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

Nathalie Lowe, Accountable Executive for Transforming Data Collection, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
With over 10 years’ experience within Regulation, Nathalie has extensive experience providing efficient leadership in Data, Technology and Innovation. More...

Kate Fitzgerald, Head of Policy, Payment Systems Regulator
Kate is currently the Head of Policy at the Payment Systems Regulator, overseeing the development and implementation of all regulatory intervention to deliver the PSR’s strategic objectives of improved competition, innovation and protection in UK payments systems. More...


Speakers
Fatima Abukar, Data, Algorithms and AI Ethics Lead, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) 
Fatima leads Data, Algorithms and AI Ethics at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). More...

Gareth Brett, Financial Crime & Risk Specialist
Gareth is a Financial Crime & Risk Specialist. Previously, head of Financial Crime at a global investment manager and he was a management consultant at a big four consultancy where he specialised in risk, compliance and Regtech. More...

Alex Coleman, Global Chief Architect for Risk and Compliance, HSBC
Alex is the Global Chief Architect for Risk and Compliance at HSBC, responsible for architecture strategy and governance across the domains. More...

Shaun Hurst, Principal Regulatory Advisor, Smarsh
Shaun Hurst is the Principal Regulatory Advisor for Smarsh.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...

Joe Lichtenberg, Global Head of Product and Industry Marketing, InterSystems
Joe leads InterSystems product and industry marketing for financial services. More...

Daniel McCatty, Principal for Cyber and Third Party Risk, UK Finance
Daniel is a Principal for Cyber and Third Party Risk with UK Finance. More...



Andrew Millar, Head of Strategy & External Engagement, Global Open Banking HSBC
Andrew has been with HSBC for 6 years, having previously held strategic roles at institutions including Lloyds Bank, AIG and Permanent TSB in Ireland. More...

Andranik Mnatsakanyan, Director, Visa Consulting & Analytics
Andranik is a seasoned strategy consultant with over a decade of experience, specialising in financial risk management and fraud and risk advisory roles. 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...

Sam Reason, Head of Operational Resilience and Continuity (inc Third Party Assurance/Governance), Zurich Insurance
Sam has worked in the insurance industry for nearly two decades and has been involved in business continuity for most of his career. More...

Patrick Smith, EMEA Field CTO, Pure Storage
Patrick Smith is the Field CTO for EMEA at Pure Storage, a position he has held since May 2018. As a senior technical advisor, he provides crucial input and leadership across engineering, product management, sales, marketing as well as presales. More...

Andy Thornley, Head of Financial Services, techUK
Andy joined techUK in August 2022 as Head of Programme – Financial Services. More...

Riccardo Tordera-Ricchi, Head of Policy & Government Relations, The Payments Association
Former consultant to the Representative of Banca d’Italia (Italian central bank) in the UK, 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...