- Opening Remarks from Moderator/ Chair
Charlie Onions, Product & Content Associate, VC Innovations
CEOs from across the mutual banking landscape discuss the methods mutuals are employing for a clearer, adaptive, and successful future.
Emma Norledge, Deputy CEO, Wave Community Bank
Dónal Traynor, Group CEO, Community Finance Ireland
Adrian Sargent, CEO, Castle Community Bank
Brendan Gilmore, Managing Director, BPG Strategy (Moderator)
Reaching a fair plateau of financial inclusion in the new-build & first-time buyers demographic
Rachael Hunnisett, National Accounts & New Build Lead, Skipton Building Society
Eliot Darcy, CEO, Market Mortgage
Often considered a blight on the modern financial institution, are legacy systems in need of erasure or a reboot? Rockstar speaker Manila McLean gives us the rundown on how their team have approached their own tech stack and how that supports their broader digitization objectives.
Manila McLean, CIO, Newcastle Building Society
Time for a quick break! Grab a tea or coffee!
A detailed overview of the resilient processes mutual institutions need to adopt cross-branch and cross-division, if they are to provide security for members and retain their trust.
Chris McEvoy, Security & Resilience Officer, Nationwide Building Society
Our panel looks at the ways mission-led financial institutions can lead in providing the vulnerable with financial education, cushion the blow of the cost-of-living crisis and push for innovation where it’s needed most: our communities.
Phil Gosset, Head of Innovation, Nationwide Building Society
Tynah Matembe, Founder & CEO, MoneyMatiX Ltd.
Kieran Roberts, Strategy Development Manager, Leeds Building Society
Jonathan Turner, Technology Strategy and Innovation Lead, Fair4All Finance
Matt Lowndes, Innovation Director, Mortgage Advice Bureau
Earlier this year, Hinckley & Rugby Building Society successfully conducted the UK’s first digitised re–mortgage. Their Rockstar CEO tells all about the journey to this significant mutual milestone.
Colin Fyfe, CEO, Hinckley & Rugby Building Society
With the cost-of-living crisis rearing its head for winter, the mutual sector is putting more time than ever into providing sustainable solutions, partnering with eco-centric fintechs and building greener platforms for members, prospective and loyal. Our panellists look into the potential conversion opportunities this brings, as well as the issues surrounding company greenwashing.
Gareth Griffiths, CEO, Ecology Building Society
Jonathan Evans, National Accounts Lead, Skipton Building Society
Richard Rothwell, Commercial Development Manager, Leeds Building Society
Daphne Biliouri-Grant, ESG Manager, Suffolk Building Society [Moderator]
Clare White, Operational Risk & Climate Manager, Hinckley & Rugby Building Society
Looking at how building societies and credit unions can utilize the Property Data Framework to better augment and streamline their mortgage processes.
Maria Harris, Chair, Home Buying & Selling Group
Attracting new members to your organisation is a lot more hands-on than it perhaps used to be, with recent generations of consumers demanding a mindful, more sensitive approach to social issues and their overall ESG frameworks. Our panellists discuss the ways in which the mutual sector, famed for its customer-service and communal ethos, can build sustainable, inclusive initiatives and encourage members, old and new, to get involved in the quest for a broader community goals.
Zahoor Ahmad, Head of Social Mobility, Inclusion & Belonging, Co-Op
Daphne Biliouri-Grant, ESG Manager, Suffolk Building Society
Chris McEvoy, Security & Resilience Officer, Nationwide Building Society
Marcus Buck, Head of Marketing, Product & Insight, Saffron Building Society
David Woodward, Senior Partnerships Development Manager, Marqeta (MODERATOR)
Time for a quick break! Grab a tea or coffee (…or a famous festival craft beer!) before the final sessions of the day.
Our rockstar panel closes the first day with an engaging debate about the ever-evolving mutual product expansion trend. How can the sector broaden its arsenal whilst protecting their roles as a trusted provider for members?
Stephen Geran, Head of Digital Product Innovation, Nationwide Building Society
Laura Bright, Senior Product Manager, Saffron Building Society
Michael Fisher, Chief Product Officer, Mutual Vision
Matthew Elliott, Co-Founder, Nivo
Andrew Samu, Editor, Disruption Banking (moderator)
Charlie Onions, Product & Content Associate, VC Innovations
- Opening Remarks from Moderator/ Chair
Charlie Onions, Product & Content Associate, VC Innovations
Our panellists discuss the challenges of workplace reshuffles, cross-duty job roles and the great post-covid reset. With traditional branches coming into question and the popularity of hybrid working, how can the sector stay afloat?
Colin Field, CEO, Saffron Building Society
Wayne Morris, Head of Transformation, Nationwide Building Society
Amanda Zahringer, Chair, Community Finance Ireland
Robert Thickett, Digital Policy Manager, Building Societies Association (Moderator)
Director, Tony Greenham talks us through the Mutual Banks Association and how it fits into the wider mutual sector of today.
Tony Greenham, Director, Mutual Banks Association
Time for a quick break! Grab a tea or coffee!
Mortgages. The mutual bank’s bread and butter. Explore the inspirations behind the latest initiatives in lending and home-buying.
Claire Askham, Head of Mortgage Sales, Buckinghamshire Building Society
Michael Conville, Head of Mortgage Operations, Newcastle Building Society
Jennifer Johnson, Deputy Secretary General, EMF-ECBC
Tony Hall, Head of Mortgage Sales, Saffron Building Society
John Scrivens, Intermediary Development & Leadership Professional, Skipton Building Society (Moderator)
Joy Abisaab, CEO, Mast
Making sure members are looked after from the moment they’re onboarded is crucial to retaining trust and developing their financial portfolio in-line with business objectives.
Our speakers will explore how to meet the evolving needs of members across their mutual finance journey, nurturing their financial development and building on the community-led ethos of the sector.
Colin Field, CEO, Saffron Building Society
Rachael Hunnisett, National Accounts & New Build Lead, Skipton Building Society
Jane Benjamin, Director, Mortgages, Connect for Intermediaries
Mary Connor, Industry Principal – Retail & Commercial Banking, Finastra
Michael Royce, Senior Policy & Propositions Manager (Savings & Workplace), Money and Pensions Service (Moderator)
Honing in on the tactics and trajectories credit unions are utilising in anticipation of future developments.
Matt Bland, CEO, The Co-Op Credit Union
Exploring the need for clarity and collaboration with regulatory bodies in the funding cycle.
Luca Bertalot, Secretary General, EMF-ECBC
Time for a quick break! Grab a tea or coffee (…or a famous festival craft beer!) before the final sessions of the day.
Wrapping up this year’s event, our panellists ponder the state of their communities, the saturated FinTech market and the future of finance.
Jay Evans, Head of PR & Communications, Saffron Building Society (Moderator)
Oliver Studd, CEO & Founder, Valhalla Network
Ben West, Head of Business Development, London Mutual Credit Union
Amanda Walker, IT & Administration Officer, Sheffield Credit Union
Richard Rothwell, Commercial Development Manager, Leeds Building Society
Charlie Onions, Product & Content Associate, VC Innovations