TheCityUK Regional and National Chairs

The role of our Regional and National Chairs is to further enhance and support our work across all of the UK.

Our Regional and National Chairs have been drawn from across the industry in areas that host some of the country's major financial centres. They act as advocates for the industry, championing its considerable local contribution, and progressing opportunities for greater collaboration across their respective regions and nations.

Current TheCityUK Regional and National Chairs:

Midlands
Sandra Wallace CBE, TheCityUK Chair in the Midlands, and Joint Managing Director, UK and Europe, DLA Piper

Northern Ireland
Leigh Meyer, TheCityUK Chair in Northern Ireland, and Managing Director, Citi Belfast

North East
Jerry Arneja, TheCityUK Chair in the North East, and Area Director, North East & Humber Business Banking, HSBC UK

North West
Lyndsey Fallon, TheCityUK Chair in the North West, and Risk Advisory Partner, Deloitte

Sam Booth, Deputy TheCityUK Chair in the North West, Chief Executive, pro-manchester

South West
Katharine Finn, TheCityUK Chair in the South West, and Senior Partner, Bristol Office, PwC

Yorkshire and The Humber
John Walsh, TheCityUK Chair in Yorkshire and The Humber, and Head of Office Leeds - UK Corporate, Marsh

Wales
Tom Bray, TheCityUK Chair for Wales, and Senior Office Partner, Cardiff, Eversheds Sutherland

Our latest work

Enabling growth across the UK 2023: UK-based financial and related professional services

This report evaluates the financial and related professional services industry’s economic contribution to the regions and nations of the UK. It is based on analysis of the latest available data (2021).

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Key facts about UK-based financial and related professional services 2023

For yet another year, the wider social and economic context within which the financial and related professional services industry operates is fraught.

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News

Press release

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

News

TheCityUK responds to the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill 2023

TheCityUK appoints industry champion for the North East

TheCityUK appoints industry champion for the North West

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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Two-thirds of financial and related professional services employment is based outside the M25