Get involved
All techUK's work is led by our members - keep in touch or get involved by joining one of the groups below
Distributed Ledger Technology Working Group
techUK's Distributed Ledger Technology Working Group provides strategic direction for all techUK activities related to blockchain and DLT, including use cases and barriers to adoption in financial services, IoT, smart energy and Government. The group considers what action can be taken in order to industrialise, support technology readiness, help organisations with adoption and develop new use cases.
Financial Inclusion Working Group
The techUK Financial Inclusion Working Group investigates the ways technology can be fostered to increase inclusion in financial services. It examines the opportunities to ensure financial products and services can be accessible by all and delivers for all sectors of society. The group also looks at the regulatory landscape across the financial services industry.
Open Banking and Payments
The techUK Open Banking and Payments Working Group recognises the long-term potential for open banking principles to transform financial services and provide new opportunities for fintech developments. The group also works with industry and regulators to ensure the UK continues to be a leader in a rapidly changing payments landscape.
Financial Services Council
The techUK Financial Services Council provides guidance and direction to the work undertaken across the Financial Services & Payments Programme, its constituent groups and work streams. The Council is made up of the chairs and representatives from techUK member companies who have key expertise and a strong interest in long-term policy aims for the financial services sector.
Upcoming events
Green Finance Data and Analytics Summit (in partnership with CGFI & L&P)
Shoosmiths, 1 Bow Churchyard, London EC4M 9DQ Conference
HMRC Airtime Contract Market Engagement Event
Our team
Jago Corry
Andy Thornley
Jago Corry
Jago joined techUK in July 2022 as a Programme and Policy Assistant to a mix of (but not limited to) Programmes including Financial Services, Justice and Emergency Services, and International Trade.
His role involves helping to shape the digital technology sector's response, position and general understanding towards UK Government, regulatory and international policymakers' rapidly developing frameworks and regimes covering technology's influence within economy and society. This also includes supporting the advancement of Government agencies’ approaches to DDaT and wider strategic cross-industry collaborative documents, within attempts to integrate digital transformation into wider administrative priorities.
He holds an undergraduate degree within Political Science, and master’s degree within European and Global Governance, of which his dissertation research project focused upon the European Commission's Social Dialogue mechanism, and its influence within labour market, employment, and European Stability Mechanism policymaking.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Website:
- www.techuk.org
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jagocorry/
Andy Thornley
Andy joined techUK in August 2022 as Head of Programme – Financial Services. His role includes leading techUK’s work in building a greater understanding of the 'technological art of the possible' in order to apply it to the reform and evolution of financial systems.
Before joining techUK, Andy worked for a number of other bodies in the financial services sector, including the British Insurance Brokers’ Association, where in addition to owning policy and public affairs, he was also responsible for fostering InsurTech in the sector.
Andy has a degree in Human Biology and holds a Certificate in Insurance (Cert CII) qualification from the Chartered Insurance Institute. Outside of work, Andy is an avid cyclist and races competitively both on the road as well as the velodrome.- Email:
- [email protected]
- Twitter:
- @AndrewThornley
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/mr-andy-thornley/
