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TheCityUK International Conference 2024

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Watch the highlights from our International Conference 2024 below

The conference, which was in partnership with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, brought together influential leaders from across the financial and related professional services industry, politics and the regulators to discuss the key commercial drivers and themes that will guide businesses and underpin the UK’s position as a world-leading international financial centre.

This year’s conference also focussed on the global elections taking place across the year and their potential impact on the industry, particularly in key growth areas such as sustainability, deployment of Artificial Intelligence and new digital technologies.

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Platinum sponsor:

Freshfields 300X150 (2)

Keynote speeches:

Bruce Carnegie-Brown, Chair, TheCityUK Leadership Council

The Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP, Secretary of State for Business and Trade

Sarah Pritchard, Executive Director, Markets and Executive Director, International, Financial Conduct Authority 

In conversations:

General Sir Richard Barrons KCB, CBE, Co-Chairman, Universal Defence and Security Solutions

Nicola Watkinson, Managing Director, International, TheCityUK (Chair)

Catherine West MP, Shadow Foreign Minister (Asia & the Pacific)

Edward Braham, Chair, TheCityUK International Trade & Investment Group (Chair)

Panel sessions:

What impact will geopolitics in 2024 have, and how will it impact our work to grow the UK as an International Financial Centre?

Linda Yueh CBE, Fellow in Economics at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University (Chair)
Ola Ajadi, Head of Government Relations and Regulatory Strategy, UK MEA, London Stock Exchange Group, and TheCityUK Next Generation Leadership Council Member
Tina Fordham, Founder, Fordham Global Foresight
Sharon Lewis, Partner, Corporate & Finance, Hogan Lovells
Roger Lui, Partner, Hong Kong, Global Co-head of Bank Sector Clients and Board Member, Allen & Overy LLP

What risks and opportunities are there in the current geo-political environment for our drive to net zero?

Chris Hayward, Policy Chairman, City of London Corporation (Chair)
Elena Amirkhanova, Partner, Sustainability, PwC
Antoni Ballabriga, Global Head, Sustainability Intelligence & Advocacy, BBVA
Alice Squires, Managing Director and Head of Investor Advisory, Rothschild & Co
Tim Wilkins, New York M&A Partner, Leading Global Sustainability Team, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

What does the fragmented landscape mean for the ongoing challenges and opportunities technology is creating?

Rebecca Womersley, Chief Information & Change Officer, Lloyd's (Chair)
Claire Harrop, Senior Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Janine Hirt, CEO, Innovate Finance
Stuart McDowell, UK CIO & UK Head of GBSU/FFC, Société Générale
Jordan Sinclair, President, Robinhood UK

Below are links to the speeches delivered at the event:

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