Speakers

2025 speakers to be announced...

Jonathan Easton, Editor, FStech
Jonathan Easton is the editor of FStech, Retail Systems and National Technology News at Perspective Publishing where he oversees the brands' editorial direction and helps guide commercial strategy. More...

Keynote speakers
Saira Khan, Head of Innovation and Partnerships, First Direct Bank
Having led the creation of innovation teams and centres in the United Kingdom, Asia, and the United States, while building and testing data management and Open Banking through global hackathons, she has developed a unique vision and reputation for being a catalyst for transformation around the world. More...

Phillip Mind, Director for Digital Technology and Innovation, UK Finance
Phillip is Director for Digital Technology and Innovation at UK Finance. More...




Speakers
Nikhil Asthana, Head of Data, Regulatory Change, RegTech and Digital Advisory Practice, Grant Thornton UK
Nikhil leads Grant Thornton UK’s Data, RegTech and Digital practice with over 20 years of experience focused on data, regulation, transformation, automation and innovation. More...


Shilpa Arora, Head of AFC Products and Solutions, ACAMS
Shilpa is the Head of Anti-Financial Crime Products and Solutions at ACAMS. More...

Phil Coole, MLRO and Head of Compliance, OakNorth
Phil has worked in financial crime/compliance roles since 2010, beginning as a financial crime specialist supervisor at the FSA’s (the FCA’s predecessor). More...

Peter Donlon, Chief Technology Officer, Zopa Bank
Peter oversees Zopa’s 250 strong technology team, expanding its best-in-class products and technology infrastructure while ensuring its platform retains an unrivalled leadership position in the use of AI and machine learning.More...

Irene Galperin, Senior Advisor for Financial Services, InterSystems
Irene Galperin is a Senior Advisor for Financial Services at InterSystems, responsible for expanding the firm’s global reach in the financial services industry. More...

Zowie Lees-Howell, VP of Enterprise Sales, SmartSearch
Zowie joined SmartSearch in 2022 and is a well-respected name within regtech, fintech and financial services, with more than 25 years of experience with global, publicly trading date and analytics firms. More...


Thea Loch, Head of Group Optimisation, Lloyds Banking Group
Thea is focussed on defining what the bank of the future means for the Group through optimising its portfolio of change; More...

Dizem Ozalp-Sari, Head of Data Services, BNP Paribas
Dizem has worked in the financial technology area, on domains like digital transformation, data analytics and strategy, reporting and data distribution, data modelling and IT architecture for cloud and hybrid systems, CRM, sales automation & call centre systems throughout her career. More...

Rajitha Prabhakaran, Group Financial Crime Officer, Domestic & General Insurance Plc
Rajitha is professional with over 15 years of experience in risk, compliance, internal audit & financial crime within general insurance sector. More...



Nida Sattar, Head of Product for Payments, Allica Bank
Nida Sattar is currently Head of Product – Payments at Allica Bank, based in London. More...

Philip Treleaven, Professor of Computing, UCL and Director, UK Centre for Financial Computing
Twenty-five years ago his research group developed much of the early fraud detection technology and built the first insider dealing detection system for the London Stock Exchange. More...


Kalpana Varsani, Head of Analytics, Allica Bank
Kalpana is the Head of Analytics at Allica Bank responsible for the analytics strategy across the bank. More...


Chris Waring, Head of Digital Customer Journeys, NatWest
Chris has a background in both banking and technology. After completing his computer science degree at Cambridge, he ventured into commercial banking and took on various commercial and digital roles at both Barclays and HSBC. More...

Nelson Wootton, Co-founder and CEO, SaaScada
Nelson has held many senior technology and business roles over the last 20 years, including several CTO and CIO roles delivering global projects. More...