FTT AI Transformation 2026

Rockstar speakers

More speakers are being confirmed weekly. Stay tuned for the latest updates

Peter Crouch

Group Innovation Director

Lloyds Banking Group

Jambu Palaniappan

CEO

Checktrade.com

Ari Cohen

Chief Data and AI Officer

Macquarie Group

Sue Hayes

CEO

The Nottingham Building Society

Mitch Trehan

Chief Compliance Officer

Allica Bank

Pat O'Donnell

Director of Pay - Commercial

Phorest

David Twigg

Financial Services MD

Frasers

Olga Gunchenkova

Director of Payments

Flutter International

Edgars Kokins

Managing Director

Bolt

Kevin Cassar

Chief Data & AI Officer (CDAO)

TalkTalk

Thiago Gaiao

Managing Director / General Manager - UK & Ireland

SharkNinja

David Rice

Chief AI Officer

HSBC

Ankit Sachdeva

Global Lead, Vendor Financing

Delivery Hero

Hayley Viner

Director of Payments

Zopa Bank

Ramy Erfan

Vice President, Business & Technology Enablement

Citi

Joshua Fabian-Miller

MD Credit

Currys

Khyati Attri

Director, Operations, Technology & Cyber Risk - CIB

Standard Chartered Bank

Karolina Maciulevičiūtė

MLRO Lithuania, Board of Directors UK

Overchain

Simon Taylor

CEO & Chair of BSA

Melton Building Society

Colin Field

CEO

Saffron Building Society

Owen Roberts

CEO

Unify Credit Union

Walid Hassouna

CEO

valU

Simon Broadley

CEO

Furness Building Society

Ambar Sinha

Head of Fraud - Retail & FinCrime Support

Revolut

Gareth Griffiths

CEO

Ecology Building Society

James Brown

CEO

Leeds Credit Union

Andrew Morris

CEO

Cirencester Friendly Society

Dave Starling

Head of Future Products Technology

NatWest

Iain Kirkpatrick

CEO

Market Harborough Building Society

Michael Conville

Chief Customer Officer

Darlington Building Society

Xiang Fan

Programme Director

NatWest

Vijay Mitra

Generative AI & Responsible AI Risk Lead

Nationwide Building Society

Cristina Caffarra

Chairperson

EuroStack Initiative Foundation

Greg Sachrajda

Head of Department - Retail Banking

Financial Conduct Authority

Gurminder Singh Bhagrath

CEO

London Capital Credit Union

Pedro Batista

CEO

Payhawk

John Haslam

Chief Strategy Officer

Penny Post Credit Union

Mikko Riikkinen

Head of Financial Services

Wolt

Ben Appleby

Product Owner / Business Design Lead - Cloud Onboarding

Nationwide Building Society

Chris Higham

Director, Payments Product Owner

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking

Khalil Bawar

Head of Innovation Design

PostFinance

Jason Sheehy

Head of Identity

Post Office UK

Ashtha Bajaj

Data and AI Lead

Bank of Ireland

David Okoronkwo

Senior, Compliance & Risk

Task Tabbit

Manish Kumar

Head of payments acceptance

Starling Bank

Aleksandar Todorovic

Managing Director, Generative AI Strategy

NatWest

Bogdan Grigorescu

Senior Technical Lead, AI Engineering & Platforms

Direct Line Group

Damian Glover

Co-chair of Trusted AI Agents Working Group

Decentralized Identity Foundation

Aisling Twomey

Lead Business Banking & Financial Crime

Monzo Bank

Rob Oliver

Director of Distribution

Dudley Building Society

Roy Corneleus

Lead Zero-Trust & CIAM Architect

Vodafone

Lawrence Chan

Head of Savings

Nottingham Building Society

Charlotte Grimshaw

Head of Intermediaries

Suffolk Building Society

Caroline Cartellieri

Non-Executive Director

Saffron Building Society

Ashley Bostel

Financial Crime Analytics Strategy Lead

NatWest

Colin Whitmore

Financial Crime Strategy & Controls

Formerly NatWest

Daria Odale

Senior Product Manager, Customer Platforms

Spotify

Dan Berner

Founder

Zentru Solutions

Alex Clayden

Head of Financial Crime Risk, Customer Decisioning

Monzo Bank

Grant Ongers

Principal Security Architect

DSIT

Harsh Daftary

VP, Cloud Security

Emirates NBD

Philip O'Shaunghnessy

Head of Architecture

Metro Bank

Laura de Bella

Engineering Manager, Customer Platforms

Spotify

Quendoline Jansen

Senior Product Designer, Customer Platforms

Spotify

Azy Shojaeian

Group Chief Compliance & Risk Officer & MLRO

Pockit & Monese

Lian Ryan-Hume

Head of Trust & Safety Policy, EMEA

TikTok

Grace Broadhurst

Head of Product at Economic Crime Prevention Lab

Lloyds Banking Group

Pallavi Kapale

Senior Financial Crime Officer (2LOD) - Financial Intelligence

Bank of China

Mark Murphy

Strategy Lead, Economic Crime

NatWest

Yair Samban

KYC, AML, Counter Terrorist Finance

Independent

Nafisa Feeney

Head of Legal

Paynt

Gitika Rohilla

Senior Online Payments & Chargebacks Manager

Transport for London

Richard Oliphant

Legal Expert

Independent

Richard Shepherd

Senior Digital Product Manager - Digital Identity

HSBC

Manos Mavrikos

SVP Business Development

FaceTec

Janine Hirt

CEO

Innovate Finance

Chris Kirk

Senior Risk & Control Manager, Platform, Data & Security

Monzo Bank

Jon Shamah

Co-Founder

Global Trust Foundation

Zil Bareisis

Head of Retail Banking and Payments

Celent

Oonagh van den Berg

CEO & Founder

Virtual Risk Solutions

Jaz Saggu

NED

BHSF Group Ltd

Richard Maton

Founder

Aperio Strategy

James Monaghan

Founder

MISSION

Julia Puzyrova

Chief Platform Owner

Luminor Group

Peter Davey

Independent Expert

Independent

Mark Inglis

Director, Financial Crime Compliance

Worldpay

Blerina Essen

Director & Deputy Managing Director, Finance & Operations

Norac Foods Uk

Rob Haslingden

Co-Head of Coalitions

CFIT

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