Session Details

_^10:00-11:00

Opening Keynote

Being in the Business of Change: A Guide to Thriving in a World of Continuous Change

Ashish Shekhar

SVP, Global Head of Technology Platforms, Danske Bank

Jonathan Allen

Enterprise Strategist (ex-CTO of Capital One Bank UK), Amazon Web Services

Dr. Jana Werner

Financial Services Practice Lead EMEA, Amazon Web Services

Phil Le-Brun

Director, Enterprise Strategy, Amazon Web Services

_^11:30-12:30

What to Expect: Trends and Insights in the Financial Services Industry

Sam Edge (Moderator)

Head of Start Up Business Development, Amazon Web Services

_^13:30-14:00

Digital-First Innovation: From Startup to Scale

Whether you're a startup or scaling globally, learn how cloud-native approaches are reshaping financial services. Discover how organisations of different sizes are building customer-centric, innovative solutions while managing rapid growth.

Peter Donlon

CTO, Zopa

Aaronpal Dhanda

Director, Data Platforms, NewDay

Elliott Fraser

Lead Cloud Architect, Insurance, PIB Group

Richard Caven (Moderator)

Banking Industry Specialist, Amazon Web Services

_^14:00-14:30

Agentic AI: The Next Wave in Customer Experience Transformation

Explore how agentic AI is revolutionising customer interactions across financial services. Hear from leaders in AI to learn how autonomous AI agents are creating more personalised, efficient customer experiences.

Ana Casado

Head of Operations Data & AI, SumUp

Yaro Zozulya

Director of Innovation and GenAI, Experian

Robert Guardia

Gen AI Innovation Lead, Barclays

Chris Cox

Head of Data and AI, Amazon Web Services

_^14:30-15:00

How modernisation drives revenue growth and enhances operational resilience

Discover how organisations are transforming their payment infrastructure to drive business growth while wowing customers. This session explores how modern payment systems support new revenue streams, deliver seamless experiences, and maintain security at scale - all through real-world examples of successful transformation.

Charles Damen

CPO, Token.io

Mariano Albera

CTO, Checkout.com

Pablo Villegas Garcia

Payments Industry Specialist,
Amazon Web Services

Gavin Smyth

Head of Operations,
LSEG

_^15:30-16:00

Innovation at Every Scale: Transforming Financial Markets

From retail trading to institutional quantitative research, discover how firms of all sizes are revolutionising capital markets. Learn how cloud technology democratises access to sophisticated trading infrastructure and enables data-driven innovation at any scale.

Max Fischer

Director Engineering, Trade Republic

Christopher Hughes

Director of Engineering,
London Stock Exchange Group

Rushil Patel

Infrastructure Engineer, GSA Capital

Brian Hayes (Group Moderator)

Head of FSI Go-To-Market, EMEA, Amazon Web Services

_^16:00-16:30

Cloud, Data & Innovation: How One Firm is Reshaping Global Financial Markets

Wrap up the day's sessions with an insightful fireside chat with TP ICAP's leadership to explore how one of the world's leading interdealer brokers is revolutionising financial markets through comprehensive cloud transformation. From modernising core trading platforms to building new data businesses, discover how TP ICAP is leveraging AWS to drive industry-wide change while creating new revenue streams, showcasing how cloud technology enables both business transformation and market innovation at scale.

Max Spoto

Group Chief Operating Officer, TP ICAP

Abhijit Akerkar (Moderator)

Director FSI UKI,
Amazon Web Services