2026 AGENDA
Date: 23 April 2026
Nearest Tube: Moorgate, Bank, Mansion House
08:15 - 08:45
Foyer
Registration | Tea & Coffee
Main Stage
Welcome Remarks
Speaker: Payal Raina, Founder, Fin.Tech Marketing Community
Main Stage
Opening Remarks
Speaker: Howard Dawber, Deputy Mayor of London for Business and Growth
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Main Stage
Market Trends & Insights
Martech 2026 : Everything,Everywhere, All at Once: A field guide to all the AI agents, tools, and strategies reshaping marketing-- and how to lead the change without losing your mind.
Speaker: Scott Brinker, Editor, Chiefmartec
Main Stage
Market Trends & Insights
How Allica Bank's Learning From Becoming the UK's Fastest-Growing Company is Helping to Reinvent Itself Around AI?
Speaker: Conrad Ford, Chief of Product & Strategy Officer, Allica Bank
Main Stage
Aligning Business, Brand and Tech for Growth
Keynote Fireside: Building the Modern Revenue Growth Engine. A conversation between a CEO, CMO and CGO on aligning business, brand and tech strategies. Leveraging data, technology, and cross-functional teams to drive predictable, scalable growth.
Speakers:
• Andy Smith,CEO, Strategiq (Moderator)
• Melanie Mills, Commercial Director & CEO/Founder Connexion Career Collective, PayCaptain
• Andrew Carrier, Fractional CMO, InMarketing
• Margaret Totten, Chief Revenue Officer, Yavrio
11:00 - 11:25
Networking Break
Track 1 - Main Stage
Sales Enablement, AI, Automation
The Future of Sales Enablement: AI, Automation & What’s Next in 2026.
Speakers:
• David Beer, Director EMEA Sales, Mastercard (Moderator)
• Colin Wood,Client Partner, Endava
• Champbell Shaw, VP, Valuedynamx
Track 2 - Strategic Marketing Leadership
Events
The Always-On Event Strategy: Turning Campaigns into Conversations - What’s in Our 2026 Event Budget (and What’s Out)?
Speakers:
• Helene Sourdeau, Co-Chair, Fin.Tech Marketing Community (Moderator)
• Caroline Hornby, Vice President Global Marketing, Stablecon
• Sam Shrager, Chief Marketing Officer, BCB Group
• Melanie Lazarus, Ecosystem Engagement Director, Open Banking
• Isabella Kornas, Former BBC Event Strategist
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Track 3 - FinTech
Growth Labs: Deep Dives into GTM, RevOps, and tech stacks. A panel discussion with senior marketing leaders on what it really takes to build a scalable, repeatable go-to-market engine. The conversation explores GTM and RevOps alignment, choosing the right tech stack.
Speakers:
• Lucy Heavens, Founder, Heavens Sent GTM Services (Moderator)
• Tina Fisher, Fractional CMO, Therefour UK
• Alexander Ford, Chief Growth Officer, Flawless
• Paul Taylor, Strategic Advisor, Marketing
Track 1 - Main Stage
AI
Getting Ahead in the AI Revolution: Unpacking AI, AGI, and ASI – Tools, Ethics, Real-World Use Cases.
Speakers:
• Virginie O'Shea, Founder, Firebrand Research (Moderator)
• Dorota (Dori) Zimnoch, WW Executive Director - Innovation & Digital Strategy, Microsoft
• Glen Fernandes, Head of Digital Business Design, Euroclear
• Nick Clark, Head of AI Adoption, BBH
Track 2 - Strategic Marketing Leadership
Brand, Demand Generation, Growth
Squaring the Circle: Short-term performance and long-term brand growth are supposed to be opposites. They're not. We reveal the neuroscience, behavioural economics and creative frameworks behind building trust, familiarity and demand from the same budget. Discover why most FinTech marketing is forgettable and how Competitive Creativity® combines logic and magic into measurable growth.
Speaker: Alistair Ross, Creative Partner & Co-Founder, LogicLogicMagic
Track 3 - FinTech
From Seed to Series B: A Founder's Guide to Getting Investment. Fireside Chat: From Seed to Series B: A Founder's Guide to Getting Investment. An interview with founder on the role of marketing in investor relations and fundraising.
Speakers:
• Emanuela Meini, Senior Inward Investment Manager (Fintech & Cyber), London & Partners(Moderator)
• Thomas Easterby, Head of FinTech, HSBC Innovation Banking
• Joe Jordan, Co-founder, Adclear
Track 2 - Strategic Marketing Leadership
AI, Revenue, Operations, Personalisation
The AI-Powered Marketing Leader: From Hype to ROI. Strategies for integrating AI into marketing workflows, team structures, and measurement. Case studies on how senior marketers are using AI to drive efficiency and personalisation.
Speakers:
• Alexia Barra, Marketing Director, Capital Group (Moderator)
• Kassie Siwo, Head of Digital Experience and Data Enablement , L&G Asset Management
• Norah Prida Bay, Head of Department Client Experience, Jupiter Asset
• Hilda Tingle, Global Head of Digital Marketing & Growth Program, BNP Paribas
• Oliver Brickley, Customer Success Director Financial Service Director, Seismic
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Track 3 - FinTech
Lessons from FinTech Founders: on GTM: Crafting a Powerful Market Entry Strategy From Messaging, Branding to Launch Strategy
Speakers:
• Miranda McLean, Chief Marketing Officer, Ecommpay (Moderator)
• Roberto Napolitano, Chief Marketing Officer, Innovate Finance
• David Hunter, CEO & Co-Founder, HY10
13:00 - 14:00
Networking Lunch
All Delegates
Track 1 - Main Stage
Demand Generation, Growth, Revenue, Commercial Marketing
How to Build Growth Revenue Engine in an AI Driven World
Speaker : Sheila Mitham, co-CEO, Inbound Fintech
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Track 2 - Strategic Marketing Leadership
MarTech
The Martech Consolidation Era: What Tools Actually Drive ROI in 2026?
Speakers:
• Harjeet Singh, Sr Director Marketing Operations, Finastra (Moderator)
• Scott Brinker, Editor, Chiefmartec
• Kelly Waller, Global VP Field Marketing, Quadient
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Track 3 - FinTech
From Classroom to Capital: Educating the Next Wave of FinTech Innovators
Speakers:
• Iwa Salami, Prof of FinTech Law, Director of the Centre of FinTech.(Moderator )
• Matthew Cheung, CEO, ipushpull
• Rashmi Prabhakar, Head of SaaS Transformation, Temenos
• Sarah Sinclair, Founder & CEO, Co-Labs Global
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Track 1 - Main Stage
Growth, Revenue, Commercial Marketing
Cracking the Code: What the Buyer Journey Really Looks Like in 2026.
Speakers:
• Narinder Patti, Head Of Strategic Business, Fintech & AI, Google (Moderator)
• Kate Tomlinson, Head of European and Account Based Marketing, Vice President, State Street
• Laura Craft, Group Director Marketing, London Stock Exchange Group, LSEG
• Farhad Divecha, Group CEO, Accuracast
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Track 2 - Strategic Marketing Leadership
Data
Data-Driven Everything: How Fin.Tech Marketers Are Winning with Predictive Intelligence
Speakers:
• Malkit Kaur, Vice President Marketing, Genesis Global (Moderator)
• Margaret Franco, Chief Marketing Officer, Duco
• Nicole Heringer, Vice President Brands & Communications, Enfuce
• Sanjay Gala, Founder & CEO, SMARTe
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Track 3 - FinTech
Case Study: From Pilot to Multi-Year Deal: Scaling FinTech Sales Inside the Financial Sector
Speakers:
• Lisa Addison, Business Development & Engagement Director, Kyndryl (Moderator)
• Tamara Kostova, Founder & CEO, AllVesta
• Louise Beaumont, Marketing & Communications, Invela Network
• Cosmo Spens, Founder, CLOWD9
15:15 - 15:40
Networking Break
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Track 1 - Main Stage
Growth, Revenue, Commercial Marketing
The Revenue Disconnect: How Marketing Communicates Its Value Across Revenue and Non- Revenue Goals
Speakers:
• Stephen Body, Head of Marketing, TraditionData (Moderator)
• Ashish Babu, CMO Global Markets, Tata Consultancy Services
• Monika Kucharska, Head Of Marketing, Quod Financial
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Track 2 - Strategic Marketing Leadership
Brand
The CMO's Playbook for Brand & Reputation in an Unstable Market. Protecting and growing your brand's reputation amidst economic uncertainty and regulatory scrutiny.Crisis communication, stakeholder management, and building trust
Speakers:
• Sinead Lanyon, Chief Marketing Officer, Symphony (Moderator)
• Ian Peel, Chief Marketing Officer, Taskize
• Virginia (Gins) Ford-Young, Chief Marketing Officer, S&P Global Ratings
• James Wheaton, Global Head of Marketing, 73 Strings
• Clarissa Dann, Editorial Director, Deutsche Bank
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Track 3 - FinTech
The Fin.Tech Growth Playbook: Capital, Compliance & Competitive Edge. Growth Strategies for FinTechs Navigating Capital, Compliance & Risk
• Simon Blazeby, Managing Director, Infopro Digital (Moderator)
• Dima Tarasenko, CEO, Meet Warren
• Graham McClelland, CEO,Gen H
• Darryl Cornelius, Co-Founder, Orienta Advisory
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Track 1 - Main Stage
Data, Compliance
From Friction to Growth: What Today’s B2B Buyers Need from Fintech Providers
Accenture’s latest B2B Buyer Research (CBX) provides a sharp, data‑driven view of how financial institutions and fintech buyers purchase today.
Speakers:
• Meta Karagianni, Managing Director B2B customer growth, Accenture
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Track 2 - Strategic Marketing Leadership
Demand Generation, Growth, Revenue, Commercial Marketing
CMO x CRO: Aligning Growth Metrics That Matter in 2026
Speakers:
• Dalia Daud Nightingale, Chief Revenue Officer, Vixio (Moderator)
• Simeon Lando, Chief Marketing Officer, Thredd
• Elaine Mullan, Head Of Marketing & Business Development, Corlytics
• Janthana Kaenprakhamroy, Chief Executive Officer, Tapoly
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Track 3 - FinTech
Raising Right: What Scale-Ups Must Get Right to Attract the Right Capital
Speakers:
• Matthew Hyde, Founder / Managing Director, Fintech Awards London (Moderator)
• Anthony Rose, CEO, Seedlegals
• Zahra Shah, Responsible AI & Frontier Tech Expert, Board Director & Advisor, NexaQuanta
• Joe Parkin, FinTech Investor and Board Advisor, FinTech Growth Fund
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Main Stage
Closing Remarks
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