Business Council

Our Business Council brings together senior leaders from innovative high-growth companies from across the TheCityUK membership. The group operates as a high-level, Chatham House-style forum for industry to constructively engage with government, opposition MPs, regulators, and other stakeholder to promote and champion the role of the industry in the UK economy.

Contact Job Title Member Company
Alasdair Haynes* Founder & CEO Aquis Exchange
Lisa Gordon Chair of the Combined Board Cavendish
Nick Dutton Chief Regulatory Officer Cboe Europe
Donna Rix General Counsel Europe Citadel Investment Group (Europe) Limited
Lawrence Oliver Deputy Chief Executive Officer DDCAP Limited
Laure Fauchet Director of Government Relations DTCC Europe Limited
Jim Boyd Chief Executive Officer Equity Release Council
Simon Gallagher CEO of Euronext London & Head of Global Sales Euronext
Kunal Gandhi Senior Managing Director Fenchurch Advisory Partners
Penny Madden Partner - Co-Lead for London Office Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Ruth Leas Chief Executive Officer Investec Bank
Andrew Smith Senior Director Kreab
John Howells Chief Executive LINK Scheme Holdings
Chris Jones Chief Risk Officer London Metal Exchange
John Maciver Partner, Global Sector Head, Financial Services Pinsent Masons LLP
Anand Sambasivan Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer PrimaryBid
Robert Hughes-Penney Senior Investment Director Rathbones Group
Toby Marsh Group Chief of Staff & Senior Leader for Business and Commercial Strategy RBC Brewin Dolphin
James Deal Co-CEO RetailBook
Hamish Patrick Partner, Head of Financial Sector Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
Oliver Pilkington Partner Shoosmiths
Andrew Gillen Senior Partner Travers Smith LLP
Peter Hewitt Co-Chairman Universal Defence & Security Solutions
Oliver Brettle Partner and Global Executive Committee Member White & Case LLP
Annemarie Durbin Board Chair Yorkshire Building Society
*Chair    

Our latest work

TheCityUK’s response to FCA CP24/2, Part 2 ‘Greater transparency of our enforcement investigations’

Our industry has consistently opposed the FCA’s proposals to introduce a new public interest test as the basis for naming firms under investigation. We appreciate the FCA’s engagement with us and others across the industry since the proposals were originally published.

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TheCityUK Response to the Technology Adoption Review (February 2025)

We submitted our response to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s Technology Adoption Review call for evidence. Ensuring that the financial and related professional services industry can continue to embrace technology and innovation is essential to its future international competitiveness and contribution as an enabler of growth, innovation and climate adaptation across the UK economy.

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Successor chairs announced

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UK financial services exports: a tale of two measures

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Annual Dinner 2025 - Speech by Anne Richards DBE

Collective and urgent action needed to revitalise UK Growth Markets

Events

TheCityUK International Conference 2025

Register now for our International Conference. Join influential leaders from across the industry to discuss how the UK can underpin its position as a world-leading international financial centre.

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TheCityUK and Financial Services Skills Commission Future Skills Conference 2025

Register now for the Future Skills Conference 2025, in partnership with Financial Services Skills Commission, which will take place in London on Thursday 22 May 2025.

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