Board of Directors

TheCityUK Board of Directors is at the heart of our organisation and brings together a cross-sectoral group of the most senior leaders from the industry. It oversees our strategic objectives, ensures the delivery of our work programme and provides key messages and governance for the recommendations from our work.

TheCityUK Board of Directors

Name Position Company
Anne Richards DBE* Chief Executive Officer Fidelity International
Hannah Gurga Director General Association of British Insurers
Adam Farkas Chief Executive Officer Association of Financial Markets Europe (AFME)
Jon Whitehouse Group Head of Government Relations Barclays Bank plc
Sarah Melvin Head of UK BlackRock
Christopher Hayward Chairman of Policy and Resources Committee City of London Corporation
Sir William Russell Alderman City of London Corporation
Omar Ali Managing Partner, EMEIA Financial Services EY
Edward Braham Chair M&G
Galina Dimitrova Director, Investment & Capital Markets The Investment Association
Miles Celic Chief Executive Officer TheCityUK
David Postings Chief Executive UK Finance
John Heaps Chairman Yorkshire Building Society
*Chair    

Our latest work

Response to the interim report issued by the UK Digitisation Taskforce

In response to the call for industry feedback on the interim report issued by the UK Digitisation Taskforce and led by Sir Douglas Flint, we have set out a series of recommendations

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Enabling growth and enhancing competitiveness: Annual report and accounts 2022-23

Over the past year, the wider social and economic context within which our industry operates has remained fraught...

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News

Blog

'Green’ and ‘brown’ taxes: fiscal policy and decarbonisation

Global Services Coalition Priorities for WTO Ministerial Conference 13 in 2024

Blog

The state of play at the World Trade Organisation

Press release

Driving jobs and growth across regions and nations: the enabling role of UK financial and related professional services

Events

TheCityUK National Conference 2023

Our 2023 National Conference, kindly sponsored by PwC, will take place in Manchester on Thursday 23 November 2023.

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Future Skills 2024 Conference

Future Skills 2024 Conference will focus on the talent challenges and opportunities facing UK-based financial and related professional services.

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