TheCityUK and Financial Services Skills Commission Future Skills Conference 2025

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The Future Skills Conference 2025 built on last year's inaugural Conference.

Organised in partnership with Financial Services Skills Commission, the conference brought together senior practitioners from across financial and related professional services, regulators and policymakers to discuss how to ensure the industry has the skills it needs for the future and continue to drive growth and prosperity across the country.

Conference

Key facts about UK-based financial and related professional services 2025

Claire Tunley

Chief Executive Officer, Financial Services Skills Commission

Anne Richards DBE

Chair of the Board, TheCityUK

Professor Sandra McNally

Director of the Education and Skills Programme, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics

Mark Hoban

Chair, Financial Services Skills Commission

In conversation

Sarah Maclean, Chief Executive Officer, Skills England

Claire Tunley, Chief Executive Officer, Financial Services Skills Commission

Panel sessions

The future of apprenticeships in closing the skills gap

Louise Scott-Worrall, UK Head of Learning Services, KPMG UK (Chair)
Ella Heffner, Apprentice, FS People Consulting, KPMG UK
Martyn Leader, Vice President, Pearson TQ, and Employer Engagement, Pearson
Matt Worman, Head of Lifelong Learning, KPMG UK

Skills as a driver of long-term competitiveness

Fiona Aldridge, Chief Executive, Skills Federation (Chair)
Ben Auty, Organisation and Capabilities Director, Lloyds Banking Group
Mandy Gill, Executive Director for Learning, Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment
Garth Ledingham, Head of Future Skills and Learning Technology, Nationwide
David Strickland, Leadership & Performance Director, Norgine

Remaining an international financial centre - How skills based organisations are key to our global prosperity

Caroline Haines, Vice-Chair of the Policy and Resources Committee, City of London Corporation (Chair)
Marcus Adams FCIPD, Head of HR Policy & Delivery, Financial Conduct Authority
Chloe Muir, Director of Talent and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Pinsent Masons
Anne Murphy, Managing Partner, Global Financial Services Practice, Odgers Berndtson
Tom Robinson, Head of Organisational Development, Hargreaves Lansdown

How is technological change shaping our industry, the workforce and the skills we need for growth?

Lorna Willis, CEO, TechSkills (Chair)
Babs Akinkugbe, Technology Platform Lead, Scottish Widows and member of TheCityUK Next Generation Leadership Council
Victoria Cleverley, Chief Operating Officer, Digital X, NatWest
Freneka Mumford, Director, Future of Work, KPMG UK
Matt Wintle, Head of Talent acquisition and Development, Admiral

Platinum sponsors:

Gold sponsors:

Agenda

09:00 - 09:05	Chief Executive Officer’s welcome Claire Tunley, Chief Executive Officer, Financial Services Skills Commission
09:05 – 09:20	Keynote address Professor Sandra McNally, Director of the Education and Skills Programme, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics
09:20 – 09:30	Chair’s address Anne Richards DBE, Chair, TheCityUK Board
09:30 - 10:15	Panel session: Skills as a driver of long-term competitiveness Fiona Aldridge, Chief Executive, Skills Federation (Chair) Ben Auty, Organisation and Capabilities Director, Lloyds Banking Group Mandy Gill, Executive Director for Learning, Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment Garth Ledingham, Head of Future Skills and Learning Technology, Nationwide David Strickland, Leadership & Performance Director, Norgine
10:15 - 10:40	In conversation: The future of apprenticeships in closing the skills gap Louise Scott-Worrall, UK Head of Learning Services, KPMG UK (Chair) Ella Heffner, Apprentice, FS People Consulting, KPMG UK Martyn Leader, Vice President, Pearson TQ, and Employer Engagement, Pearson Matt Worman, Head of Lifelong Learning, KPMG UK
10:40 – 11:10	Coffee break
11:10 – 11:20	Chair’s address Mark Hoban, Chair, Financial Services Skills Commission
11:20 - 12:05	Panel session: Remaining an international financial centre - How skills based organisations are key to our global prosperity Caroline Haines, Vice-Chair of the Policy and Resources Committee, City of London Corporation (Chair) Marcus Adams FCIPD, Head of HR Policy & Delivery, Financial Conduct Authority Chloe Muir, Director of Talent and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Pinsent Masons Anne Murphy, Managing Partner, Global Financial Services Practice, Odgers Berndtson Tom Robinson, Head of Organisational Development, Hargreaves Lansdown
12:05 - 12:30	In Conversation Sarah Maclean, Chief Executive Officer, Skills England
12:30 - 13:15	Panel session: How is technological change shaping our industry, the workforce and the skills we need for growth? Lorna Willis, CEO, TechSkills (Chair) Babs Akinkugbe, Technology Platform Lead, Scottish Widows and member of TheCityUK Next Generation Leadership Council Victoria Cleverley, Chief Operating Officer, Digital X, NatWest Freneka Mumford, Director, Future of Work, KPMG UK Matt Wintle, Head of Talent acquisition and Development, Admiral
13:15 - 13:20	Closing remarks Miles Celic OBE, Chief Executive Officer, TheCityUK
13:20 - 14:15	Networking lunch

Agenda subject to change