Business Council

Our Business Council brings together senior leaders from innovative high-growth companies from across the TheCityUK membership. The group operates as a high-level, Chatham House-style forum for industry to constructively engage with government, opposition MPs, regulators, and other stakeholder to promote and champion the role of the industry in the UK economy.

Contact

Job Title

Member Company

Robert Hughes-Penney*

Senior Investment Director

Rathbones Group

Richard Fisher

Chief Financial Officer

Aquis Exchange

Rupert Osborne

CEO – UK

Capital.com

Lisa Gordon

Chair of the Combined Board

Cavendish

Nick Dutton

Chief Regulatory Officer

Cboe Europe

Sherry Madera

Chief Executive Officer

CDP

Virginie Saade

Head of Government & Regulatory Policy, EMEA

Citadel Investment Group (Europe) Limited

Serge Marston

Managing Director - EMEA

CME Group

Lawrence Oliver

Deputy Chief Executive Officer

DDCAP Limited

Laure Fauchet

Director of Government Relations

DTCC Europe Limited

David Burrowes

Chair

Equity Release Council

Simon Gallagher

CEO of Euronext London & Head of Global Sales

Euronext

Kunal Gandhi

Senior Managing Director

Fenchurch Advisory Partners

Penny Madden

Partner - Co-Lead for London Office

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Iain Wright

Chief Policy and Communications Officer

ICAEW

Ruth Leas

Chief Executive Officer

Investec Bank

Andrew Smith

Senior Director

Kreab

Mark Austin CBE

Partner

Latham & Watkins LLP

John Howells

Chief Executive

LINK Scheme Holdings

Chris Jones

Chief Operating Officer

London Metal Exchange

Dean Berry

Group COO and CEO of EMEA & APAC

MarketAxess Europe

Scott Phillips 

Regional Co-Head EMEA & Head of UK

Moody’s

Kim Bromley

General Counsel, Company Secretary & Corporate Affairs Director

NHBC

John Maciver

Partner, Global Sector Head, Financial Services

Pinsent Masons LLP

Toby Marsh

Group Chief of Staff & Senior Leader for Business and Commercial Strategy

RBC Brewin Dolphin

James Deal

Co-CEO

RetailBook

Takahiro Yamaoku

CEO

SBI International

Hamish Patrick

Partner, Head of Financial Sector

Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Oliver Pilkington

Partner

Shoosmiths

Richard Fagan

Managing Director, Head of Origination

Shore Capital

Andrew Gillen

Senior Partner

Travers Smith LLP

Peter Hewitt

Co-Chairman

Universal Defence & Security Solutions

Oliver Brettle

Partner and Global Executive Committee Member

White & Case LLP

Annemarie Durbin

Board Chair

Yorkshire Building Society

*Chair

 

 

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