Part of the Banking Transformation Series:
Europe:  London 19-20th May, 2026  |  North America:  Charlotte, NC November 9-10, 2026  |  Asia:  Singapore, Returning 2027

The Speakers

Leading Banking Transformation in Europe

We are curating a distinguished lineup of senior industry leaders.
Additional speakers will be announced and added to this page as they are confirmed.

Meet the Banking Transformation Summit Speakers

This May, 150 visionaries will be sharing their insights at Banking Transformation Summit, inspiring change and innovation across the banking industry. These speakers will bring bold ideas and expertise to shape the future of financial services.

Rupy Malizia
Chief Operating & Transformation Officer
HSBC Innovation Banking UK

Russ Thornton
Chief Technology Officer
Nottingham Building Society

Sue Hayes

Sue Hayes
Chief Executive Officer
Nottingham Building Society

Peter Sutton
CISO
Shawbrook Bank

Sharon Maguire
Chief Operating Officer
Cynergy Bank

Colin Fyfe
Chief Executive Officer
Unity Trust Bank

Gareth Griffiths
Chief Executive Officer
Ecology Building Society

Joanna Pamphilis
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
JP Global Consulting

Dharmesh Mistry
Chief Executive Officer
Vision 2020 Consulting

Jeremy Takle
Chief Executive Officer
Pennyworth

Angela Dowd
Chief Operating Officer
Hampden Bank

Ronelle Arbib
Chief Operating Officer
Recognise Bank

Nick Bennett
CTOO
Castle Trust Bank

Charles Resnick
Chief Financial Officer
Afin Bank

Alexander Wiener
Chief Executive Officer
Element

David Whittaker
Chief Controls Officer
Monzo

Eugenia Planas
CIO for Markets, Banking, Payments & Resolution
Bank of England

Tommy Flynn
COO Wholesale & Rural
Rabobank

Thomas Elliott
Chief Operating Officer, Global Trade Solutions
HSBC

Avi Aggarwal
CTO – People, Procurement & Legal
Deutsche Bank

Grant Valentine
CIO for Cloud & CICD
Nationwide Building Society

Charlotte Bullock
Chief Product Officer
Bank of London

Conrad Ford
Chief Product & Strategy Officer
Allica Bank

Ed Sherrington
Chief Product Officer
Pometry

Margus Simson
Chief Digital Officer, Member of the Board
Komercni Banka

James Pereira-Stubbs
Chief Client Officer
Oxford Risk

Maria Luisa Twomey
Chief People Officer
Scottish Building Society

Orlaith Ryan
Chief Customer Officer
AIB

Claire Head
Chief People & Culture Officer
Cynergy Bank

Wasim Mushtaq
Founder
1CG

Kevin Mountford

Kevin Mountford
Co-Founder
Raisin UK

Ranbir K. Toor
Founder
Elevate City®

Christos Kondylis
Executive Director, Data Science & Innovation
Standard Chartered Bank

Stuart McIntyre
Executive Director, Digital Strategy & Operations
Standard Chartered

Philip Smyth
Managing Director, Strategy & Commercial Development
Danske Bank UK

Eskander Kaabachi
Managing Director
HSBC

Cindy Lo
Managing Director, Global Head of Liquidity & Investments Solutions
HSBC

Katherine Morgan
Managing Director – Commercial Banking Coverage
Lloyds Banking Group

Iain Gibbons
Managing Director – Marketing
Vida Bank

Nick Lines
Managing Director, Head of Personalisation & Content
Lloyds Banking Group

Tom Lewis
Senior Director, Lending
Zopla Bank

Avril Crowley
Senior Director
Sage

Rich Bates
Director – Agentic & AI Platform
Lloyds Banking Group

James Milward
Director of AI Engineering
Credera

Gabriel Falana
Transformation Director
Castle Trust Bank

Victoria Bernard-Hayklan
Director, Global Lead for Payments & FX Solutions
HSBC Bank Plc

Sadeque Ahmed
Product Director
JPMorgan

Yetunde Ashiru
Director – Risk & Compliance Products
UBS

Prag Sharma
Director, Future of Finance
Citigroup

Ric Hemsley
Director of Data
Shawbrook Bank

Ed Vinicombe
Director of Product Design
JPMorgan Chase

Yusuf Kenan Yilmaz, PhD
Director of Treasury Marketing & Sales
Kuveyt Turk Participation Bank

Mukund Umalkar
Director, GenAI Strategy & Execution
ING

Ryan Hilton
Customer Director
Nottingham Building Society

Dax Grant
Director
Forbes Technology Council

Paul Coby
Non Executive Director
Metro Bank

Caroline Cartellieri
Non Executive Director
Saffron Building Society

Simon Foley
Technology Director, Workplace Pensions & Annuities
Lloyds Banking Group

Matthew Armstrong
Solution Director, Financial Services
Rackspace Technology

Kimberley Waldron
Founder & Managing Director
Started PR

Alessandro Hatami
Managing Partner
Pacemakers.io

Charles Kerrigan 
Partner
CMS

Amber Sohail
Senior Vice President
Citi Bank

Guy Hilton
VP of Strategy & GTM
Amdocs

David Horton
VP Solution Engineering
Airia

Andreia Cruz

Andreia Cruz
Head of Credit Risk
Unity Trust Bank

Oscar Barlow
Head of AI Advocacy
Starling Bank

Marili Anderson
Head of UK Compliance
Rabobank London Branch

Vibhor Narang
Head – Payments & Treasury Solutions – Europe
Standard Chartered Bank

Ash Mohammed
Group Head of Operational Risk Frameworks, Systems & Insights
NatWest

Jigisha Lock
Head of Strategy & Transformation, CIO Markets
Natwest

Pablo Kotey
Head of Data Enablement
Schroders Investment Management

Alok Rustagi
Head of Banking & Capital Markets, EMEA
EXL

Seeta Halder
Head of Data Insights
Nottingham Building Society

Victoria Bluck
Head of Risk & Control
Lloyds Banking Group

Simin Zhuo
Head of Growth & Commercialisation
HSBC

Vijay Mitra
Head of AI Risk
Nationwide

Sophie Bolland
Head of Technology & Operational Risk
Starling Bank

Alok Kulkarni
Head of Conversational Banking & AI
Virgin Money

Marc Barnard-Baulls
Head of Enterprise Platforms & Services
Close Brothers

Basima Khuram
Head of Digital Assets Compliance
BNY

Sam Bridges-Sparkes
Head of BI & Strategy
Shawbrook Bank

Tammy Martin
Head of Connected Customer Xperience
NatWest

Roisin Waite
Head of 1:1 Personalised Interactions – Data, Design & Delivery
Nationwide

JoJo Thirasilpa
Co-Head of Leveraged Finance
Danske Bank

Amy Thomson
Head of Sustainability
Nationwide Building Society

António Soares
Head of Business Development, Processing & Financial Institutions
Worldline

Selina Han
Head of Operations, Technology
Shawbrook Bank

Vijay Lulla
EMEA Head Cross Border Payments
JPMorgan

Louise Beaumont
Head of Marketing & Communications
Invela

Angus Moir
Interim Head of Data Management
Bank of England

Prab Bajwa
Senior Digital Asset Risk Officer
State Street

Jeremy Mason
Chief Digital Architect
Lloyds Banking Group

Manisha Shastri
Senior Manager, Group Climate Risk
HSBC

Ras Gohil
Senior Manager, Corporate Partnerships
WIBF

Dean Mensah
Global Lead – Liquidity Change Portfolio
HSBC Bank PLC

Katie Hoskins
Global Service Lead – Cross Border Payments
HSBC Bank PLC

Jon Hart
Enterprise Lead
Sage

Mitul Vadgama
Senior Analytics & AI Lead – AI Centre of Excellence
Lloyds Banking Group

David Vinagre Solans
AI Agile Delivery Centre Lead
Santander

Rajat Bhatla
Lead Architect – Commercial Servicing
Lloyds Banking Group

David Bonavia
Lead Operational Risk Oversight Manager
Metro Bank Plc

Ashtha Bajaj
Data & AI Delivery Lead
Bank of Ireland

David Turner
Engineering Lead
Nationwide Building Society

James Georgiou
Principal Solution Engineer
Salesforce

Vikas Sengar
Experience Strategy Lead
NatWest

Sophia Furber
Fintech Research Analyst
S&P Global Market Intelligence

David Liversidge
Industry Advisor, Banking
Salesforce

James Johansen
Business Development UK+I
Tieto

Vimal Shah
Executive Instructor
Prosci

Helene Panzarino
Chief Evangelist
Finkr Academy

Tram Anh Nguyen
Co-Founder & Chairwoman
CFTE

Dr Lisa Cameron
Chair
UKUS Crypto Alliance

Susanne Chishti
Chair
FINTECH Circle Ltd

Erica Stanford
Advisor
CMS

Jas Shah
Fintech Product Strategist & Author
Fintech: Under the Hood

Karen Elliott
Professor in Finance & FinTech
University of Birmingham Business School

Sarah Gresty
Single Family Office Proposition Leader
Mercer

Aadil Bundeally
Transformation Director – Risk & Reg / Ops & Tech
Independent

Colin Whitmore
Former Financial Crime Director, AI, Strategy & Design at NatWest
Independent Consultant

Ben Walder
Innovation & AI Leader/Author
Independent

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