The Cross Market Operational Resilience Group (CMORG) – the strategic partnership between UK Finance and the Bank of England to support industry collective action – is set to host its next conference, ‘The Future of Resilience’, on Tuesday 2 July 2024.

This one-day event is free to attend and will bring together financial industry experts, the regulatory authorities, and key stakeholders to delve into the future of resilience. We will hear from the authorities on the latest thinking on the implementation of the operational resilience policy in the lead up to March 2025, explore with panels from SMF24s to Heads of Operational Resilience the key topics that will provide practitioners with the knowledge and tools they need to finalise their firm’s implementation.

As we approach a key turning point in the future of resilience, we will also consider what lies beyond March 2025; how we build a culture of resilience and apply resilience by design strategies, considering the latest thinking across technology-focused firms and more traditional market participants.

This event will be a significant opportunity for knowledge sharing, collaboration, and networking among professionals working in the financial services industry as we look to prepare for, and continually enhance our firms’ and sector’s resilience.

Please note: there is a limit of two guests per organisation due to demand.

Learning outcomes:

  • Improve the understanding of firms' readiness for the operational resilience deadline and expectations on key topical issues surrounding implementation.  
  • An examination of what the future of the resilience agenda should look like post-March 2025, and how collective action plays a key role in furthering those objectives to influence the future. 
  • Consideration of the strategic future of resilience in financial services.
  • Networking with industry professionals.
Adam Avards

Adam Avards

Principal, Cyber and Third Party Risk, UK Finance

Adam Avards joined UK Finance in 2022 as Principal for Cyber and Third Party Risk. He leads UK Finance’s engagement on Critical Third Party regulatory...

Adam Avards joined UK Finance in 2022 as Principal for Cyber and Third Party Risk. He leads UK Finance’s engagement on Critical Third Party regulatory issues and chairs a number of industry forums and committees on Cyber Security, Cloud and Risk. Before joining UK Finance, Adam spent over 15 years within the UK’s Intelligence Community where he focused on security policy implementation and training.

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Sarah Black

Sarah Black

Partner, Risk Advisory , Deloitte

Sarah is a Partner within the Risk Advisory practice with over 20 years’ experience specialising in leading and managing Global Regulatory, Operationa...

Sarah is a Partner within the Risk Advisory practice with over 20 years’ experience specialising in leading and managing Global Regulatory, Operational and Technology resilience, and change programmes. Sarah leads the Operational Resilience practice across Financial Services and specialises in supporting clients developing their Operational Resilience Frameworks, Governance & Operating Model including the implementation of Operational Resilience and Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) requirements.

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Lorraine O’Donnell

Lorraine O’Donnell

Principal, Operational Resilience, UK Finance

Lorraine O’Donnell is Principal of Operational Resilience Policy at UK Finance. Working across UK Finance and engaging with UK regulatory authorities ...

Lorraine O’Donnell is Principal of Operational Resilience Policy at UK Finance. Working across UK Finance and engaging with UK regulatory authorities and other key stakeholders, Lorraine’s focus is on delivering positive outcomes with respect to operational resilience, and working with members to prepare for, mitigate and recover from operational disruptions when they occur.

Lorraine previously served across a variety of Business Continuity and Operational Resilience roles across a range of sectors from telecommunications, credit referencing and financial services.

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Kieran Jones

Kieran Jones

Head of Operations and Delivery, Sector Resilience, UK Finance

Kieran is Head of Operations and Delivery for Sector Resilience at UK Finance, managing regulatory engagement and sector capability-building. This wor...

Kieran is Head of Operations and Delivery for Sector Resilience at UK Finance, managing regulatory engagement and sector capability-building. This works primarily focusses on the Cross Market Operational Resilience Group (CMORG) where he manages the strategic partnership with the Bank of England and supports industry programmes across resilience, incident response and payments. He has led the design and delivery of sector-wide capabilities including a cyber security centre and a the operations for a national access to cash programme. He has previously held roles as Head of Corporate Governance and as a project manager. Kieran holds an MSc in Management with research focusing on strategic collaboration, working with University of London and the OECD as a researcher on public / private partnerships during COVID-19.

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Andrew Rogan

Andrew Rogan

Director, UK Finance

Andrew Rogan is Director of Operational Resilience policy at UK Finance. Working across UK Finance and engaging with government and other key sta...

Andrew Rogan is Director of Operational Resilience policy at UK Finance. Working across UK Finance and engaging with government and other key stakeholders, Andrew's focus is on delivering positive outcomes with respect to operational resilience. He also serves as UK Finance's principal policy contact in the event of an operational disruption of business continuity event.  Prior to taking on this role, Andrew served as Head of the Capital Markets and Infrastructure team in the Wholesale unit.

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Deloitte

Deloitte

Deloitte UK is a leading professional services firm – one of the largest in the UK and part of a global network spanning 150 countries and territories...

Deloitte UK is a leading professional services firm – one of the largest in the UK and part of a global network spanning 150 countries and territories.

We’re made up of 20,000 professionals, with a wide range of specialist skills, who our clients rely on to help them with programmes and projects that are critical to their success.

Whether it’s digital transformation expertise, sustainability know how, cyber skills or financial advice, we help clients in the public, private and third sectors meet challenges big and small.

We might be best known for the audit services our firm was founded on 175 years ago, but alongside these we offer so much more - take a look at our Annual Review.

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  • Heads and Managers of Operational Resilience
  • C-suite and Senior Managers with operational resilience oversight
  • Business continuity professionals
  • UK Finance operational resilience members
  • CMORG Subgroup participants