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Join industry leaders, policymakers, and decision-makers on 24 June 2025 to explore how digital innovation is transforming financial services. Hear from leading experts, connect with peers, and engage in conversations that matter to you and your organisation.

We’ve released the agenda—use the link below to explore key topics and sessions. Scroll down for more details on what to expect from the event.
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Paul Horlock, Chief Payments Officer at Santander UK, as he discusses the return of our Digital Innovation Summit – Innovation for a Better Society on the 24 June.
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Jana Mackintosh, our Managing Director of Payments and Innovation, as she discusses the return of our Digital Innovation Summit – Innovation for a Better Society.
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Confirmed speaker
Ron van Kemenade, Group Chief Operating Officer, Lloyds Banking Group
Ron has over 30 years of technology experience, having led ING’s transformation into a data-driven, digital bank as its first Chief Technology Officer. He is passionate about harnessing technology and data to drive long-term growth and better support Lloyds Banking Group’s 26 million UK customers.
Ron van Kemenade
Report
Generative AI in Action: Opportunities & Risk Management in Financial Services
Blog
National Payments Vision: building a strategic forward plan
Ideathon 2025
What is the Account-to-Account (A2A) payments Ideathon?

Overview:

How will digital innovation shape the future of financial services? 

At DIS 2025, senior leaders, policymakers, and innovators will come together to explore how technology is transforming payments, AI and digital identity, capital markets, financial inclusion, and regulatory innovation. 

The event goes beyond discussions – it is designed to help you understand what’s coming next and how to adapt. With direct access to decision-makers, you’ll gain insights that can shape your organisations strategy and the future of financial services.

Book your place:

Secure your Ticket today

Limited time offer – get £100 off your ticket until 27 May with code DIS100:

  • Member ticket now: £410.00 (Original price: £510.00)
  • Non-member ticket now: £610.00 (Original price: £710.00)

What to expect:

Our agenda is packed with thought-provoking discussions and interactive sessions designed to spark collaboration and innovation, including: 

  • Question time panel – a debate style session where industry experts tackle the biggest challenges in digital transformation. 

  • Voices of the future plenary – young innovators and tech leaders share insights on the future of finance. 

  • Campfire sessions – small groups will deep dives into the National Payments Vision, open banking, digital financial inclusion and AI. 

  • Strategic discussions on the future of payments, digital identity, AI, and capital markets, designed to help you translate innovation into action.

This year’s speakers include: 

  • Sarah Breeden, deputy governor for financial stability at the Bank of England, sharing insights on the future of financial stability and innovation. 

  • Ron van Kemenade, group chief operating officer at Lloyds Banking Group, discussing how digital transformation is reshaping financial services. 

  • A stellar lineup of additional speakers will be announced soon. 

What you will gain:

  • Understand what’s next in financial services – Learn how AI, digital identity, and payments innovation are reshaping the industry and what this means for your role. 

  •  Turn insights into action – Hear from senior industry leaders and regulators about the biggest opportunities and risks ahead. Walk away with practical steps to apply in your organisation – whether that’s adapting to regulatory shifts, exploring AI use cases, or strengthening digital trust with customers. 

  •  Engage with decision-makers – this is your opportunity to ask big questions to the people shaping the industry; UK Finance board members, regulators and top executives, through interactive sessions and live discussions. 

  •  Discover real-world solutions – Through case studies, panel debates, and live demonstrations, see how firms are successfully implementing innovation and what you can take back to your team. 

  •  Expand your network – Connect with over 500 professionals across banking, fintech, payments, risk, and compliance. Exchange ideas, share challenges, and build valuable relationships.

Please contact our Events team if you have any questions.

If you work for the public sector, law enforcement or a regulator please contact dis@ukfinance.org.uk for details of our special rates.

Hear from previous attendees:

Great location, so easy to meet and talk to people. Great speakers. Format and structure worked well.

Excellent topics - very current, practical solutions. Speakers were open and engaging and frank in their conversations which added a lot of value.

Really superb speakers (not the usual financial services people), great content, fabulous Ideathon, coverage of key topics, food, space and good attendance from a range of UK Finance members, so great networking opportunities.

Confirmed attendees:

  • Addleshaw Goddard LLP
  • Banco Santander S.A. London Branch
  • Barclays Plc
  • Capital One (Europe) plc
  • City of London Police
  • Cumberland Building Society
  • Dun & Bradstreet
  • Eversheds Sutherland
  • Finova
  • HSBC Bank Plc
  • Linklaters Business Services
  • Lloyds Bank Plc
  • Mastercard
  • NatWest Bank
  • Paragon Bank PLC
  • Pinsent Masons LLP
  • Santander UK Plc
  • Secure Trust Bank Plc
  • Societe Generale
  • TSB Bank
  • Vanquis Bank

Sponsorship opportunities

If you would like to support the Digital Innovation Summit or are interested in exhibiting please contact our sponsorship team. 

Top Speaker

Peter Kyle, MP

Peter Kyle, MP

Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

The Rt Hon Peter Kyle is the Labour MP for Hove and Portslade, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015. He currently holds the Government post...

The Rt Hon Peter Kyle is the Labour MP for Hove and Portslade, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015. He currently holds the Government post of Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology.

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Sarah Breeden

Sarah Breeden

Deputy Governor, Financial Stability, Bank of England

Sarah Breeden became Deputy Governor for Financial Stability on 1 November 2023. She is a member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Financial Policy Co...

Sarah Breeden became Deputy Governor for Financial Stability on 1 November 2023. She is a member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Financial Policy Committee, Prudential Regulation Committee and the Bank’s Court of Directors.

She has specific responsibility within the Bank for financial stability, the supervision of financial market infrastructures, international issues, central bank digital currency and fintech.

Sarah also has responsibility at Deputy Governor level for the Bank’s work on the monetary and financial stability risks from climate change, and chairs the Financial Stability Board’s working group on climate vulnerabilities.

Sarah joined the Bank in 1991. Prior to her current role, Sarah was the Executive Director for Financial Stability Strategy and Risk and a member of the Financial Policy Committee (2021-2023). Previously, she was the Executive Director for UK Deposit Takers Supervision (2019-2021), responsible for the supervision of the UK’s banks, building societies and credit unions, and Executive Director for International Banks Supervision (2015-2021), responsible for supervision of the UK operations of international banks. Before that, Sarah held a variety of roles, including leading the design and risk management of financial market operations undertaken by the Bank during the financial crisis, and then leading the Bank’s work to support the transition of prudential regulation of banks and insurers from the Financial Services Authority to the Bank.

Sarah has an MA in Economics from Cambridge University and an MSc in Finance from the London Business School.

She is a trustee of the Education Endowment Foundation.

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Ron van Kemenade

Ron van Kemenade

Group Chief Operating Officer, Lloyds Banking Group

Ron van Kemenade joined Lloyds Banking Group in June 2023 as Group Chief Operating Officer. Ron has over 30 years of technology experience in the...

Ron van Kemenade joined Lloyds Banking Group in June 2023 as Group Chief Operating Officer. 

Ron has over 30 years of technology experience in the financial services industry and telecommunications. Before joining the Group, Ron spent 20 years at ING working in senior technology roles and most latterly served on the Board, as the bank’s first Chief Technology Officer, where he was responsible for leading the technology and data agenda that helped transform ING into a truly data-driven, digital bank.

Ron is passionate about technology transformation and how we can harness technology and data to unlock our long-term growth strategy and better support our 26 million UK customers.

Ron has relocated from the Netherlands to set-up home in London, with his wife Annette.

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Morten Linnemann Bech

Morten Linnemann Bech

Centre Head of the BIS Innovation Hub Switzerland, BIS

Morten Bech joined the BIS in mid-2011. Before taking up his current assignment in 2020, he was the head of the secretariat supporting the Committee o...

Morten Bech joined the BIS in mid-2011. Before taking up his current assignment in 2020, he was the head of the secretariat supporting the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures with responsibility for coordinating and contributing to the activities of the Committee and its various working groups. He has also served as Secretary to the Markets Committee. He previously worked for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Danish central bank. In 2009, he was a visitor at the Monetary Affairs Division of the Federal Reserve Board in Washington DC. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has written on various issues relating to monetary policy implementation, money markets, the network topology of financial markets, large-value payment systems and systemic risk.

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David Geale

David Geale

Director of the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) and Interim Executive Director of Payments and Digital Finance at the Financial Conduct Authority

David currently holds a dual role at the PSR and FCA. Since June 2024, David has been Interim Managing Director at the PSR, leading the PSR with the r...

David currently holds a dual role at the PSR and FCA. Since June 2024, David has been Interim Managing Director at the PSR, leading the PSR with the rest of the PSR’s Executive and Board. Since November 2024, David has also been the Interim Executive Director of Payments and Digital Finance at the FCA. In this role, heco-leads the FCA’s Supervision, Policy and Competition (SPC) division, with a focus on payments and cryptoassets. These FCA and PSR roles have been joined up into a single role to foster greater alignment between the two regulators as we deliver the National Payments Vision, ahead of legislation on the future of the PSR.

Prior to this role, David was Director of Retail Banking at the FCA and a non-executive member of the PSR Board. He has worked in regulation at the FCA (and its predecessor the FSA) for more than 20 years, spanning several different roles in both Policy and Supervision. During his time at the FCA, he has been involved in leading and delivering large-scale initiatives such as the Retail Distribution Review, the development of the Senior Managers and Certification regime, and implementation of PSD2.   

Before joining the regulator, David worked in the financial services industry gaining experience in banking, financial advice, and mortgages. 

 

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Lee McNabb

Lee McNabb

Head of Payment Strategy & Partnerships, NatWest Group

Lee leads Payment Strategy and Partnerships for NatWest Group. His role covers many elements including assessing the landscape, defining strategic opp...

Lee leads Payment Strategy and Partnerships for NatWest Group. His role covers many elements including assessing the landscape, defining strategic opportunities and supporting customers across multiple brands in collaboration with internal and external partners.

Those external partners include some of the scale payment providers that have a relationship with the Group. One of which NatWest has a minority stake in, for which Lee sits as an observer on their Board.

With knowledge and experience working across all types of payments, he has also been a leading voice internally and externally in the Digital Asset space, sitting on multiple industry groups and representing NatWest on industry initiatives and experiments both in the UK and globally.

He also has extensive banking experience in product / P&L management, risk, policy setting and strategy. 

Lee joined NatWest in 2018 after 13 years at the Co-operative Bank where he held senior leadership roles within product and payments.  Latterly owning the payment strategy together with responsibility for regulatory change including PSD2 and key payment scheme relationships.

Married with a daughter and a son, Lee is a keen footballer and captains his local side. He is an ardent supporter of Liverpool FC and has followed them all over Europe.

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Nick Mothershaw

Nick Mothershaw

Chief Executive Officer, Select ID

Nick is Chief Executive Officer of Select ID, a new inclusive Reusable ID acceptance network. Select ID allows consumers to choose their preferred Reu...

Nick is Chief Executive Officer of Select ID, a new inclusive Reusable ID acceptance network. Select ID allows consumers to choose their preferred Reusable ID provider while making it easy for companies to benefit from digital identity services that meet relevant regulatory requirements such as KYC and AML.

Nick has expert knowledge of Identity and Fraud techniques, solutions, and standards across a wide variety of sectors and jurisdictions. Previously, Nick was Chief Identity Strategist at the Open Identity Exchange, providing thought leadership, guides, presentations and stakeholder influencing to drive forward the definition and adoption of Digital ID and Digital Wallets around the globe. Prior to that, Nick was Director of ID and Fraud at Experian, where led Experian’s development, launch and operation of a full “Identity as a Service” solution which was the first live example of a Digital ID being seamlessly interoperable across public and private sector. 

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Daryl Elfield

Daryl Elfield

Partner, KPMG

Daryl leads KPMG’s ESG Tech & Data community, specialising in ESG non-financial reporting and sustainable IT. In that role, Daryl has leveraged KP...

Daryl leads KPMG’s ESG Tech & Data community, specialising in ESG non-financial reporting and sustainable IT. In that role, Daryl has leveraged KPMG’s global member firms and specialist suppliers to develop an industry-leading, sustainable IT proposition and framework. IN addition to helping clients make their IT more sustainable, Daryl has worked with KPMG UK's own IT department to benchmark our digital carbon emissions and create a Digital Carbon Reduction Plan to substantially reduce our ICT emissions in line with our Net Zero commitments. 

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Peter Harmston

Peter Harmston

Partner and Head of Payments Consulting, KPMG

Peter leads Payments Consulting for KPMG UK and EMA with extensive experience in payments strategy, product innovation, payments operating models as w...

Peter leads Payments Consulting for KPMG UK and EMA with extensive experience in payments strategy, product innovation, payments operating models as well as deep experience in the delivery of large-scale payments and payment related programs. Peter has deep specialization in Real Time Payments working with PSOs and Central banks around the globe, planning and implementing multiple RTP infrastructures.

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David Song

David Song

Associate Director, Global Counsel

David is an Associate Director at Global Counsel. Before joining GC he worked for the UK trade body for the banking, payments and finance sectors lead...

David is an Associate Director at Global Counsel. Before joining GC he worked for the UK trade body for the banking, payments and finance sectors leading on engagement across payments, innovation and cryptoassets from a public policy and regulatory engagement perspective in the UK, EU and internationally.

David has also previously worked in the Payments and Fintech team for the UK finance ministry, advising on international engagement, trade policy, payments and fintech. Previously David also worked for a global think tank.

At Global Counsel, David works in the Financial Services practice across the EU and UK, with a wide focus across financial services but a particular specialism on payments, fintech and digital assets. David works with senior leaders in many GC clients to deepen and develop their engagement with public policymaking.

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Peter Left

Peter Left

Head of Digital and Markets Innovation, Lloyds Banking Group

Peter Left acts as Head of Prudential Liquidity Management at Lloyds’ ring-fenced bank group and has over 17 years of financial markets experience in ...

Peter Left acts as Head of Prudential Liquidity Management at Lloyds’ ring-fenced bank group and has over 17 years of financial markets experience in front office trading, working on derivatives trades, structuring, money markets and repo sales. Peter now leads the treasury element of Lloyds Banking Group’s work on digital money & assets, exploring robust future funding and business strategies.

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Hannah Rutter

Hannah Rutter

Chief Executive of the Office, Office for Digital Identities and Attributes (OfDIA), Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)

Hannah is an experienced civil servant with a track-record of using innovative approaches and new technology to improve public services. Her time in t...

Hannah is an experienced civil servant with a track-record of using innovative approaches and new technology to improve public services. Her time in the Cabinet Office’s Government Innovation Group saw her driving new policy-making tools across Whitehall and establishing the world-leading UK Policy Lab. In DSIT she has led on various digital and data projects, bringing together citizen, economic and government needs. Since joining the Digital Identity Team in 2019, Hannah has become obsessed with the possibilities for digital identity for the whole UK economy and is excited to be part of driving it forward. 

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Ricardo Ferreira

Ricardo Ferreira

CISO, Fortinet

Ricardo is the Field Chief Security Officer at Fortinet EMEA, with over 20 years of experience bridging risk management, cloud innovation, and automat...

Ricardo is the Field Chief Security Officer at Fortinet EMEA, with over 20 years of experience bridging risk management, cloud innovation, and automation. He has transformed digital strategies at EY London, Rackspace, and HSBC, developed an AI-powered cloud compliance accelerator, co-authored Cloud Security Alliance whitepapers, and published "Policy Design in the Age of Digital Adoption." With an MSc in Information Systems, executive education from Oxford, MIT, and Stanford, and certifications from AWS, Google Cloud, and the Linux Foundation, Ricardo is a trusted advisor to CxO stakeholders and a sought-after speaker on cloud security and digital transformation.

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Lesley Chavkin

Lesley Chavkin

Global Head of Policy, Paxos

Lesley Chavkin is currently head of global policy for Paxos. Prior to joining Paxos, she worked at the Stellar Development Foundation and JPMorgan Cha...

Lesley Chavkin is currently head of global policy for Paxos. Prior to joining Paxos, she worked at the Stellar Development Foundation and JPMorgan Chase, and also served in a variety of roles at the US Department of the Treasury, including as an international economist in the Office of African Nations, as a senior policy advisor focused on the Middle East, and as Treasury’s financial attaché to Qatar and Kuwait from 2017 to 2020. Before joining the Treasury, Chavkin worked as an economic analyst in the US intelligence community. Chavkin holds a master’s degree in development economics and international security from the Fletcher School at Tufts University and a Bachelor of Arts in political science and international affairs from the University of Washington. She is also a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Economic Statecraft Initiative in the GeoEconomics Center.

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Simon Eacott

Simon Eacott

Head of Payments, NatWest Group plc

Simon has extensive experience in the Payments industry, with expertise in strategic change programmes, cash management sales, operations and product ...

Simon has extensive experience in the Payments industry, with expertise in strategic change programmes, cash management sales, operations and product management.

In his current role as Head of Payments for NatWest Group, Simon is responsible for setting the Groups Payments strategy including, Product and Scheme management, Operations and Innovation.  

Previously the Head of Product Development & Innovation, Simon led the Payments customer centric Innovation programme together with product / scheme responsibilities.

Prior to this role Simon was Head of Design and Franchise Delivery leading teams to deliver transformational change to meet alternative State Aid remedies with the European Commission and Her Majesty’s Treasury following the decision to stand down the divestment of Williams & Glyn. 

Simon joined RBS in 1994 from HSBC where he held various leadership roles in Payments and Cash Management. 

Well known and respected at industry fora, Simon is chair of the Strategic Participant Group supporting Pay.UK and has recently taken up a position as an Advisory Board member of Pennies (pennies.org.uk).
 

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Soren Mortensen

Soren Mortensen

Director, Director Global Financial Markets Transformation, IBM

Søren Mortensen brings over 25 years of Financial Markets experience in delivering mission critical transformational projects for financial institutio...

Søren Mortensen brings over 25 years of Financial Markets experience in delivering mission critical transformational projects for financial institutions. His responsibilities include complex transformations of financial institutions, Innovation in Financial Markets leveraging new technologies such as Cognitive & Blockchain, and post-trade initiatives around topics like reference data management, collateral management and OTC-derivatives processing.

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Gary O'Brian

Gary O'Brian

Global Head of Banks and Broker segment Strategy, BNP Paribas

Gary uses his experience in the industry to develop the strategic focus of BNP Paribas with regards to the banks and brokers segment across our global...

Gary uses his experience in the industry to develop the strategic focus of BNP Paribas with regards to the banks and brokers segment across our global business and to help our clients review their own strategy in the frame of the ongoing change that is being seen in terms of operating models, business priorities, technology and market footprint. Alongside this, he leads the Financial Intermediaries Client Line in the UK, ensuring services like custody, clearing, debt solutions and cash offerings for clients booked in the UK are fit for purpose and help our clients reach their objectives.
 
Having worked in a number of roles across our organisation, Gary recognises the need for continuous review and forward-thinking solutions that help our clients meet their needs but also those of their customers. This has allowed him to become a spokesperson within the industry across a number of topics that will continue to shape our business for the foreseeable future.

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Robert White

Robert White

General Manager, PagoNxt Payments UK

Robert is the General Manager of PagoNxt Payments UK, a leading PayTech EMI under Santander. An experienced leader with over 20 years of experience in...

Robert is the General Manager of PagoNxt Payments UK, a leading PayTech EMI under Santander. An experienced leader with over 20 years of experience in payments and innovation, Robert helps financial institutions, NBFIs, and corporates manage their payments more efficiently and unlock new growth opportunities.


His background spans payments, cards, and Open Banking, including his time as Head of Payments at Santander UK, always with a focus on delivering practical, future-ready solutions and driving meaningful change across the industry.


Beyond his role at PagoNxt, Robert shares his expertise through advisory and board positions, committed to shaping the next era of financial services.

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Jana Mackintosh

Jana Mackintosh

Managing Director, Payments, Innovation and Resilience, UK Finance

Jana is the Managing Director for Payments, Innovation and Resilience at UK Finance where she leads discussions on payments, fintech and digital agend...

Jana is the Managing Director for Payments, Innovation and Resilience at UK Finance where she leads discussions on payments, fintech and digital agendas.

Before joining UK Finance, she was head of the Worldpay (then FIS) Global Government Affairs team, shaped competition and regulatory policies at the Financial Conduct Authority and Payments Systems Regulator and prior to that supported companies across public and private sectors globally through her various roles.

She has added commercial credentials delivering and implementing policies in practice, holds several board positions and works with a number of charities.

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Phillip Mind

Phillip Mind

Director Digital Technology and Innovation, UK Finance

Phillip is Director for Digital Technology and Innovation at UK Finance.   He has a particular focus on how legislative and regulatory policy im...

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

He has a particular focus on how legislative and regulatory policy impacts digital transformation in finance and banking. He works across the digital transformation landscape on digital identity, AI, new digital money, tokenisation, open banking and data protection.  

His previous role focussed on influencing payments strategy and regulation in the UK. Phillip has a public policy background with previous roles at HM Treasury and in local government.

He currently sits on the FCA Innovation Advisory Group and Smart Data Council.

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Conor Lawlor

Conor Lawlor

Managing Director, Capital Markets and Wholesale Policy , UK Finance

Conor leads the Capital Markets and Wholesale team which covers a series of strategically important initiatives spanning primary, secondary, post-trad...

Conor leads the Capital Markets and Wholesale team which covers a series of strategically important initiatives spanning primary, secondary, post-trade, and international markets policy.

Prior to joining UK Finance Conor worked in a range of UK government departments including HM Treasury where he worked on financial crisis intervention schemes and was a member of the Government Economic Service. Most recently, Conor spent a number of years at UK Financial Investments, the arm's-length government body responsible for managing the UK government's shareholdings and loans in financial assets, where he was responsible for work on Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley.

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Yvonne Deane Harte

Yvonne Deane Harte

Director, Secondary Markets and Post Trade, Capital Markets & Wholesale, UK Finance

Yvonne Deane Harte acts as UK Finance’s Director for Secondary Markets and Post Trade processes and leads UK Finance securities tokenisation work. Yvo...

Yvonne Deane Harte acts as UK Finance’s Director for Secondary Markets and Post Trade processes and leads UK Finance securities tokenisation work. Yvonne joined UK Finance in 2020, working in industry and private practice as a senior counsel solicitor specialising in investment management and financial regulation, advising on DvP trades, MiFID II, accessing new markets, market infrastructure, CASS and Brexit. Yvonne is passionate about advancing industry priorities to ensure the continued success of UK financial services.

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Sam Hinton-Smith

Sam Hinton-Smith

Head of Public Policy APAC & EMEA, Stripe

Sam is Head of International Public Policy at Stripe, the financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies — from the world’s l...

Sam is Head of International Public Policy at Stripe, the financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies — from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups — use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Sam leads a team of policy professionals across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and the Asia-Pacific Region, who work to ensure that the needs of the online economy are reflected in public policy developments. He is a policy professional with 25 years experience across the financial services and retail sectors. Prior to joining Stripe in 2019, he held senior roles at one of Europe’s largest banks and an Asia-based investment bank. Sam is a member of the Payments Board of UK Finance, the Industry Advisory Council of pay.uk, and the Financial Stability Board’s Legal, Regulatory & Supervisory Taskforce.

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Angus Fletcher

Angus Fletcher

CEO, Fnality UK

As CEO of Fnality UK, Angus is currently overseeing the scaling £ Fnality Payment System operations to ensure system resilience and functionality...

As CEO of Fnality UK, Angus is currently overseeing the scaling £ Fnality Payment System operations to ensure system resilience and functionality in a live environment, which will pave the way for establishing Fnality Payment Systems in other core currencies and expanding the payment system's functionalities. Angus started his journey at Fnality as Senior Commercial and Regulatory advisor. Prior to joining Fnality, Angus spent 25 years in regulatory and financial markets within both corporate and investment bank businesses. This includes global transaction banking and markets covering derivatives, securities, FX, collateral management, cash management, trade finance, and market infrastructure. His strengths are his proven track record of regulatory advocacy, his ability to build and maintain strong stakeholder and client relationships at all levels and programme management delivery across products.

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Katarina Pranjic

Katarina Pranjic

Head of Regulation and Policy, LexisNexis®Risk Solutions

Katarina is a subject matter expert in financial crime prevention. In her role Katarina is responsible for working with strategic customers and partne...

Katarina is a subject matter expert in financial crime prevention. In her role Katarina is responsible for working with strategic customers and partners, industry analysts, press and regulators representing LexisNexis Risk Solutions in the market. She regularly assists on various strategic initiatives across UK and Ireland. She joined LexisNexis Risk Solutions from PwC, where she worked as a Risk & Compliance Manager in the Financial Crime Compliance / Risk Management areas. Katarina is CAMS-certified since 2016 and has more than ten years of experience in corporate risk management and financial crime compliance.

Having worked as KYC analyst, AML supervisor, compliance manager, financial crime prevention consultant and FCC market planner, she has been accountable for all areas of financial crime prevention including customer screening, KYC / CDD, payment screening, risk assessment, policies set up, compliance consulting, AML audits assistance, AML seminars, digital transformation and generally in supporting customers efforts to identify and mitigate financial crime threats in various sectors and jurisdictions. In addition to designing and implementing AML programs and incorporating a broad range of vendor solutions, she also has experience with GDPR, FATCA and CRS. Originally from Croatia, Katarina enjoys engaging with industry practitioners across different markets and territories.

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Roberto Pagliari

Roberto Pagliari

Senior Product Owner - DLT Cash and Markets, Commerzbank

Roberto has worked for Commerzbank for over 10 years in front office technology services and currently leads the wholesale cash and markets innovation...

Roberto has worked for Commerzbank for over 10 years in front office technology services and currently leads the wholesale cash and markets innovation team within the DLT competency centre. The team covers initiatives spanning wholesale cash, capital markets and treasury solutions, participation in industry initiatives, research, and advisory services. Prior to his current role Roberto worked for over 20 years in a variety of roles including bond and derivatives trading, fixed income asset management, consulting, and investment banking technology transformation.

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Luke Scanlon

Luke Scanlon

Head of Fintech Propositions and Legal Director, Pinsent Masons

Luke Scanlon is the Head of Fintech Propositions and Legal Director at Pinsent Masons. He has advised some of the world’s leading technology providers...

Luke Scanlon is the Head of Fintech Propositions and Legal Director at Pinsent Masons. He has advised some of the world’s leading technology providers and financial institutions on a range of legal and regulatory issues. Recognised by Chambers and Legal 500, Luke regularly provides training sessions and workshops for Financial Services providers. He has spoken at several prominent conferences, including the AI Scottish Summit, and has published extensively in well-known publications such as FT Adviser, The Sunday Times (Scotland), and The Banker magazine.

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Gilbert Verdian

CEO, Quant

Mandy Lamb

Mandy Lamb

Managing Director: UK & Ireland, Visa

Kanishka Narayan

Kanishka Narayan

MP

KPMG

KPMG

KPMG is a global organisation of independent professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. KPMG is the brand under which the...

KPMG is a global organisation of independent professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. KPMG is the brand under which the member firms of KPMG International Limited (“KPMG International”) operate and provide professional services. “KPMG” is used to refer to individual member firms within the KPMG organisation or to one or more member firms collectively. 

KPMG firms operate in 142 countries and territories with more than 275,000 partners and employees working in member firms around the world.

KPMG LLP, a UK limited liability partnership, operates from 20 offices across the UK with approximately 16.860 partners and staff. KPMG UK recorded revenue growth of 1% to £2.99billion for its 2024 financial year, with profit before tax growing by 11% to £404million.

KPMG UK won Organisation of the Year at the Social Mobility Awards 2024. The firm again featured in the Times Top 50 Listmakers for 2024 opens in a new taband also ranked in the top-five Social Mobility Employer Index compiled by the Social Mobility Foundationopens in a new tab for the eighth consecutive year.

KPMG UK’s Financial Services practice provides solutions across Banking and Capital Markets, Insurance, Asset Management and Private Equity.

We talk to the world’s largest financial services organisations every day. That means that we continue to enhance our deep specialist knowledge of the industry issues and strengthen our capabilities to help you address an ever-evolving range of challenges.

We can help you:

  • Transform your approach to risk and stay compliant.
  • Deliver digital change faster
  • Get more from your data
  • Manage your tax
  • Develop your acquisition strategy
  • Understand the drivers and risks of your business
  • Modernise your payments
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CIFAS

Cifas is the UK’s fraud prevention community. We lead the fight against fraud by sharing data, intelligence and learning. Our community is drawn from ...

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Fortinet

Fortinet is a driving force in the evolution of cybersecurity and the convergence of networking and security. Our mission is to secure people, devices...

Fortinet is a driving force in the evolution of cybersecurity and the convergence of networking and security. Our mission is to secure people, devices, and data everywhere, and today we deliver cybersecurity everywhere you need it with the largest integrated portfolio of over 50 enterprise-grade products. Well over half a million customers trust Fortinet's solutions, which are among the most deployed, most patented, and most validated in the industry. 

The Fortinet Security Fabric provides an integrated cybersecurity platform that covers all aspects of the business, from the trading floor to the data centre, to the branches, to the cloud. 

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IBM

IBM

IBM is a leading global hybrid cloud and AI, and business services provider, helping clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from th...

IBM is a leading global hybrid cloud and AI, and business services provider, helping clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in their industries. All of this is backed by IBM’s legendary commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity, and service.

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LexisNexis® Risk Solutions

LexisNexis® Risk Solutions

LexisNexis® Risk Solutions provides customers with solutions and decision tools that combine public and industry speci?c content with advanced technol...

LexisNexis® Risk Solutions provides customers with solutions and decision tools that combine public and industry speci?c content with advanced technology and analytics to assist them in evaluating and predicting risk and enhancing operational ef?ciency.

We use the power of data and advanced analytics to help our customers make better, timelier decisions. Our innovative solutions enable organisations to manage risks like identity theft, fraud, money laundering and terrorism, and prevent ?nancial crimes.

LexisNexis® Risk Solutions brings together physical identity attributes, including name, address, date of birth; with behavioural biometrics; and a powerful contributory database of digital identity intelligence: electronic devices and associated digital personas; enabling organisations to make more reliable fraud and risk decisions.

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PA Consulting

PA Consulting

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity...

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. 

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity. Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results. We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport. 

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands. 

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

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PEXA

PEXA

For over a decade, PEXA has led the way in digital property transactions, revolutionising Australia's housing market and facilitating secure, efficien...

For over a decade, PEXA has led the way in digital property transactions, revolutionising Australia's housing market and facilitating secure, efficient home settlements for over 20,000 families each week. PEXA’s platform and services are used in around 90% of all property transactions in Australia.

Now, we’ve brought our expertise to the UK, developing a bespoke solution tailored to England and Wales. Collaborating with the Bank of England, our solution offers heightened security for funds within the banking environment and ensures lodgement with the land registry for tenure and charge protection. From remortgages in 2022 to expanding into sale and purchase solutions in 2025, PEXA is setting a new benchmark for resilience and efficiency in the UK property sector.

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Pinsent Masons

Pinsent Masons

Pinsent Masons is a purpose-led professional services business with law at its core. We are known for our innovative approach and commitment to delive...

Pinsent Masons is a purpose-led professional services business with law at its core. We are known for our innovative approach and commitment to delivering high-quality legal services across various sectors globally. Our Financial Services technology team is dedicated to helping clients navigate the ever-evolving legal and regulatory landscape. We specialise in advising on the use of new technologies within the financial services sector, including AI, machine learning, and digital identity. Our team supports a diverse range of clients, from global banks to emerging fintech companies, ensuring they can leverage technology to achieve their commercial objectives.

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Quant

Quant

Quant is redefining the way money moves. Quant Flow, our programmable money platform is reshaping business with next-generation, cross-border payments...

Quant is redefining the way money moves. Quant Flow, our programmable money platform is reshaping business with next-generation, cross-border payments, liquidity management and intelligent bank accounts that move beyond today’s limitations. Effortlessly connect to existing banking, business, and financial applications and work seamlessly with both stablecoins and traditional currencies to experience a new era of automation and control. Rapidly automate financial processes to drive growth, while eradicating the inefficiencies and manual errors that burden business today. 

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R3

R3

R3 is the leader in real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, digital currencies, and interoperability solutions. R3 supports the world's largest fina...

R3 is the leader in real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, digital currencies, and interoperability solutions. R3 supports the world's largest financial institutions and corporates with solutions that progress market digitization.

Corda is an open, permissioned DLT platform powering the tokenization of assets and currencies connecting global markets. Corda enables tokenization with control, providing diverse asset mobility in a secure, trusted environment.

R3 is committed to progressing financial markets by enabling an open, trusted and advanced digital economy for real-world assets.

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Responsiv Solutions

Responsiv Solutions

Responsiv is a UK technology company specialising in enterprise integration, automation, and security solutions within the financial services. We offe...

Responsiv is a UK technology company specialising in enterprise integration, automation, and security solutions within the financial services. We offer automation and integration  capabilities as self-hosted or cloud service, and work with financial institutions to plan, support, and deliver regulatory and other projects.

Winning the IBM Client Innovation Award for their Open Banking Gateway, Responsiv showcase a deep understanding of industry regulation and prove their ability to innovatively create technological solutions.

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Thomson Reuters® Confirmation

Thomson Reuters® Confirmation

Confirmation is the leading digital platform and global network trusted by over than 16,000 audit firms, 4,000 banks and departments, and 5,000 law fi...

Confirmation is the leading digital platform and global network trusted by over than 16,000 audit firms, 4,000 banks and departments, and 5,000 law firms to quickly and securely verify financial data. 

Confirmation invented electronic confirmations over 20 years ago, reshaping the audit confirmation process. In an era when paper-based confirmations were the norm, Confirmation transformed the process through offering a digital solution, introducing efficiencies and reliability that have since become indispensable. Today 1.5 million auditors, bankers, and financial professionals around the world trust Confirmation to validate data and identify fraud.

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Focus Areas in Digital, Technology, Payments, Compliance, Innovation, Financial Crime, Data in the following seniority levels:

Executive Level:

  • C suite inc. CEO, COO, CTO, CIO, Chief Payment Officer, Chief Compliance Officer.

Senior Management:

  • Managing Director, Senior Director, Executive Director, Director

Mid-Level Management:

  • Manager, Senior Associate, VP

Specialised Roles:

  • Head of Innovation and Partnerships​
  • Head of Digital Policy​
  • Head of Payments​
  • Head of Compliance​
  • Financial Crime Manager​
  • Digital Asset Strategy Lead​
  • Public Policy Specialist​
  • Head of Modernisation​
  • Head of Transformation