James ChallinorHead of Financial Services at techUKSpeaker
Profile
| I lead techUK’s financial services programme, working across AI, cloud and operational resilience. I bring together technology firms, financial services firms and regulators to accelerate AI adoption and build partnerships across the sector. I recently authored Agents of Change, techUK’s major report on generative and agentic AI in financial services, developed with Google, AWS, Microsoft, Nvidia, OpenAI, Lloyds Banking Group and others. It launched in June 2026 with a keynote from the FCA Chief Executive and directly informed the UK’s Financial Services AI Adoption Plan. I am now leading The Sovereignty Dividend: How a Competitive AI Ecosystem Unlocks Financial Services Growth, launching in November 2026 with a keynote from the Economic Secretary to the Treasury of the United Kingdom. Alongside this I have a strong commercial track record. At techUK I have personally secured new memberships from major financial services and technology firms, including Lloyds Banking Group. At TheCityUK I doubled my client portfolio from £650k to £1.3m in annual revenue through full-cycle consultative sales. I speak regularly on AI adoption in financial services, including at London Tech Week, City & Financial Global and the New Statesman. |
Agenda Sessions
Fireside Chat: From Legacy to Leading Edge: How AI is Accelerating Core Modernisation
, 09:40View Session