Women in Tech Leadership: Financial Services
November 12, 2025 , 09:00 - 11:00
The Maxwell private dining room, Level 2, Pan Pacific Hotel, 80 Houndsditch, London, EC3A 7AB
Join Version 1 and Microsoft for an exclusive learning and networking event designed to connect and empower female technology leaders and male allies in Financial Services.
This intimate gathering offers a unique opportunity to network with peers, share insights and hear from inspiring leaders.
With industry leading speakers from Bank of England, Lloyds Banking Group, Citigroup, Microsoft and more – we’ll hear about unique career paths, lessons learned, challenges overcome and what lies ahead.
We’ll also dive into a panel discussion on ‘Inclusion or illusion: will financial services use AI to erode or entrench inequality?’
Fireside chat: How to lead: building a rewarding career in Financial Services
Eugenia Planas
CIO – Markets, Banking, Payments and Resolution
Bank of England
Navdeep Athwal, PhD
Global Head of UX – Fin Crimes technology
Citigroup
Hosted by Ciara McConkey
Account Director – Financial Services
Version 1
Panel: Inclusion or illusion: will financial services use AI to erode or entrench inequality?
Suzanne Brink, PhD
Head of Responsible AI
Lloyds Banking Group
Charys MacIntyre
CTO Developer Enablement, AI Governance & Delivery Lead
Citigroup
Lillian Hiscox
Banking and Capital Markets Lead
Microsoft UK
Hosted by Nathan Marlor
Head of Data & AI
Version 1
Who should attend
Female leaders and male allies working in financial services, with an interest in Data & AI.
Agenda
9-9.30 am Networking breakfast
9.30-9.40 am Welcome
9.40-10.15 am Fireside chat: How to lead: building a rewarding career in Financial Services
10.20-10.50 am Panel: Inclusion or illusion: will financial services use AI to erode or entrench inequality?
11 am Finish
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Version 1 is a premier Microsoft solutions partner, leveraging the entire Microsoft technology stack to solve underlying challenges and identify integrated data & AI solutions. We are one of the largest and most certified Microsoft practices in the UK and a previous Microsoft global award winner for Modernising Applications Partner of the Year in 2023 and finalist for Inclusion Changemaker Partner of the Year (2024).