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** Chairman Lloyd’s
Denise Gibson UK Managing Partner A&O Shearman
Paul Stanley Chief Executive Officer, UKI Financial Services Accenture
Aster Crawshaw Senior Partner Addleshaw Goddard LLP
Julie Page Chief Executive Officer, EMEA Aon UK
Baroness Nicky Morgan Chair Association of British Insurers (ABI)
Thalia Chryssikou Chair Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME)
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
Hubert Reynier Senior Country Officer Crédit Agricole CIB
John Devine Chairman of the Board Credit Suisse International (a UBS Group company)
Richard Hammell Managing Partner, Financial Services Deloitte LLP
Vathany Vijayaratna Chief Executive Officer, UK & Ireland Deutsche Bank
Simon Levine Global Co-Chief Executive DLA Piper
Robert Hingley Chairman Euroclear UK & International
Andy Baldwin Global Managing Partner, Client Service EY
Peter Horrell Chairman, Fidelity Holdings (UK) Ltd Fidelity International
Mark Hoban Chair Financial Services Skills Commission
Georgia Dawson Senior Partner Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Richard Gnodde Chief Executive Officer Goldman Sachs International
Lyndon Trott Chairman Guernsey Finance
James Palmer Partner Herbert Smith Freehills
Sharon Lewis Partner, Sector Group Leader & Head of Financial Institutions and Insurance Hogan Lovells
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 Robin Budenberg  Chairman Lloyds Banking Group
Don Robert Chairman London Stock Exchange Group
Edward Braham Chair M&G Plc
Rick McVey Chairman and Chief Executive Office MarketAxess
Christopher J Lay Chief Executive Officer, UK & Ireland Marsh
Stephen Long Managing Director – Head of EMEA Moody’s Corporation
Clare Woodman CEO and Head of EMEA Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
Andreas Gustafsson Senior Vice President & Chief Counsel Nasdaq
Sir Tom Scholar Non-Executive Chair Nomura International
Farmida Bi Chair Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Kester Scrope Chief Executive Odgers Berndtson
Sir Nicholas Lyons Chair of the Group Board Phoenix Group
Isabelle Jenkins UK Leader of Financial Services PwC
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
Cuan Coulter UK Country Head for State Street Bank & Trust State Street
Chris Rash Chief Executive Officer Talbot Underwriting Ltd (an AIG company)
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
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Our latest work

TheCityUK response to the FOS consultation on ‘Charging Claims Management Companies and other professional representatives’

We submitted our response to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) consultation on proposals to charge case fees for claims management companies (CMCs) and other professional representatives.

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The King’s Speech 2024

Following His Majesty the King’s first King’s Speech of the new Parliament, we have put together a summary of the planned bills that we expect to impact our industry.

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News

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TheCityUK comments on the UK joining the WTO Joint Initiative on Electronic Commerce

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What will the Chancellor, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, reveal in her Mansion House speech?

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TheCityUK comments on the King’s Speech

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TheCityUK comments on the FCA's new listing rules

Events

IFN UK Forum 2024

We are pleased to be supporting the forthcoming IFN UK Forum 2024, which will take place on the 2 September 2024 at Mansion House. The forum is Europe's premier Islamic finance event and a meeting place for the industry's elite.

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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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