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
Galina Dimitrova Director, Investment & Capital Markets The Investment Association
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

TheCityUK and industry partners respond to the UNFCCC Climate Finance Work Programme 

We have responded to the UNFCCC’s climate finance work programme, setting out priorities to help deliver the New Collective Quantified Goal and scale finance for developing countries. Their response highlights the need for strong public finance, better conditions for private investment, more support for adaptation, and structured engagement with the private sector.

Bridging the infrastructure funding gap

Our latest report, produced in partnership with Freshfields, outlines strategies to attract large-scale private investment into UK infrastructure. It proposes improving financial and regulatory frameworks and highlights the importance of exporting British expertise to global markets. The report urges joint efforts between government and industry to reinforce the UK's position in infrastructure and foster international growth.

News

Blog

Guernsey and the UK: A partnership powering regional growth

Blog

Not a niche: Britain’s financial and related professional services exports and why they matter

Blog

The Lagos International Financial Centre - an idea whose time has come

Blog

Guest blog: Skills, not disruptive technologies, will determine an organisation’s success in the next decade

Events

TheCityUK Annual Conference 2026

The Annual Conference 2026 will take place on Thursday 18 June, bringing together senior leaders from across the financial and related professional services industry with political and regulatory stakeholders to explore themes around innovations in FinTech, the regulatory and taxation environment, and driving growth

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Highlights from TheCityUK National Conference 2025

Our National Conference 2025 took place at the Queens Hotel in Leeds on Thursday 27 November. This year's conference was an opportunity to look at the role of our industry in enabling inclusive growth across the UK.

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