The Annual Mortgage Lunch will return to the Royal Lancaster London on Friday 8 March, 2024

This event provides a unique opportunity for professionals in the mortgage industry to connect, exchange ideas, and build valuable relationships. The afternoon features guest speakers from experts within the industry, where you can gain valuable insights into market trends, regulatory changes, and good practices.

This year we are welcoming 500 guests including colleagues from Lloyds Banking Group, Barclays, Nationwide, Leeds Building Society, OneSavings Bank, Iress and TLT as well as government leaders, lenders, brokers, intermediaries, conveyancers, legal and technology firms.

A must-attend networking lunch in the UK Finance events calendar! The lunch will begin with a drinks reception, followed by a three-course meal, speeches and a charity prize draw. The event is a fantastic opportunity to catch-up with your industry colleagues and grow your network.

We are committed to diversity across all our engagements and ask you that you please carefully consider the composition of the table when booking.

The lunch will provide an opportunity to:

  • Host tables and invite key clients, suppliers, brokers, intermediaries or colleagues  
  • Engage with sector leaders and specialists including lenders, intermediaries, software providers and professional services firms
  • Meet, catch up with and develop new relationships with industry peers, as well as enjoy great food and wine in a relaxed setting

Sponsorship Opportunities:

For more information about supporting our 2024 event, please contact our associate membership team hereWe are proud to partner with organisations on our flagship mortgage events. If you would like to support the Annual Mortgage Lunch please contact Darren Jeyasingam.

Testimonials:

Great networking event but I thought the content of the speeches/ speakers was exceptional interesting and relevant guests

It was well attended, well organised. I love the venue and speeches were interesting

Agenda:

  • 12:00 - Drinks reception
  • 13:00 - Welcome speeches and lunch served
  • 15:30 - Charity prize draw
  • 16:00 - Close

Dress code:

Business attire

Pricing:

  • Single member: £250+ VAT
  • Single non-member: £350+ VAT
     
  • Member - Full table (10 seats): £2,500+ VAT
  • Non-member - Full table (10 seats): £3,500+ VAT
Area of expertise:
Phillippa Cardno

Phillippa Cardno

Chief Executive, Newbury Building Society

Phillippa joined Newbury Building Society in 1996. She joined the Executive team in 2007 and was appointed to the Board of Directors in February ...

Phillippa joined Newbury Building Society in 1996. She joined the Executive team in 2007 and was appointed to the Board of Directors in February 2015. Phillippa was appointed Chief Executive in March 2022 and is responsible for the Society’s strategic development and providing leadership and direction throughout the Society and for setting and maintaining culture and standards. Phillippa has many years of credit risk and housing sector experience, and also contributes to financial services nationally as a member of the UK Finance Mortgage Product and Service Board. 

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David Postings

David Postings

Chief Executive, UK Finance

David has worked in financial services for over 40 years. At Barclays he worked for three Group chairmen, helped set up Large Corporate Banking, had w...

David has worked in financial services for over 40 years. At Barclays he worked for three Group chairmen, helped set up Large Corporate Banking, had wide experience in SME and consumer banking and ran the Group’s IT and operations function. David subsequently led Commercial Banking for Lloyds Bank, then was chief executive of Cattles PLC (a consumer finance and invoice finance business) before joining Moneycorp (an independent FX provider) as CEO. Before joining UK Finance David spent eight years at Bibby Financial Services as the chief executive.

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Charles Roe

Charles Roe

Director of Mortgages, UK Finance

Charles has over 25 years financial services experience and joined UK Finance in August 2020. As Director of Mortgages he has overall responsibility f...

Charles has over 25 years financial services experience and joined UK Finance in August 2020. As Director of Mortgages he has overall responsibility for delivering the mortgage policy work of UK Finance.

Prior to joining UK Finance, Charles was Executive Director and Chief Risk Officer at The Nottingham Building Society where he was accountable for designing and implementing the Society’s risk strategy and framework. Charles brings with him a wealth of experience including time as a director in the Regulatory Financial Services Practice at Grant Thornton LLP and 11 years regulation and compliance experience at the FCA. Whilst at the FCA, Charles was Head of Department for the mortgage sector, where he developed the FCA’s approach to the supervision of the UK mortgage market and oversaw the implementation of both the Mortgage Market Review and Mortgage Credit Directive.

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Sarah McKenzie

Sarah McKenzie

Head of Retail Banking Market Analysis and Policy, Financial Conduct Authority

Sarah McKenzie is Head of Retail Banking Market Analysis and Policy at the Financial Conduct Authority. Sarah’s department leads on sector analysis, p...

Sarah McKenzie is Head of Retail Banking Market Analysis and Policy at the Financial Conduct Authority. Sarah’s department leads on sector analysis, policy-making and supervision project work for retail banking and mortgages. Sarah has over 20 years of regulatory experience across various disciplines including supervision, projects, policy, research, innovation and market-focused work in retail and wholesale competition. Sarah’s work has had a consistent focus on identifying harm and delivering significantly better outcomes for consumers.

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Climate X

Climate X

Climate X is the world’s only fully integrated climate risk platform, helping financial institutions price, manage and build resilience to climate cha...

Climate X is the world’s only fully integrated climate risk platform, helping financial institutions price, manage and build resilience to climate change impacts on the built environment. We provide climate financial risk data to global banks and asset managers, defending global economic stability against the impacts of climate change. 

By translating carbon emissions pathways into financial impacts, we help drive a significant shift in the financial sector. Banks and asset managers are now using their insights to transform investment strategies, perform risk assessments, and prepare for the financial effects of extreme weather.

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akt

akt

akt is the national LGBTQ+ youth homelessness charity, providing safe homes and better futures for LGBTQ+ young people. Almost a quarter of ...

akt is the national LGBTQ+ youth homelessness charity, providing safe homes and better futures for LGBTQ+ young people. Almost a quarter of all young people facing or experiencing homelessness identify as LGBTQ+, and 78% of those cite rejection or abuse from their families, as the reason behind this. 

The charity was set up in Manchester in 1989 and has since opened its doors in London, Newcastle and Bristol, and now provides digital services across the country. In just under 35 years, akt has provided more than 250,000 nights off the street and supported over 50,000 LGBTQ+ young people at risk of or experiencing homelessness.

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Decision makers and senior managers from:

  • Banks
  • Lenders
  • Senior regulators
  • Intermediaries and insurers
  • Building societies
  • Policymakers and other representatives from across the financial sector

Some of our previous attendees in 2023 were:

  • Nationwide Building Society
  • NatWest
  • nCino
  • Paragon Bank
  • Shoosmiths LLP
  • Starling Bank
  • United Trust Bank 
  • TLT LLP
  • The Law Society
  • The Mortgage Brain
  • Virgin Money
  • Yorkshire Building Society
     

 

 

Table Plan

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