Archives: Speakers
Piers Linney MBE
Piers Linney is an entrepreneur, investor and business commentator whose career spans law, banking, technology and venture capital. A former ‘Dragon’ on the BBC’s Dragons’ Den, and co-founder of Implement AI, he is a leader in innovation, business growth and strategy, and the potential of artificial intelligence in the future of work. He also co-hosts The Implement AI podcast. Starting…
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Iain Lister
Iain Lister is the IT & Change Executive at Mansfield Building Society, where he leads technology and change across the organisation. He is responsible for setting and delivering the Society’s technology and change strategy and is also the Transformation Director for its core banking replacement, covering mortgage and savings origination, core banking, data and system integration. Since joining the Society…
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Sandeep Mishra
Sandeep Mishra heads the UK Building Society segment for TCS, bringing over 26 years of experience across banking and financial services. He has worked extensively with global banks, UK banks, and building societies, and has played a pivotal role in shaping digital and technology led transformation journeys for building societies over the past 16 years. His focus is on enabling…
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Manas Saha
Kennedy Masterton-Smith
Kennedy is the Global Head of Financial Services at KPMG Law, bringing over 20 years of financial services regulation legal expertise gained working in, and leading, multi-disciplinary teams at KPMG. Kennedy helps financial services firms explore future regulation and operating strategy. Kennedy was previously a Senior Associate at Norton Rose Fulbright.
Garth Newboult
Garth is Head of Artificial Intelligence at Yorkshire Building Society, where he leads the responsible adoption of AI to enhance member outcomes, support colleagues, and strengthen trust across the organisation. With over 25 years’ experience delivering large‑scale transformation across regulated industries, Garth brings a pragmatic, outcomes‑focused approach to AI, rooted in the principle that getting data right is critical to…
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Michael Scoular
Michael Scoular is a Chartered Accountant and Senior Partner at EY, leading the UK Financial Services Business Transformation practice. He has held a series of partner roles across EY Financial Services, including serving as Senior Partner for the North‑East of England. With extensive experience in audit, advisory, turnaround and regulatory change, Michael has led major transformation and regulatory programmes for…
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Ed Thompson
Ed joined Salesforce in August 2022 from Gartner the research and advisory company. He was an analyst there for over 27 years. His research focused on CRM and Customer Experience Management. He wrote over 660 research papers and delivered over 200 different presentations.
Stuart Haire
Stuart is a seasoned executive in financial services having held senior leadership (SMF) positions in two of the UK’s leading financial institutions and now as Group CEO at Skipton Group. Skipton group includes Skipton Building Society and Connells Group, Europe’s largest Property Services organisation. Stuart has held board member roles in FS subsidiaries, with exposure to asset management, insurance, advisory,…
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Ash Lewis
Ash is Partner within Deloitte’s Financial services Technology & Transformation practice, a technology leader within Digital Transformation and the Banking sector CTO. He is passionate about technology leadership, architecture and delivering new digital propositions and modern platforms across the industry. With 20 years’ experience, Ash has worked with many client CIO/CTO’s and CPO’s, shaping modern solutions and leading global technology…
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