techUK is bringing together experts from the technology industry, the financial services ecosystem and public sector to discuss and exchange ideas on the best route to delivering green finance.
This event is part of the techUK’s #TechGreenFinance campaign week.
At this techUK event, we will explore what the challenges are and what needs to be addressed to ensure green finance delivers for all. The topics covered at this event will include data mobility, reporting and mobilising climate finance.
COP26 has been a welcome stimulus for both the public and private sectors to increase efforts to mobilise climate finance and support the achievement of net-zero targets. The Chancellor announced that he will set out the UK's plans to become ‘the world's first net-zero aligned financial centre’ and welcomed ‘historic’ climate commitments from private companies covering $130 trillion of financial assets.
We will explore what these announcements mean for the technology and financial services sectors and what solutions private firms and Governments are developing to deliver green finance.
Speakers from the following organisations will speak at this event: IBM, Icebreakerone, Innovate UK, Tata Consultancy Services.
AGENDA
14:00 Introduction and welcome
14:05 Panel discussion: Data, the key to unlocking green finance
- Chair: Angus McFadyen, Chair – Partner at Pinsent Masons, Member of techUK’s Financial Services Council
- Louise Wilson, Managing Director, Abundance Investment
- Eddie Keal, Industry Leader, Financial Services, IBM UK & Ireland
- Prashant Gandhi, Principal, Financial Services, Thoughtworks
- Venn Chesterton, Driving the Electric Revolution, Deputy Director, Innovate UK
14:50 BFSI collaboration to enable Net-Zero and the future of sustainability reporting
- Pratap Tambe, Head of BFSI Blockchain Consulting, Consulting and Service Integration
- Zeeshan Rashid, Global Head Advisory - Risk and Compliance I LIBOR Transition I Climate Risk, BFSI Industry Advisory Group
15:10 Keynote speech - Lord Holmes of Richmond MBE
15:25 Quickfire chat: Data flows in green finance
- Louise Beaumont, Chair of techUK’s Open Finance and Payments Group
- Gavin Starks, Founder of Icebreaker One
15:45 Concluding remarks
Please get in touch with the team below for more information on the event.
James Challinor
James Challinor
James leads our financial services programme of activity. He works closely with member firms from across the sector to ensure innovation and technology are fully harnessed and embraced by both industry and regulators.
Prior to joining us James worked at other business organisations including TheCityUK and the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) in roles focused on supporting the financial & related professional services eco-system, with a particular focus on financial technology and market infrastructure.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-challinor-105212177/
Lucas Banach
Lucas Banach
Lucas Banach is Programme Assistant at techUK, he works on a range of programmes including Data Centres; Climate, Environment & Sustainability; Market Access and Smart Infrastructure and Systems.
Before that Lucas who joined in 2008, held various roles in our organisation, which included his role as Office Executive, Groups and Concept Viability Administrator, and most recently he worked as Programme Executive for Public Sector. He has a postgraduate degree in International Relations from the Andrzej Frycz-Modrzewski Cracow University.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 020 7331 2006
- Twitter:
- @techUK
- Website:
- www.techuk.org
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucas-banach-50139650
Sue Daley OBE
Sue Daley OBE
Sue leads techUK's Technology and Innovation work.
This includes work programmes on cloud, data protection, data analytics, AI, digital ethics, Digital Identity and Internet of Things as well as emerging and transformative technologies and innovation policy.
In 2025, Sue was honoured with an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to the Technology Industry in the New Year Honours List.
She has been recognised as one of the most influential people in UK tech by Computer Weekly's UKtech50 Longlist and in 2021 was inducted into the Computer Weekly Most Influential Women in UK Tech Hall of Fame.
A key influencer in driving forward the data agenda in the UK, Sue was co-chair of the UK government's National Data Strategy Forum until July 2024. As well as being recognised in the UK's Big Data 100 and the Global Top 100 Data Visionaries for 2020 Sue has also been shortlisted for the Milton Keynes Women Leaders Awards and was a judge for the Loebner Prize in AI. In addition to being a regular industry speaker on issues including AI ethics, data protection and cyber security, Sue was recently a judge for the UK Tech 50 and is a regular judge of the annual UK Cloud Awards.
Prior to joining techUK in January 2015 Sue was responsible for Symantec's Government Relations in the UK and Ireland. She has spoken at events including the UK-China Internet Forum in Beijing, UN IGF and European RSA on issues ranging from data usage and privacy, cloud computing and online child safety. Before joining Symantec, Sue was senior policy advisor at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). Sue has an BA degree on History and American Studies from Leeds University and a Masters Degree on International Relations and Diplomacy from the University of Birmingham. Sue is a keen sportswoman and in 2016 achieved a lifelong ambition to swim the English Channel.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 020 7331 2055
- Twitter:
- @ChannelSwimSue,@ChannelSwimSue
