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

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 2024: UK-based financial and related professional services

Our annual ‘Enabling growth across the UK’ research explores the industry’s economic contribution in each region and nation of the UK in detail and sets our policy recommendations to help enhance the industry's positive contribution to the economy.

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Financing Britain’s future: TheCityUK’s strategy for the government

We are calling on the government to prioritise strong collaboration with financial and related professional services to ensure the industry can make an even greater contribution to driving growth – underpinned by policy certainty, stability and predictability.

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News

News

National Conference 2024 Chair’s address: Bruce Carnegie-Brown

Blog

Guest blog: Building blocks - laying the foundation for a strong UK economy

Blog

Guest blog: Building growth - Guernsey’s role in driving investment into the UK

Press release

New research shows UK financial and related professional services are key drivers of jobs and growth across regions and nations

Events

TheCityUK National Conference 2024

Watch the full session recordings of our National Conference 2024, which took place at the Library of Birmingham on Tuesday 26 November. In light of the government's renewed focus on regional growth and devolution, this year's conference was a great opportunity to look at the role of our industry in enabling inclusive growth across the UK.

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