Our International Conference 2026, sponsored by Freshfields, brought together over 250 senior leaders from across the financial and related professional services industry, policymakers and regulators to focus on how the UK can assert itself as a world-leading, international financial centre in a new age of global competition.

If you missed out on the day, recordings of the sessions are available below.

Conference

Bridging the infrastructure funding gap

Launched at the conference, this report, produced in partnership with Freshfields, urges joint efforts between government and industry to reinforce the UK's position in infrastructure and foster international growth.

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Agenda

09:00 – 09:10	Opening remarks Miles Celic OBE, Chief Executive Officer, TheCityUK
09:10 – 09:20	Chair's welcome remarks Anne Richards DBE, Chair, TheCityUK Leadership Council
09:20 – 09:50	Keynote speech The Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP, Secretary of State for Business and Trade Followed by an in conversation with Anne Richards DBE, Chair, TheCityUK Leadership Council
09:50 – 10:35	Panel session: Navigating competition among the economic superpowers Chris Hayward, Policy Chairman, City of London Corporation (Chair) Joe Cassidy, Partner and Head of Technology, Media & Telecoms, KPMG UK Rebecca Park, Partner, FGS Global Anna Rosenberg, Head of Geopolitics, Amundi Investment Institute Nabeel Yousef, Partner, Freshfields
10:35 – 10:50	Keynote speech Daisy Cooper MP, Deputy Leader and Treasury Spokesperson, Liberal Democrats Followed by an in conversation with Tim Fassam, Chair, TheCityUK Public Affairs Group
10:50 – 11:15	Coffee break
11:15 – 12:00	Panel session: Collaborating with leading international financial centres Sir Edward Braham, Chair, M&G and Chair, TheCityUK International Financial Centre Group (Chair) Janina Heinz, Partner, Freshfields Cora McLaren, Managing Director, Large Corporate Coverage, London & South, HSBC, and member of TheCityUK Next Generation Leadership Council Joe Moynihan, Chief Executive Officer, Jersey Finance Patrick Sze, Chief Technology Officer, Green Link Digital Bank
12:00 – 12:20	Keynote speech Eduard Fesko, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Ukraine
12:20 – 13:05	Panel session: Redefining the UK’s value proposition Shazia Deenally, Vice President, Government, Public & Regulatory Affairs, Moody’s Corporation (Chair) Shaun Carazzo, EMEIA Financial Services Climate Change & Sustainability Leader, EY Rohit Dhawan, Group Executive Director of AI, Lloyds Banking Group, and member of TheCityUK Next Generation Leadership Council Dame Julia Hoggett DBE, Chief Executive Officer, London Stock Exchange David Sansom, Chief Risk Officer, Lloyd’s
13:05 – 13:25	Keynote speech H.E. Warren A. Stephens US Ambassador to the UK
13:25 – 13:30	Closing remarks Miles Celic OBE, Chief Executive Officer, TheCityUK

Keynote speeches:

Anne Richards DBE

Chair, TheCityUK Leadership Council

H.E. Warren A. Stephens

US Ambassador to the UK

The Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP

Secretary of State for Business and Trade

Followed by an in conversation with Anne Richards DBE, Chair, TheCityUK Leadership Council

Daisy Cooper MP

Deputy Leader and Treasury Spokesperson, Liberal Democrats

Followed by an in conversation with Tim Fassam, Chair, TheCityUK Public Affairs Group

Eduard Fesko

Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Ukraine

Panel sessions:

Navigating competition among the economic superpowers

Chris Hayward, Policy Chairman, City of London Corporation (Chair)
Joe Cassidy, Partner and Head of Technology, Media & Telecoms, KPMG UK
Rebecca Park, Partner, FGS Global
Anna Rosenberg, Head of Geopolitics, Amundi Investment Institute
Nabeel Yousef, Partner, Freshfields

Collaborating with leading international financial centres

Sir Edward Braham, Chair, M&G and Chair, TheCityUK International Financial Centre Group (Chair)
Janina Heinz, Partner, Freshfields
Cora McLaren, Managing Director, Large Corporate Coverage, London & South, HSBC, and member of TheCityUK Next Generation Leadership Council
Joe Moynihan, Chief Executive Officer, Jersey Finance
Patrick Sze, Chief Technology Officer, Green Link Digital Bank

Redefining the UK’s value proposition

Shazia Deenally, Vice President, Government, Public & Regulatory Affairs, Moody’s Corporation (Chair)
Shaun Carazzo, EMEIA Financial Services Climate Change & Sustainability Leader, EY
Rohit Dhawan, Group Executive Director of AI, Lloyds Banking Group, and member of TheCityUK Next Generation Leadership Council
Dame Julia Hoggett DBE, Chief Executive Officer, London Stock Exchange
David Sansom, Chief Risk Officer, Lloyd’s

Highlights from TheCityUK International Conference 2026