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

Omar Ali CBE*

Global Financial Services Leader

EY

Julie Page

Chief Executive Officer, Europe, Middle East and Africa

Aon

Hannah Gurga

Director General

Association of British Insurers

Adam Farkas

Chief Executive Officer

Association of Financial Markets Europe (AFME)

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

Georgia Dawson

Senior Partner

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Ian Stuart

Chief Executive Officer

HSBC UK

Chris Rhodes

President

ICE Futures Europe

Andrew Kail

Chief Executive Officer Institutional Retirement

Legal & General Group plc

Farmida Bi CBE

Chair, Europe, Middle East and Asia

Norton Rose Fulbright

Tim Fassam

Director of Public Affairs

Standard Life plc

Miles Celic OBE

Chief Executive Officer

TheCityUK

David Postings

Chief Executive

UK Finance

Susan Allen OBE

Chief Executive Officer

Yorkshire Building Society

*Chair

 

 

Our latest work

Priorities for advancing UK-EU relations

This report sets out an industry-led agenda to strengthen UK–EU cooperation in financial and related professional services. Drawing on consultation with our members, it identifies practical steps to reduce friction, improve predictability and support shared European priorities

Mansion House 2026: Our summary and analysis

Our summary of the Chancellor's Mansion House speech welcomes the increased focus from the government and regulators on growth, however bolder ambition and faster, more decisive implementation is necessary to secure the UK’s competitiveness as a world-class international financial centre in the next decade and drive investment and growth.

News

Blog

Transatlantic Taskforce: turning ambition into practical market outcomes

News

Mobilising finance for defence: How the UK can strengthen security, resilience and international partnerships

Press release

TheCityUK manifesto sets out practical steps to boost jobs, investment and prosperity across Greater Manchester

Blog

From strategy to delivery: turning the UK's tokenisation ambition into action

Events

IFN UK Forum 2026

We are delighted to support the IFN UK Forum 2026, Europe’s longest running Islamic finance conference, which will take place on Monday 7 September in London at the Mansion House

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TheCityUK National Conference 2026

Our National Conference 2026 will take place at the Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel on Thursday 19 November 2026.

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