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/
Lourdes de Miguel
Lourdes de Miguel
Lourdes de Miguel joined techUK in January 2026 as a Junior Programme Manager in the Financial Services and SME Engagement programmes.
Lourdes supports the financial service programme’s mission of connecting firms from across the ecosystem to ensure innovation and technology can be fully harnessed by financial services. She also assists the SME team to help members meet, network and collaborate with their peers, industry leaders and customers.
Prior to joining techUK, Lourdes gained experience in research, finance, and stakeholder engagement across several organisations. Starting off at Elcano Royal Institute in Brussels, she supported seminar creation and event organization engaging with key policymakers and industry leaders developing an understanding of European policymaking. She later joined Swift, assisting the Industry Engagement team to build connections with Central Banks and other international bodies as well as developing research on macroeconomic topics.
Lourdes holds a BA (with honours) in Politics and International Studies from the University of Warwick.
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
