The EEF’s head of employment and skills, Tim Thomas, is to speak at an Investec Wealth & Investment event on 18 November.

Entitled The Economy: Opportunity and risk, this event will take place at the Swinfen Hall Hotel, near Lichfield. Registration opens at 4.30pm; proceedings will get under way at 5pm and are scheduled to finish at 6.30pm.

Other speakers include John Wyn-Evans, Investec’s head of investment strategy, and Victoria Garrad, a partner at the Gateley law firm in Birmingham. To attend this event, e-mail .