TheCityUK International Conference 2023

TheCityUK International Conference 2023, in partnership with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and HSBC and supported by State Street, took place in April to a capacity crowd in London and online.

The conference 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 business strategies and underpin the UK’s status as a world-leading international financial centre.

Through a series of keynotes, panel sessions and discussions the conference focused on the challenges and opportunities for the industry in the global context, covering issues such as investment and growth, transformative innovation, the net-zero transition and international trade and investment trends. We will announce the date of the 2024 conference soon, but in the meantime you can watch the recordings from this year's event:

Conference

Driving UK growth: Capturing future international investment in a rapidly changing world

Timings	Event
08:30 – 09:00	Registration and breakfast
09:00 – 09:05	Opening remarks Miles Celic, Chief Executive Officer, TheCityUK
09:05 – 09:15	Chair's address Anne Richards DBE, Board Chair, TheCityUK
09:15 – 09:30	Keynote speech Ian Stuart, Chief Executive Officer, HSBC UK Bank Plc
09:30 – 10:15	Panel session Driving the transition to net zero in a turbulent geopolitical environment Anne Marie Verstraeten, Vice Chair UK, BNP Paribas (Chair) Seb Henbest, Global Head of Climate Transition, HSBC Holdings Plc Sarah Kemmitt, Head of Secretariat, UN Net-Zero Banking Alliance Rick Lacaille, Global Head of ESG, State Street Jake Reynolds, Head of Client Sustainability and Environment, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
10:15 – 10:45	Coffee break
10:45 – 11:30	Panel session The future trends in international trade and investment Chris Hayward, Policy Chairman, City of London Corporation (Chair) Wei Li, Managing Director and Chief Global Investment Strategist, BlackRock Simon Manley, UK Permanent Representative, World Trade Organization Martin McElwee, Partner, Antitrust, Competition and Trade, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Ayuna Nechaeva, Head of Europe-Primary Markets, London Stock Exchange Group and Chair of TheCityUK EMEA Market Advisory Group
11:30 – 11:45	Keynote speech Lord Johnson of Lainston CBE, Minister for Investment, Department for Business and Trade
11:45 – 12:30	Panel session How does the financial and related professional services better support global innovation in the wider economy Louise Brett, Vice Chair, Deloitte, and Chair of TheCityUK Tech and Innovation Group (Chair) Edward Bowles, Global Head of FinTech, Meta Benjamin Kumpf, Head of Innovation for Development, OECD Development Co-operation Directorate Louise Smith, Global Digital Leader, WTW Claire Suddens-Spiers, Partner, Global Head of Equity Advisory, Rothschild & Co
12:30 – 12:45	Keynote speech Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade
12:45 – 12:50	Closing remarks Miles Celic, Chief Executive Officer, TheCityUK
12:50 – 13:50	Networking Lunch

TheCityUK International Conference 2023

Chair’s Address

Keynote speech

Panel session: Driving the transition to net zero in a turbulent geopolitical environment

Panel session: The future trends in international trade and investment

Keynote speech

Panel session: How do financial and related professional services better support global innovation in the wider economy

Keynote speech

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Agenda

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