A closed peer group for CIOs and technology leaders in financial services. Members run some of the largest technology budgets in the City. They meet to solve real problems together.
One member leads each session, taking the room through something live in their organisation. The problems are real. The conversation is practical. Everyone leaves with answers they can use on Monday.
Private dinners, working sessions, and guest speakers drawn from the network. We run events at a number of other City venues. Chatham House throughout.
Who's in the room:
CIOs, CTOs and technology leaders from banks, insurers, asset managers and financial infrastructure firms.
Chair: Dan Ilett, Editor of The Executive Summary. CEO of The Proposition: A go-to-market company for tech firms. Ex-Financial Times journalist and ex-director of digital banking for Virgin Money
President: Ewan MacLeod, CIO of a Middle Eastern bank. Former Group CDO at Nordea. Led transformation at RBS, Nationwide. Built the portfolio that delivered Tink's $1.8B exit.
What gets discussed:
Topics are chosen by members based on what's live, such as:
- Delivery at scale
- AI in production
- Cost take-out opportunities
- Cyber and operational resilience
- Jobs - new roles and NED opportunities
- Cloud architecture
- Talent and coaching
- Positioning for a bigger role
You spend your days solving problems no one else in your organisation fully understands. The board wants results. The regulators want compliance. The vendors want renewals. Your team wants direction. And somewhere in the middle of all that, you're supposed to be transforming the business.
The people who get it are the people doing the same job somewhere else.
That's the point of this room. CIOs who run technology at scale in financial services. No one trying to sell you anything. No one who needs the basics explained. Just the conversation you can't have anywhere else.
You'll leave with answers you can use on Monday.
The rules:
Chatham House. No selling. No social media. Partners may listen but not participate.
Membership:
By invitation. £2,000 per annum, which includes all events.