Leadership Council

Our Leadership Council brings together a cross-sectoral group of the most senior leaders from the industry.

The Leadership Council approves our strategy and its members lead on major programmes of work.

They work alongside the Board of Directors to ensure that we achieve our objectives and meet the demands of our members. These meetings are regularly attended by Government Ministers, senior regulators, Ambassadors and other leading stakeholders.

TheCityUK Leadership Council

Lady Mayor of The City of London *   City of London Corporation
Anne Richards DBE Chair Leadership Council
Denise Gibson UK Managing Partner A&O Shearman
George Marcotte Senior Managing Director & Chief Strategy Officer UKI&A Accenture
Aster Crawshaw Senior Partner Addleshaw Goddard LLP
Chris Townsend Member of the Board of Management Allianz SE
Chris Rash Chief Executive Officer American International Group UK Limited
Eric Bramoullé CEO Amundi UK
Julie Page Chief Executive Officer, EMEA Aon EMEA
Juan Blasco Chair Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME)
Baroness Kay Swinburne Chair Association of British Insurers (ABI)
George Culmer Chairman Aviva
Edward Poulton Managing Partner, London Baker McKenzie
Fernando Vicario UK Country Head Bank of America
Nigel Higgins Chairman Barclays Bank plc
Sandra Boss UK Chair BlackRock
Constantin Cotzias Director Bloomberg Europe
Emmanuelle Bury UK Country Head BNP Paribas
Helen Oldfield EMEA General Counsel BNY
Dean Frankle Managing Director & Partner Boston Consulting Group
Tiina Lee Chief Executive Officer, Citi UK Citigroup
Christopher Hayward Chairman of Policy and Resources Committee City of London Corporation
Adrian Cartwright Global Senior Partner Clifford Chance
Atul Sodhi Senior Country Officer Credit Agricole CIB
John Devine Chairman of the Board Credit Suisse International (a UBS Group company)
Suresh Kanwar Managing Partner, Financial Services Deloitte LLP
Vathany Vijayaratna Chief Executive Officer, UK & Ireland Deutsche Bank
Sandra Wallace Deputy Managing Partner and Managing Director International Practice Groups DLA Piper UK LLP
Robert Hingley Chairman Euroclear UK & International
Martina Keane UK and Ireland Financial Services Leader EY
Peter Horrell Chairman, Fidelity Holdings (UK) Ltd Fidelity International
Mark Hoban Chair Financial Services Skills Commission
Georgia Dawson Senior Partner Freshfields
Paul Sykes Chairman Guernsey Finance
James Palmer Partner Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
Sharon Lewis Partner, Sector Group Leader & Head of Financial Institutions and Insurance Hogan Lovells
David Shalders Group Chief Operating Officer Howden Group
Brendan Nelson Group Chair HSBC Holdings
Chris Rhodes President ICE Futures Europe
Rupert Rossander General Counsel, EMEA Invesco
Bill Simpson Chief Executive Officer Jane Street Financial Ltd
Anna Dunn UK CEO & EMEA CFO J.P. Morgan
Joe Moynihan CEO Jersey Finance
Jon Holt UK Chief Executive & Senior Partner KPMG
António Simões Group Chief Executive Officer Legal & General Group plc
Paul Lewis Firmwide Managing Partner Linklaters LLP
Sir Charles Roxburgh KCB Chair Lloyd’s
Sir Robin Budenberg Chairman Lloyds Banking Group
Chris Brown Chief Executive Lockton International
Don Robert Chairman London Stock Exchange Group
Sir Edward Braham Chair M&G Plc
Christopher J Lay Chief Executive Officer, UK & Ireland Marsh
Kapil Chandra Senior Partner McKinsey & Company
TS Anil Group Chief Executive Officer Monzo Bank
Clare Woodman CEO and Head of EMEA Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
John Zecca Executive Vice President, Chief Legal, Risk & Regulatory Officer Nasdaq
Nigel Smith UK CEO Ninety One
Sir Tom Scholar Non-Executive Chair Nomura International
Clive Bellows President EMEA Northern Trust
Farmida Bi CBE Chair, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Kester Scrope Chief Executive Odgers Berndtson
Sir Nicholas Lyons Chair of the Group Board Phoenix Group
Darren Ketteringham UK Leader of Financial Services & Partner PwC
Jordan Sinclair President, UK Robinhood
Bruce Carnegie-Brown Chairman Rothesay Life
Robert Leitão Managing Partner Rothschild & Co
Sir Tom Scholar Chair Santander UK
Charlotte Stalin Partner, Head of Financial Institutions Sector Group Simmons & Simmons
Roland Turnill Senior Partner Slaughter and May
Thierry d’Argent CEO, SG London Branch & Chief Country Officer, UK & Ireland Société Générale
Mark FitzPatrick Chief Executive Officer St. James’s Place
Maria Ramos Group Chair Standard Chartered Bank
Raman Bhatia Group Chief Executive Officer Starling Bank
Michael Eldridge UK Country Head State Street
Barnabas Reynolds Partner Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Omar Ali Chair TheCityUK Board
Katharine Braddick CB Chair TheCityUK Long Term Competitiveness Group
Tim Fassam Chair TheCityUK Public Affairs Group
Ann Prendergast Chair The Investment Association
Bob Wigley Chairman UK Finance
Andreas Utermann Chairman Vontobel
Zar Amrolia Chairman XTX Markets
*President    

Our latest work

The Channel Islands’ contribution to UK growth and investment

This joint paper with Jersey Finance and Guernsey Finance highlights the complementary strengths each island brings to the British family of financial centres, spanning funds, private wealth, corporate services, insurance and cross-border investment.

No time to lose: Reasserting UK leadership in financial and related professional services

This landmark report is based on one of the largest industry listening exercises in recent years, drawing on engagement with over 300 senior leaders across industry, government, regulators and academia. It highlights that increasing global competition, technological change and economic challenges mean urgent action is needed to preserve the UK's position and support future growth.

Key facts about the UK as an international financial centre 2025

Our latest 'Key facts about the UK as an international financial centre' report highlights the strength and global impact of the UK’s financial and related professional services industry. Despite a changing global landscape, the UK remains a leading international financial centre with continued leadership in areas such as cross-border banking, insurance and FinTech investment.

News

Blog

Asset management: our new research, and a look ahead

Industry calls for bolder, faster, more decisive reform to secure UK leadership in global finance over next decade

UK retains world-leading financial services trade surplus and global hub status

Press release

AI in financial services: emerging global norms

Events

TheCityUK and Financial Services Skills Commission Future Skills Conference 2026

Join us in May for the Future Skills Conference 2025, in partnership with Financial Services Skills Commission

Explore more
TheCityUK Annual Conference

Watch all of the sessions from our previous Annual Conference, which brought together senior leaders from across the financial and related professional services industry with political and regulatory stakeholders to discuss how to maintain the industry’s competitiveness and its pivotal role in driving economic growth across the UK economy.

Explore more