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)
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
John Zecca Executive Vice President, Chief Legal, Risk & Regulatory Officer 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
Darren Ketteringham UK Leader of Financial Services & Partner 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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** Chairman
   

Our latest work

TheCityUK response to the Pensions Investment Review: Call for Evidence

We have published our submission and welcome the government’s focus on Pensions Investment in phase one of their Pensions Review.

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TheCityUK Autumn Budget 2024 Submission

We have published our submission ahead of the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget, detailing a set of proposals that our industry believes will help drive inclusive economic growth, especially when combined with a comprehensive spending review.

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News

Blog

Building growth: Guernsey’s role in driving investment into the UK

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?

Events

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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TheCityUK National Conference 2024

Register for our 2024 event taking place in Birmingham. The conference will discuss how the financial and related professional services industry can address some of the challenges facing the country.

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