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Engineering Sector London: Opportunities for 2025 in energy & renewables
Event Details
Engineering Sector
Thursday 15th May 2025
Registrations and refreshments 2:30pm-3:00pm
Meeting: 3:00pm-5:00pm
Venue: Trowers & Hamlins, 3 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8YZ
Networking drinks from 5pm
Meeting Agenda
3:00pm Welcome & introduction
Lindsay Harrison, Chief Customer Officer, Rullion
3:05pm APSCo update
Samantha Hurley, Managing Director, APSCo UK
3:10pm Opportunities and risks of SOW in the US
Carla Roberts, US Legal Director at WTT Group
In her session, she will explore the opportunities and risks of SOW in the US, covering key topics like contract structure (MSA + SOW), exclusivity, indemnities, termination clauses, and more.
3:45pm Update on all things Employment Rights Bill
Nicola Ihnatowicz, Employment Law Partner, Trowers & Hamlins
Nicola will focus on the latest updates to the Employment Rights Bill and how the proposed legislative changes may impact recruitment businesses. She will cover key areas of employment law reform and explore what these developments mean for business operations and workforce planning.
The session will also examine the future of zero hours contracts, agency temps, and umbrella companies, highlighting the evolving landscape of flexible working arrangements. It will address the regulatory complexities surrounding these staffing models and consider the broader implications for compliance, strategy, and competitiveness in the recruitment sector.
4:20pm Powering the Energy Transition: An Abundance Mindset for Workforce Growth.
John Shepherd, Client Services Director at Rullion Ltd
He’ll challenge the idea of talent scarcity in the Energy Transition, share ways to unlock hidden potential through more inclusive hiring, and discuss how to future-proof the workforce by embracing transferable skills, diversity, and new approaches to hiring.
Speakers
John Shepherd
Rullion, Client Services Director
John is the Client Services Director at Rullion, one of the UK’s leading recruitment partners in the nuclear and wider energy sectors. With over 15 years of experience in talent strategy and workforce planning, John works closely with some of the country’s most ambitious infrastructure and energy clients to tackle their most pressing skills challenges.
Passionate about creating inclusive and future-ready workforces, John is currently focused on shifting the narrative around talent scarcity in the Energy Transition—championing a more optimistic, opportunity-led approach to recruitment. Through his work, he helps clients unlock hidden potential in the workforce by challenging conventional hiring mindsets, recognising transferable skills, and building diverse talent pipelines.
Nicola Ihnatowicz
Trowers & Hamlins, Partner, Employment and Pensions
Nicola Ihnatowicz is a partner in the Employment and Pensions Department at Trowers & Hamlins LLP, and specialises in all aspects of human resources and employment law for employers and recruitment businesses.
Nicola specialises in supporting businesses to become "Employers of the Future". Her expertise includes advising on sustainable workforces, achieving inclusivity and business transformation. She also supports employers with difficult employee relations matters, such as changing terms and conditions, managing stress at work, reasonable adjustments, discrimination and harassment investigations, and restructures and redundancies.
Nicola regularly advises and represents clients on Employment Tribunal matters and has recently dealt with complex claims for discrimination and harassment, holiday pay, whistleblowing and workplace stress. She is a frequent speaker at seminars and conferences, including the firm's weekly online Q&A "Trowers Tuesday".
Nicola chairs the firm's Social Impact Committee and has experience as a charity trustee.
Carla Roberts
WTT Legal , US Legal Director
Dual-qualified (UK/US) lawyer with extensive experience in the staffing and insurance industries. Expertise in both UK/US traditional staffing models (perm/temp) and outsourcing arrangements (specifically managed service and recruitment process outsourcing), Statement of Work ("SOW") model, IR35/Off-Payroll legislation and classification issues, employment status, commercial contracts, supply chain due diligence, employment and regulatory law, risk management, insurance and compliance. Attended UCLA (undergraduate), Southwestern College of Law (Los Angeles) and College of Law (London).