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Mark Rydquist

Mark Rydquist
Managing Director EMEA Financial Services
Google

David Whittaker

David Whittaker
Chief Controls Officer
Monzo

Megan Caywood Cooper

Megan Caywood Cooper 
Founder and CEO
Caywood Limited

Marnix van Stiphout

Marnix van Stiphout
Chief Operating Officer
ING

Nick Bennett

Nick Bennett
CTOO
Castle Trust Bank

Sharon Maguire

Sharon Maguire
Chief Operating Officer & Chief Product Officer
Cynergy Bank

Ciara Moore

Ciara Moore
Former Chief Data & Digital Officer
Bank of Ireland

Steven Cooper CBE

Steven Cooper
CEO
Aldermore Bank

Devie Mohan

Devie Mohan
Founder and CEO
Burnmark

Alexey Gabsatarov

Alexey Gabsatarov
CTO
Kroo Bank

Richard Davies

Richard Davies
CEO
Allica Bank

Sue Hayes

Sue Hayes
Chief Executive Officer
Nottingham Building Society

Hanna Sarraf

Hanna Sarraf
Chief Risk Officer
Monzo Europe

Janine Hirt

Janine Hirt
CEO
Innovate Finance

Joy Adams

Joy Adams
COO, Digital Assets Transformation
Deutsche Bank

Dara Sosulski

Dara Sosulski
Managing Director, Head of AI and Model Management
HSBC

Tim Waterman

Tim Waterman
Chief Commercial Officer
Zopa Bank

Simone Steel
Chief Data Architect, Head of Data Engineering
Deutsche Bank

Fleur de Koning
Managing Director
Citi

Prab Bajwa

Prab Bajwa
Senior Digital Asset Risk Officer
State Street

Rubi Kaur

Rubi Kaur
Chief Enterprise Architect
Lloyds Banking Group

Anna de Rosier

Anna de Rosier
Former COO
Formerly Unity Trust Bank

Frances Haque

Frances Haque
Chief Economist
Santander

Annabel Heaney

Annabel Heaney
Chief Compliance Officer
Revolut Trading

Marco Eijsackers

Marco Eijsackers
Global Head of Tech Strategy
ING

Sadeque Ahmed

Sadeque Ahmed
Head of Product – Digital Onboarding & KYC
JPMorgan Chase

Mukund Umalkar

Mukund Umalkar
Director, Digital Strategy and Innovation, Wholesale Bank
ING

Edoardo Volta

Edoardo Volta
SVP – Partner Marketing and Business Development
Curve

Tanvi Gokhale

Tanvi Gokhale
Head of Strategy, Retail Bank 
NatWest 

Ishtiaq Ahmed

Ishtiaq Ahmed Mohammed
Global Product Lead – Emerging Tech & Innovation 
HSBC 

Marili Anderson (1)

Marili Anderson
Managing Director, Head of UK Compliance
Rabobank London Branch

Deborah O'Neill

Deborah O’Neill
Partner and Head of Digital 
Oliver Wyman 

Ahmad Shadid

Ahmad Shadid
Chief Data Officer 
Bank of Jordan 

Rupy Malizia

Rupy Malizia
Chief Operating & Transformation Officer
HSBC Innovation Banking

Heather Adams

Heather Adams
MD, Global Risk and Compliance Consulting Lead 
Accenture 

Stuart Simmons
Financial Services Director 
Denodo 

Monika Kashyap

Monika Kashyap
Head of Decisioning, UK Commercial Banking
HSBC

Frank De Jonghe, PhD

Frank De Jonghe, PhD
Partner – Modelling, Analytics & AI
EY

Rajat Bhatla

Rajat Bhatla
Senior Enterprise Architect 
Lloyds Banking group 

Simon Bennett

Simon Bennett
Chief Technical Officer 
Rackspace Technology 

Vikas Sengar
Service Design Lead
Natwest Group

Emily Cook
Founder and
Performance Coach

FOUND

Veronique Constans
Former Cash Management and Payments Product
Lloyds Bank

Brian Massey

Brian Massey
Managing Partner
Anordea

Hazem El Taha

Hazem EL Taha
Global Head of MarTech, IWBP
HSBC

Sulabh Agarwal

Sulabh Agarwal
Managing Director – Global Payments Lead
Accenture

Alec Boere (1)

Alec Boere
Former Innovation and Programme Director, Gen Ai Innovation Lab
Danske Bank

Omer Rosenbaum

Omer Rosenbaum
CTO & Co-Founder
Swimm

Trisha Price

Trisha Price
Field Chief Product Officer
Pendo

Vinod Sekharankutty

Vinod Sekharankutty
Managing Director – Financial Services
Accenture

Dave Chapman
Chief Cloud Evangelist & host of ‘Cloud Realities’ podcast
Capgemini

Catherine Abell
Financial Services Innovation Director
Accenture

Vijay Lulla

Vijay Lulla
EMEA Head of Cross-Currency Payments
J.P. Morgan

Mohammed Chaudhri
Chief Economist
Experian

Claire Tracey

Claire Tracey
Partner
Oliver Wyman

Aysara Yusupova

Aysara Yusupova
Head of Digital Channel Solutions
Standard Chartered Bank

Anuradhi Widyalankara

Anuradhi Widyalankara 
Director
EY

Damon Roberts

Damon Roberts
Managing Director – UKI Banking Transformation Lead
Accenture

Jonathon Wright

Jonathon Wright
CTO
Keysight

Roberto-Napolitano-

Roberto Napolitano
Chief Marketing Officer
Innovate Finance

Michael Anyfantakis

Michael Anyfantakis
Founder
Vigilant AI²

Christopher Lomas
VP, Product
Dow Jones

Angela Johnson de wet
Head of Engineering
NatWest

Luca Zaccagnino
Former Head of UBS Next Connect
UBS

Karen Zhang
Fintech & VC Partnerships Lead
Google Cloud

Vitor D’Agnoluzzo
Partner
Bain & Company

Anna McKinven

Anna McKinven
Managing Director – Financial Services
Accenture

Nishma Gosrani
Advisory Partner – Financial Services
Bain and Company

Roisin Levine
Head of UK & Europe, Wise Platform
Wise

Saloni Thanki

Saloni Thanki 
Strategic Transformation Consultant, Board & AI Advisor 
Parinama Tech

Jamie Burink

Jamie Burink
Director Lending
Akkuro by Topicus

Ben Boswell
CEO
D|OPS Digital

Eduardo Roma

Eduardo Roma
Partner & Global Head of Customer Experience Transformation
Bain & Company United Kingdom LLP

Matthew Armstrong
Solution Director, Financial Services
Rackspace Technology

Rashee Pandey

Rashee Pandey
Associate Director, Membership and Growth 
Innovate Finance 

Abid Mumtaz
Global Head of Partnerships,
Wise Platform
Wise

Christopher Hinitt

Christopher Hinitt
Global Head of Digital Banking & Operations
PA Consulting

Helen Packard
Head of Department, Market Oversight Data & Intelligence
FCA

Kevin Mountford

Kevin Mountford
C-Founder
Raisin UK

Huw Davies

Huw Davies
Co-Founder & CEO
Ozone API

Andreia Cruz

Andreia Cruz
Head Of Credit Risk
Redwood Bank

Damian Parker

Damian Parker
Head of Financial Services & Banking
Quadient

Rory Tanner

Rory Tanner
Head of UK Government Affairs
Revolut

Deborah McBrearty
Director – London Markets Insurance Lead
Accenture

Waheed Mahmood
Financial Services Lead
Rackspace Technology

Aadil Bundeally
Transformation Director & GRC Expert

Danielle Battleson

Danielle Battleson
Executive Director – Customer Experience
JP Morgan Chase

Simon Jones

Simon Jones
Independent Treasury & Payments Expert

Gareth Evans

Gareth Evans
Head of Strategic Partnerships, UK Commercial Banking
HSBC UK

Niresh Rajah

Niresh Rajah
Chief Data & AI Officer
DLA Piper LLP

Renuka Rawlins
Government Affairs & Policy Manager
Revolut

Jeremy Mason

Jeremy Mason
Chief Digital Architect
Lloyds Banking Group

Gary Pemberton

Gary Pemberton
Senior Sales Engineer
Denodo

Havi Majinthan

Havi Majinthan
Open Banking Customer Journey Manager
Lloyds Banking

Mitul Vadgama

Mitul Vadgama
Advanced Analytics and Insights Chapter Lead
Lloyds Banking Group 

Dominic McEvoy

Dominic McEvoy
Account Executive Portworx
Pure Storage

Vincent Brennan

Vincent Brennan
Banking & Payments Advisor 
 Accenture

Olivia Shipton
Partner
Boston Consulting Group

Arabella Arcuragi

Arabella Arcuragi
Associate Partner, Strategy & Transformation
IBM Consulting

Jobin Kuruvilla
Head of DevOps Practice
Adaptavist

Dave Roycroft

Dave Roycroft
Senior Partner 
Korn Ferry

Gerald Chappell

Gerald Chappell
CEO and Co-Founder
Abound

Paras Skka
Strategy, Transformation & Inclusive Innovation Advisor
Independent

Nick Perrett
Co-founder and CEO
Prosper

Tessa Surcouf

Tessa Surcouf
Sales Manager
ERI

Charlie Gordon

Charlie Gordon
Insight Director
Kantar Media

Mathieu Staniulis

Mathieu Staniulis
Chief Transformation Officer
Desjardins

Lynne Marlor
Co-Founder
Women in Digital Assets Forum

Alasdair Keith

Alasdair Keith
Director, BCG Vantage. Retail Banking 
BCG

Moira O’Neill
Freelance journalist and Financial Times Money columnist
Self-employed

Christian Moser

Christian Moser
Chief of Digital Experience
Zühlke

Hitesh Parmar

Hitesh Parmar
Banking & Markets Director – Digital Modernisation
Baringa

Marcus Martinez
Industry Advisor EMEA FSI
Microsoft

Jon Holden

Jon Holden
Former CISO
Atom Bank

Nikkita Morjaria
Financial Services Technology Transformation Director
Baringa

Bana Akkad Azhari

Bana Akkad Azhari
Head of Treasury Services EMEA
BNY

Kirstie Galloway
Partner – Asset and Wealth Management
NextWave Consulting

Pablo Villegas
Head Payments EMEA AWS
Amazon Web Services

Paola Olivari
Director, Data Analytics & AI
Google Cloud

Reba Beeson

Reba Beeson
General Counsel
AlphaPoint Corporation

Neil Rayment
Solution Engineer
Hyland

Anita Mangion
Non-Executive Director
Bank of Valletta

Deepti Bhave-Moharil

Deepti Bhave-Moharil
Cloud Product Delivery Lead
Bank Of Ireland

Silvio Chetcuti

Silvio Chetcuti
Lead – Business Strategy & Risk Management
Bank of Valletta plc

Jennifer Evans

Jennifer Evans
Global Head of Retail Banking
Capgemini Invent

Kishore Goshikonda
Former Vice President
Former BlackRock

Gabriel Falana

Gabriel Falana
Transformation Director
Castle Trust Bank

Howard Haughton

Richa Mishra
Cloud Architecture & Execution Lead
Deutsche Bank

George Toumbev

George Toumbev
Chief Commercial Officer
NatWest Boxed

Phani Ravindra Kaligotla

Phani Ravindra Kaligotla
Director, AI & Data Strategy
Mastercard

Howard Haughton

Howard Haughton
Consultant and Research Scientist
Holistic Risk Solutions Ltd & King’s College London

Jonas Von Oldenskiöld

Jonas Von Oldenskiöld
Head of Partnerships
Qover

Alessandro Hatami

Alessandro Hatami
Managing Partner
Pacemakers.io

Anne Leslie
Head of Cloud Risk
IBM Cloud

Varun Sarda

Varun Sarda
ESG & Sustainable Finance Strategist
Independant Advisor

Arthur Krebbers

Arthur Krebbers
Managing Director, Sustainable Finance Advisory
NatWest

Snigdh Verma
Global Head – API Platform Products
J.P. Morgan

Nicky King
Head of Corporate Partnerships
Women in Banking and Finance

Fred Lherault

Fred Lherault
Field CTO, EMEA & Emerging Markets
Pure Storage

Claire Thorne
Co-CEO
Tech She Can

Wamika Katoch
Solution Engineer
DataSnipper

David Jarvis
CEO and Co-Founder
Griffin

Simon Torrance

Simon Torrance
CEO
AI Risk

Richard Jeffery
Executive Chairman
ActiveOps

Russ Thornton

Russ Thornton
Chief Transformation & Technology Officer
Nottingham Building Society

Letizia Pepe
Senior Architect – Director
Bank of America

Felim O’Donnell
Director of Financial Crime Operations
Starling Bank

Wolfgang Emmerich
Co-Founder
Zühlke

Hilary Platt
Account Director
OpenAI

Vasco Elvas
Senior Solution Architect
OutSystems

Peter Staffell
Head of Service Design
Santander

Matt Smith
Field CTO, EMEA
Island

Samantha Pitchford
Chief Product & Technology Officer
Kamuno AG

Marios Aristotelous
Product Owner
Lloyds Banking Group

Dhivya Murali

Dhivya Murali
Senior Enterprise Architect
Lloyds Banking Group

Julian Wiggins
Solutions Director
Rackspace Technology

David Ostojitsch
Director of Government Relations and Policy
PIMFA

Mathieu Charles
VP Customer Strategy
Temenos

Ellie Kallis
Chief Scientific Officer & Co-founder
Good With Limited

Ewan MacLeod

Ewan MacLeod
Director
New Era Digital Partners

Ras Gohil
Corporate Partnerships Manager
Women in Banking and Finance

Roger Twerenbold
Co-Founder & CCO
Kamuno AG

Daria Preston
Social Mobility Co-Lead
Women in Banking & Finance

Leo Duncan
Senior Solutions Architect
Kyvos Insights

Jaymini Hirani
Lead Value Engineer
Celonis

Gautam Sharma

Gautam Sharma
AI Engagement Director
Salesforce

Kelvin Ibrahim
Product Manager
Citibank

Robin Verma

Robin Verma
VP
Wells Fargo

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