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.
He holds degrees from King's College London and Oxford Brookes University, and outside of work enjoys socialising, exercising, and travelling to new locations.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-challinor-105212177/
Ella Gago-Brookes
Ella Gago-Brookes
Ella joined techUK in November 2023 as a Markets Team Assistant, supporting the Justice and Emergency Services, Central Government and Financial Services Programmes.
Before joining the team, she was working at the Magistrates' Courts in legal administration and graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2022. Ella attained an undergraduate degree in History and Politics, and a master's degree in International Relations and Security Studies, with a particular interest in studying asylum rights and gendered violence.
In her spare time she enjoys going to the gym, watching true crime documentaries, travelling, and making her best attempts to become a better cook.
- Email:
- [email protected]
