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
Alasdair Haynes* Founder & CEO Aquis Exchange
Nick Dutton Chief Regulatory Officer Cboe Europe
Nick Murray-Leslie Founder & Director Chatsworth Communications
Donna Rix General Counsel Europe Citadel Investment Group (Europe) Limited
Michel Everaert Managing Director CME Group
Lawrence Oliver Deputy Chief Executive Officer DDCAP Limited
Laure Fauchet Director of Government Relations DTCC Europe Limited
Kunal Gandhi Senior Managing Director Fenchurch Advisory Partners
Penny Madden Partner - Co-Lead for London Office Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Ruth Leas Chief Executive Officer Investec Bank
Andrew Smith Senior Director Kreab
Chris Jones Chief Risk Officer London Metal Exchange
Jo Tanner Interim Corporate Affairs Director NHBC
John Rothstein Chief Executive Officer, UK Optiver
James Deal Co-Founder & Head of UK PrimaryBid
Robert Hughes-Penney Senior Investment Director Rathbones Group
Toby Marsh Group Chief of Staff & Senior Leader for Business and Commercial Strategy RBC Brewin Dolphin
Jordan Sinclair President Robinhood - UK
Hamish Patrick Partner, Head of Financial Sector Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
Kirsten Hewson Chair Shoosmiths
Ian Cornwall Director, Head Market Structure SIX Swiss Exchange
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
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Our latest work

Enabling growth across the UK 2024: UK-based financial and related professional services

Our annual ‘Enabling growth across the UK’ research explores the industry’s economic contribution in each region and nation of the UK in detail and sets our policy recommendations to help enhance the industry's positive contribution to the economy.

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TheCityUK response to US outbound investment security consultation

Our comments seek clarification and guidance on issues pertaining to the proposed implementation of the US outbound investment security programme.

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News

Blog

Inclusive growth: it’s the government’s big idea, but what does it mean?

Press release

New research shows UK financial and related professional services are key drivers of jobs and growth across regions and nations

Blog

UK-EU financial services exports: which countries are most prominent?

Blog

FCA and PRA reports on their secondary international competitiveness and growth objective

Events

Ethical Finance Global 2024

We are pleased to be supporting the forthcoming Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI)’s Ethical Finance Global 2024 which will take place on the 25 September 2024 at the RBS Conference Centre in Edinburgh.

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Data, AI and the Future of Financial Services Summit 2024

City & Financial Global’s Data, AI and the Future of Financial Services Summit 2024 will be held in London on 22 October 2024.

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