

Navigating your BA Career: Choices, challenges and clarity
16th May, 6pm - 8pm, hosted by Deloitte, Manchester with key note from Christina Lovelock
Whether you feel stuck in a rut or just want to take stock, we can all learn and develop from making time to reflect. In this interactive session we will discuss common BA career choices and challenges, and apply simple yet powerful techniques to help achieve career clarity.
This session is suitable for both business analysts who are just starting out and experienced BAs looking to advance in their careers. Join us to discuss and learn from fellow BAs, to help you make informed decisions and understand your options.
We will finish off the event with a short panel Q&A which will include Christina. The panel will answer questions on a variety of subject matter regarding BA career options, including but not limited to BA specialisation, consulting, BA management and simply getting to that next stage of being a better BA.
About the speaker

Christina Lovelock is the co-author of the BCS book Delivering Business Analysis and writes for BA Times, BA Digest and ITNow magazine. She is active in the BA professional community, attending and regularly speaking at national and international conferences. She has led digital transformation and continuous improvement in several public sector organisations, built BA teams from 120 Business Analysts and now works as a consultant and coach.
She is committed to the development of the BA profession, has introduced entry level BA roles into her organisations, chaired the development of the UK National BA Apprenticeship standard and co-founded the global initiative BA School Day. She is a director of the BA Manager Forum and the Director of Community at Herd Consulting.
She is committed to the development of the BA profession, has introduced entry level BA roles into her organisations, chaired the development of the UK National BA Apprenticeship standard and co-founded the global initiative BA School Day. She is a director of the BA Manager Forum and the Director of Community at Herd Consulting.
Christina would be delighted to connect: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christina-lovelock/
Important notes:
Refreshments will be provided on the day.
Specialist dietary requirements: please contact the organiser (alfa04@handelsbanken.co.uk) directly should you have any specialist dietary requirements that we need to cater for. There is also an option to tell us about this at registration via the website.
Accessibility: please also contact the organiser should you have any specific access needs that we need to be aware of before the day. There is also an option to tell us about this at registration via the website.
Getting to the event: The Hanover Building is just a couple of minutes by foot from Manchester Victoria station and also within walking distance of Manchester Piccadilly station.
Full address: The Hanover Building, Corporation Street Manchester, MAN M4 4AH.
Time and Date: The event will take place on 16th May between 6pm and 8pm. Doors open at 5:30pm. All attendees will be directed to the relevant location via The Hanover Building reception on the ground floor.