London. Stuart addressed Year 9 and 10 students and spoke of his upbringing, career and hobbies. Students were very impressed by Stuart’s openness to answer any and all questions and his approachable nature after he had finished speaking. He gave the students some excellent advice for their futures, including an emphasis on the fact that things will often go wrong and that failure should be embraced, as well as the importance of seeking a career that excites you. I’d like to thank Stuart for taking time out of his busy schedule to speak to our students. [ Revision SEND year 11 workshop](https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2016-11-29-revision-send-year-11-workshop) [Urban fieldwork at Greenwich Millennium Village, year 10 GCSE ](https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2016-12-05-urban-fieldwork-at-greenwich-millennium-village-year-10-gcse) ![Riverside Secondary School](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/logo/Logo_Footer.png) ### Riverside Secondary School Renwick Road Barking IG11 0FU 0203 946 5888 ### Social Media - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/riverside_campus/) [![Partnership Learning](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/logo/AAAPartnership-Learning_white.png)](https://partnershiplearning.com) © Copyright 2026 Riverside Secondary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://riverside-secondary.com/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)