Speakers
2025 speaker to be announced...
See below for the 2024 speakers
Chairman
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 Speaker
Alexey Gabsatarov, CTO, Kroo Bank
Alexey is the CTO at Kroo Bank and joined Kroo having spent 20 years building high performance systems in social, payments, banking and telecom. Alexey is responsible for Kroo Bank's technology, technology strategy, delivery and operations of Kroo Bank's systems. Alexey is based in London. More...
Ed Towers, Head of Advanced Analytics & Data Science Units Intelligence & Digital, FCA
Ed leads the FCA's Advanced Analytics and Data Science Unit function responsible for developing and embedding data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence tools and capability across the organisation.More...
Speakers
Andrew Beal, Chief Architect, Markerstudy
Andrew Beal is the Chief Architect at Markerstudy, and works to help shape the future of technology within the group. More...
Amine El Badaoui, Senior Manager, Product-EMEA, Rackspace Technology
Amine Badaoui specializes in private cloud technologies, with a robust background as a cloud architect. More...
Kjell Carlsson, Head of Data Science Strategy and Evangelism, Domino Data Lab
Dr. Kjell Carlsson is the head of data science strategy and evangelism at Domino Data Lab where he advises organizations on how to drive business outcomes with artificial intelligence (AI) and data science. More...
Dr. Richard L. Harmon, Vice President, Financial Services, Red Hat
Dr. Harmon is the global head of Financial Services at Red Hat. He joined Red Hat in December, 2020 and has over 25 years of experience in Capital Markets with specializations in Risk Management, Advance Analytics, Fixed Income Research and Simulation Analysis. More...
Rajnish Kumar, Head of Investment Technology & AI, Investment Platform, Allianz Global Investors
Rajnish joined Allianz Global Investors as Lead Investment technology, Equity in February 2022.Rajnish is currently working as Head of Investment Technology & AI, Investment Platform. In this role Rajnish leads the transformative approach to investment management. More...
Pierre Legrand, Managing Director, Financial Services – Digital, Alvarez & Marsal
Pierre is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal based out of London, UK. He brings deep expertise implementing advanced digital transformation projects across 5 regions globally. More...
Jasmeet Narang, Chief Technology Officer and Director of Financial Crime, Santander
Jasmeet (Jas) Narang is currently Chief Transformation Officer & Director of Financial Crime at Santander UK. More...
Rajitha Prabhakaran, Group Financial Crime Officer, Domestic & General Insurance
Rajitha is professional with over 15 years of experience in risk, compliance, internal audit & financial crime within general insurance sector. More...
Liron Reitman, Director of AI Product, NICE Actimize
Liron Reitman is a product leader within the high-tech industry with over 15 years’ of experience, exemplifying the dynamic evolution of artificial intelligence, analytics, and data-driven solutions. More...
Matt Roberts, Head of Data Science & Analytics, ClearBank
Matt Roberts is responsible for building the ClearBank’s AI and data infrastructure focusing on reusable and innovative AI models, managing a team of expert data scientists, engineers and visualisation specialists. More...
Sudeshna Sen, Data Product Portfolio Manager, Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS)
Sudeshna has worked with AI technologies for most of her career, delivering AI solutions for her clients, across continents. More...
Stuart Taylor, International Head of Electronic Trading, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)
Stu Taylor is International Head of Electronic Trading, based in London. Stu joined MUFG in 2020. More...
Mauricio Toro, Principal Data Scientist, Cheddar
Mauricio Toro holds a PhD in Computer Science from Université de Bordeaux, France. More...
Polly Tsang, Senior Financial Services Regulatory Manager, ICAEW
Polly covers AI in Financial Services at the Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales (ICAEW), More...
Dr Ansgar Walther, Associate Professor of Finance, Imperial College Business School
Dr Ansgar Walther is Associate Professor of Finance at Imperial College Business School, a Research Affiliate at the CEPR and a member of the Finance Theory Group. 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...
Anu Widyalankara, Director, Payments Strategy & Technology, EY
Anu is a Payments Strategy and Technology Lead in the UK Payments Practice at EY. She has over 16 years of experience in Financial Services, leading and delivering strategy. More...
