Synopsis
The 13th annual edition of City Week will be held in-person at Guildhall, London, and also streamed live on our media channels, over three days between 24-26 April 2023. As in previous years, CW2023 is being organised in partnership with the UK Government, the City of London Corporation, TheCityUK, UK Finance and leading City institutions.
City Week brings together more than 1,000 top-level senior decision-makers from UK and overseas financial institutions for a comprehensive programme of cutting-edge presentations, panel discussions and networking. Like previous editions, this year’s forum will feature many well-known names from the global financial services industry, the world of politics and the international regulatory community.
speakers

CTO and Co-founder
Suade Labs

Commander for Economic and Cyber Crime at the City of London Police
NPCC Lead for Financial Investigation and Elections

Chief Sustainability Officer and CEO of the Institute for Sustainable Investing
Morgan Stanley

Executive Director
Hong Kong’s Financial Services Development Council (FSDC)

Vice President of Global Sales
Red Date Technology

Head of Digital Assets Consulting
KPMG in the UK

Global Head of Alternatives
abrdn

Partner, Co-Head of Climate Risk and Decarbonisation Strategy
KPMG in the UK

Co-Founder and CEO
Ownera

Minister of State, Department for Environment
Food and Rural Affairs

Anchor
CNBC

Minister of Economy
United Arab Emirates Ministry of Economy

Executive Director, Financial Stability Strategy and Risk
Member of the Financial Policy Committee, Bank of England

CRO
TechPassport

Chairman
BeyondNetZero

Head of Sustainability Insights & Climate Strategy
abrdn

Director of the Natural Climate Solutions Alliance
World Business Council for Sustainable Development, BCA Member

Chairman
Lloyd’s of London

Executive Director for Public Policy
GFANZ

Online Editor
Financial News

Senior Legal Officer
Malta Business Registry

Executive Director for Banking, Payments and Innovation
Bank of England

Head of Climate Change
NatWest Group

Head of Operations in the National Cyber Crime Unit
National Crime Agency (NCA)

Co-Chair
Task Force for Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)

Chair
Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT)

Partner
Arnold & Porter

Partner, Markets and Technology
KPMG in the UK

CEO
QCP Capital

Co-founder
EdenBase.com

Member of the Board of the European Banking Authority (EBA)
Director General, Financial Stability, Regulation and Resolution, Banco de España

CEO of Engine
Starling Bank

Chief Executive
Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME)

Minister of Economy and Finance
Kingdom of Morocco

Chair, abrdn
Chair, Digitisation Task Force

Chairman
Goldman Sachs International and Goldman Sachs International Bank

Managing Director and Head of Sustainable Finance
The Institute of International Finance (IIF)

CEO, Financial Services Regulatory Authority
ADGM

Managing Director, Head of Group Digital Assets
London Stock Exchange Group

Commissioner
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Executive Vice President, Cloud + AI Group
Microsoft

Managing Director, UK
Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

Director of Policy & Strategy for Europe
Circle

President
Moroccan Capital Market Authority

Chairman of Policy and Resources
City of London Corporation

Partner, Head of UK Connected Technology & Global Lighthouse
KPMG in the UK

Global Investigator
TRM Labs

Global Head of Financial Services
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP

Partner
Taylor Wessing LLP

Executive Director
Green Finance Institute

Chief Financial Sector Officer
Qatar Financial Centre

Centre Head, Innovation Hub
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Chair, Green Finance Institute
Global Ambassador, Race to Resilience & Race to Zero

CEO
ICAEW

Chief Global Regulatory Officer and General Counsel
Crypto Council for Innovation

Commissioner
CFTC

Chief Executive
The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA)

Director General
National Economic Crime Centre (NECC)

Chief Executive Officer
GBBC Digital Finance

Partner, Financial Services Regulation
Ashurst

Chief Legal Officer and Head of Global Policy and Government Affairs
Stellar Development Foundation

Columnist
Financial Times

Chief Sustainability Officer
Zurich Insurance UK

Director and Head of the Banking Operations
Swiss National Bank

EVP, Global Head of ESG
State Street

Group Chief Digital and Technology Officer
Swiss Re

UK Managing Director
Visa

Senior Funding Officer
European Investment Bank (EIB)

Vice-Chair
International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)

Managing Director, Head of Markets DLT
J.P. Morgan

Mayor of the City of London

Senior Vice President, Public Policy and Government Affairs, Mastercard;
Chair, Future of Sustainable Data Alliance (FoSDA)

Global Head of Sustainable and Impact Investment
GAM Investments

Turing Fellow, The Alan Turing Institute; Professor of Cyber Systems Engineering, University of Warwick's Cyber Security Centre
Principal Investigator, NCSC-EPSRC Academic Centre of Excellence, Cyber Security Research

CEO
Legal & General Capital

Global Head of Digital Assets
Goldman Sachs

Group Head of Conduct & Financial Crime
Standard Chartered Bank

Detective Chief Inspector, National Cybercrime & Dark Web Coordinator
National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC)

Managing Director, Emerging Payments and Business Development, Treasury and Trade Solutions
Citi UK

CEO
LMAX Group

Minister of State
Department for Business and Trade

Co-founder and Managing Partner
Fabric Ventures

Chair of the Integrity Counsel
Voluntary Carbon Market

Managing Director, Chief Risk Officer, Securities Servicing and Digital
BNY Mellon

Head
SIX Digital Exchange

Head
BIS Innovation Hub

Chief Executive Office
HowdenCAP

CEO
ISDA

Head of Membership and Growth
Innovate Finance

Senior Executive Director, Policy & Legal, Financial Services Regulatory Authority
ADGM

Managing Director, Financial Services Digital Transformation
IBM

Co-Founder & Co-CEO
AirCarbon Exchange

Treasury Lords Minister, HM Treasury
Co-Chair of the Transition Plan Taskforce

Partner, Joint Head of Financial Institutions and Services Sector
Gowling WLG

Executive Director, Markets
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

Head of Financial Regulation Group and co-Head of Financial Institutions Group
Slaughter and May

Deputy Director for Critical National Infrastructure
National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)

Head of Policy
a16z crypto

President
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Head, Global Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory Group
Shearman & Sterling

Partner, Financial Services Regulation
Ashurst

Director of ESG
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

Head of Digital Policy
Barclays

Secretary General
Financial Stability Board (FSB)

CEO
LSEG

Director
The National Economic Crime Centre (NECC)

CEO & Founder
Carbon Trade Exchange

Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director, Authorisations
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

Head of Digital Assets and DLT Centre of Competency
Credit Suisse

Chief Economist
ConsenSys

CEO
WWF UK

Head of Climate and Biodiversity
AXA Group Sustainability

Cross-Asset Reporter
Bloomberg

TBC
Taylor Wessing LLP

Partner, Financial Services Consulting
KPMG UK

Executive Director, EMEA Head of Coin Systems
Onyx by J.P. Morgan

Co-founder
TechNation, Level39, EdenBase.com

Governor
Banque de France

Co-Head, Digital Assets
Citi Global Markets

Head of Sustainable Investment
Schroders

Head of Market and Wealth Infrastructure EMEA
BNY Mellon

Chief Responsible Investment Officer
Aviva Investors

Senior Partner, Hong Kong & Vice Chairman, KPMG China
KPMG

Head of Digital Custody
State Street Digital

Chairman
UK Finance

Global Head, ESG, Markets
Citi

Chair of the Board
GBBC Digital Finance

CEO
Standard Chartered Bank

Head of Business Development and Marketing
Ownera

Managing Director
LMAX Digital

Executive Director, NatureFinance
Secretariat Co-Lead, Taskforce on Nature Markets and Senior Advisor, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)

Digital Operating Partner & Blockchain Lead
KKR

Head of Innovation and Digital Assets
UBS Group Treasury