Cross-Sector Perspectives on Addressing Skills Demands in line with Net Migration Targets
Author WIG Date 13 Aug 2024
A recording of the WIG Panel Event: Cross-Sector Perspectives on Addressing Skills Demands in line with Net Migration Targets
With the high levels of immigration experienced in the UK over recent years, the government has committed to bringing the numbers down. This presents organisations and sectors with a potential shortage of skilled workers, and the need to develop a new approach to addressing skills gaps.
This cross-sector panel discussion will explore how organisations are meeting this challenge, and how greater collaboration across the sectors can develop and futureproof the UK’s skilled workforce.
Watch now to:
• Understand how reducing net migration is impacting UK-based organisations
• Gain key insights into how various industries are meeting challenges faced by skills shortages
Closed captions and transcripts are available.
Please note the Q&A is not included in this recording.
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Speakers at this event
Ann Watson has been the Chief Executive Officer of Enginuity Group (formerly known as Semta) since 2015 and works strategically with engineering employers to identify and develop solutions to the many skills challenges within the sector.
With over 20 years of experience in the skills and engineering sectors, Ann has a unique breadth and depth of knowledge, developed through a variety of senior roles in relevant organisations.
Prior to her appointment as Enginuity CEO, Ann spent two years as the Chief Operating Officer, taking the business through a major transformational programme to ensure it better met the needs of employers. She also has over 10 years of experience working within a leading awarding organisation including her role as Managing Director of EAL.
Partner Jurga McCluskey leads Deloitte’s UK immigration practice, one of the largest in the industry. Jurga is also part of the executive leadership team of Deloitte’s Global Employer Services business. She is an award-winning immigration expert with some 20 years’ experience in immigration.
Fluent in several languages, Jurga offers her blue-chip clients succinct, astute advice on how to combine immigration compliance with their business needs. She advises global organisations across technology, financial services, engineering and oil and gas sectors amongst others.
Jurga also covers highly complex personal, HNW and corporate immigration issues. Skilled at dealing with immigration corporate governance and global compliance audits, Jurga has extensive experience with emergency evacuation projects for corporate clients, including from Egypt, Libya, Algeria and Afghanistan. She regularly advises on immigration-related business continuity issues, including remote working and right to work issues which came to the fore during the pandemic.
Jurga leads Deloitte’s Global Government Relations team and is regularly called on to provide expert guidance on immigration matters. Jurga also sits on the Home Office Employer Advisory Group.
In 2021, Jurga was recognised as one of the Top 10 Most Powerful Women in the professional services industry. She is contributing editor for Legal500’s first ever Corporate Immigration Guide, as well as the first ever Chambers and Partners Corporate Immigration Guide. She is a member and past Chair of the Immigration Committee of the Worldwide ERC.