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

Chair, EMEA

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, The Baroness 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

News

Blog

UK as the translation hub: keeping pace with the next phase of Islamic finance

Blog

From endorsement to execution: why the Lagos International Financial Centre could be a game changer for Nigeria

Blog

The UK-Switzerland agreement shows what a services-first trade policy looks like

Blog

Transatlantic Taskforce: turning ambition into practical market outcomes

Events

TheCityUK National Conference 2026

Our National Conference 2026 will take place in Bristol on Thursday 19 November 2026 and will address how devolution can help unlock growth across the UK,

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Highlights from TheCityUK Annual Conference 2026

The Annual Conference 2026 took 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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