Financial Services Symposium 2025
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Location
LondonDate
June 25, 9:00am - 5:45pmAgenda
09:15-10:00 | Arrival: badge collection & coffee
10:00-10:05 | Opening Keynote
Jonathan Allen, Enterprise Strategist (ex-CTO of Capital One Bank UK), Amazon Web Services
Ashish Shekhar, SVP, Global Head of Technology Platforms, Danske Bank
Magnus Haglind, SVP Market Technology, Nasdaq
Michael Smith, CTO, MONY Group
11:00-11:30 | Break
11:30-12:30 | What to Expect: Trends and Insights in the Financial Services Industry
Kieran Hines, Technology Industry Analyst, Celent
Manuel Vicente, CRO, Climate X
Moderator: Sam Edge, Head of Start Up Business Development, Amazon Web Services
12:30-13:30 | Lunch
13:30-14:00 | Digital-First Innovation: From Startup to Scale
Whether you're a startup or scaling globally, learn how cloud-native approaches are reshaping financial services. Discover how organisations of different sizes are building customer-centric, innovative solutions while managing rapid growth.
Peter Donlon, CTO, Zopa
Aaronpal Dhanda, Director, Data Platforms, NewDay
Moderator: Richard Caven, Banking Industry Specialist, Amazon Web Services
14:00-14:30 | Agentic AI: The Next Wave in Customer Experience Transformation
14:30-15:00 | How modernisation drives revenue growth and enhances operational resilience
Discover how organisations are transforming their payment infrastructure to drive business growth while wowing customers. This session explores how modern payment systems support new revenue streams, deliver seamless experiences, and maintain security at scale - all through real-world examples of successful transformation.
Charles Damen, CPO, Token.io
Mariano Alvera, CTO, Checkout.com
Moderator: Pablo Villegas Garcia, Payments Industry Specialist, Amazon Web Services
15:00-15:30 | Break
15:30-16:00 | Innovation at Every Scale: Transforming Financial Markets
From retail trading to institutional quantitative research, discover how firms of all sizes are revolutionising capital markets. Learn how cloud technology democratises access to sophisticated trading infrastructure and enables data-driven innovation at any scale.
Max Fischer, Director Engineering, Trade Republic
David Wilson, CEO Risk Intelligence, London Stock Exchange Group
Moderator: Brian Hayes, Head of FSI Go-To-Market, EMEA, Amazon Web Services
16:00:16:30 | Cloud, Data & Innovation: How One Firm is Reshaping Global Financial Markets
Wrap up the day's sessions with an insightful fireside chat with TP ICAP's leadership to explore how one of the world's leading interdealer brokers is revolutionising financial markets through comprehensive cloud transformation. From modernising core trading platforms to building new data businesses, discover how TP ICAP is leveraging AWS to drive industry-wide change while creating new revenue streams, showcasing how cloud technology enables both business transformation and market innovation at scale.
Max Spoto, Group Chief Operating Officer, TP ICAP
Moderator: Abhijit Akerkar, Director, FSI UKI, Amazon Web Services