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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| *Chair |