Leadership Council

Our Leadership Council brings together a cross-sectoral group of the most senior leaders from the industry.

The Leadership Council approves our strategy and its members lead on major programmes of work.

They work alongside the Board of Directors to ensure that we achieve our objectives and meet the demands of our members. These meetings are regularly attended by Government Ministers, senior regulators, Ambassadors and other leading stakeholders.

TheCityUK Leadership Council

Lord Mayor of The City of London *   City of London Corporation
Bruce Carnegie-Brown Chair Leadership Council
Denise Gibson UK Managing Partner A&O Shearman
Paul Stanley Chief Executive Officer, UKI Financial Services Accenture
Aster Crawshaw Senior Partner Addleshaw Goddard LLP
Chris Rash Chief Executive Officer American International Group UK Limited
Julie Page Chief Executive Officer, EMEA Aon EMEA
Juan Blasco Chair Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME)
Baroness Kay Swinburne Chair Association of British Insurers (ABI)
George Culmer Chairman Aviva
Nigel Hinshelwood Non-Executive Director & Chair AXA XL
Edward Poulton Managing Partner, London Baker McKenzie
Bernard Mensah President of International and CEO of Merrill Lynch International Bank of America
Nigel Higgins Chairman Barclays Bank plc
Sandra Boss UK Chair BlackRock
Constantin Cotzias Director Bloomberg Europe
Emmanuelle Bury UK Country Head BNP Paribas
Helen Oldfield EMEA General Counsel BNY
Andy Maguire Chair, Global Banking Boston Consulting Group
Tiina Lee Chief Executive Officer, Citi UK Citigroup
Christopher Hayward Chairman of Policy and Resources Committee City of London Corporation
Adrian Cartwright Global Senior Partner Clifford Chance
Atul Sodhi Senior Country Officer Credit Agricole CIB
John Devine Chairman of the Board Credit Suisse International (a UBS Group company)
Suresh Kanwar Managing Partner, Financial Services Deloitte LLP
Vathany Vijayaratna Chief Executive Officer, UK & Ireland Deutsche Bank
Simon Levine Chief Strategic Innovation Partner DLA Piper
Robert Hingley Chairman Euroclear UK & International
Martina Keane UK and Ireland Financial Services Leader EY
Peter Horrell Chairman, Fidelity Holdings (UK) Ltd Fidelity International
Mark Hoban Chair Financial Services Skills Commission
Georgia Dawson Senior Partner Freshfields
Richard Gnodde Chief Executive Officer Goldman Sachs International
Rupert Pleasant Chief Executive Guernsey Finance
James Palmer Partner Herbert Smith Freehills
Sharon Lewis Partner, Sector Group Leader & Head of Financial Institutions and Insurance Hogan Lovells
David Shalders Group Chief Operating Officer Howden Group
Sir Mark Tucker Group Chairman HSBC Holdings
Chris Rhodes President ICE Futures Europe
Rupert Rossander General Counsel, EMEA Invesco
Anna Dunn UK CEO & EMEA CFO J.P. Morgan
Joe Moynihan CEO Jersey Finance
Jon Holt UK Chief Executive & Senior Partner KPMG
António Simões Group Chief Executive Officer Legal & General Group plc
Paul Lewis Firmwide Managing Partner Linklaters LLP
Sir Charles Roxburgh KCB Chair Lloyd’s
Sir Robin Budenberg Chairman Lloyds Banking Group
Chris Brown Chief Executive Lockton International
Don Robert Chairman London Stock Exchange Group
Edward Braham Chair M&G Plc
Christopher J Lay Chief Executive Officer, UK & Ireland Marsh
TS Anil Group Chief Executive Officer Monzo Bank
Clare Woodman CEO and Head of EMEA Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
John Zecca Executive Vice President, Chief Legal, Risk & Regulatory Officer Nasdaq
André Rogaczewski CEO Netcompany
Sir Tom Scholar Non-Executive Chair Nomura International
Farmida Bi CBE Chair Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Kester Scrope Chief Executive Odgers Berndtson
Sir Nicholas Lyons Chair of the Group Board Phoenix Group
Darren Ketteringham UK Leader of Financial Services & Partner PwC
Jordan Sinclair President, UK Robinhood
Robert Leitão Managing Partner Rothschild & Co
William Vereker Chairman Santander UK
Charlotte Stalin Partner, Head of Financial Institutions Sector Group Simmons & Simmons
Roland Turnill Senior Partner Slaughter and May
Thierry d’Argent CEO, SG London Branch & Chief Country Officer, UK & Ireland Société Générale
Mark FitzPatrick Chief Executive Officer St. James’s Place
José Viñals Group Chairman Standard Chartered Bank
Raman Bhatia Group Chief Executive Officer Starling Bank
Cuan Coulter UK Country Head for State Street Bank & Trust State Street
Anne Richards DBE Vice Chair TheCityUK Board
Omar Ali Chair TheCityUK Long Term Competitiveness Group
Jon Whitehouse Chair TheCityUK Public Affairs Group
Patrick Thomson Chair The Investment Association
Bob Wigley Chairman UK Finance
Andreas Utermann Chairman Vontobel
Zar Amrolia Chairman XTX Markets
*President    

Our latest work

Key facts about UK-based financial and related professional services 2025

Our latest 'Key facts about UK-based financial and related professional services' report, explores the important contribution the financial and related professional services industry makes to the UK economy.

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Finance and investment for UK defence

This joint paper with ADS Group, emphasises the need for the government to develop mechanisms that reduce perceived risks in the defence industry for finance and investment communities. The paper outlines recommendations to enhance the financing environment for defence sector businesses through improved partnerships with financial and related professional services.

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News

Press release

‘De-risk defence’ to improve financing climate for defence sector

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Chair's address from the Future Skills Conference 2025

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Response to the UK-EU 'Common Understanding' package

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Guest blog: We are getting there - the age of the skills train

Events

TheCityUK Annual Conference 2025

Our Annual Conference brings together senior leaders from across the financial and related professional services industry with political and regulatory stakeholders to discuss how to maintain the industry’s competitiveness and its pivotal role in driving economic growth across the UK economy.

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City Week 2025

We are pleased to be a supporter of City & Financial's City Week 2025. The event brings together more than 1,000 senior decision makers from UK and overseas financial institutions for insightful presentations, panel discussions, social events and networking.

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