Board of Directors

TheCityUK Board of Directors is at the heart of our organisation and brings together a cross-sectoral group of the most senior leaders from the industry. It oversees our strategic objectives, ensures the delivery of our work programme and provides key messages and governance for the recommendations from our work.

TheCityUK Board of Directors

Name

Position

Company

Omar Ali CBE*

Global Financial Services Leader

EY

Julie Page

Chair, EMEA

Aon

Hannah Gurga

Director General

Association of British Insurers

Adam Farkas

Chief Executive Officer

Association of Financial Markets Europe (AFME)

Sarah Melvin

Head of UK

BlackRock

Christopher Hayward

Chairman of Policy and Resources Committee

City of London Corporation

Sir William Russell

Alderman

City of London Corporation

Georgia Dawson

Senior Partner

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Ian Stuart

Chief Executive Officer

HSBC UK

Chris Rhodes

President

ICE Futures Europe

Andrew Kail

Chief Executive Officer Institutional Retirement

Legal & General Group plc

Farmida Bi, The Baroness Bi CBE

Chair, Europe, Middle East and Asia

Norton Rose Fulbright

Tim Fassam

Director of Public Affairs

Standard Life plc

Miles Celic OBE

Chief Executive Officer

TheCityUK

David Postings

Chief Executive

UK Finance

Susan Allen OBE

Chief Executive Officer

Yorkshire Building Society

*Chair

 

 

Our latest work

Team UK playbook for International Sustainable Finance

A practical guide to the UK’s sustainable finance offer, bringing together consistent messaging, evidence and case studies across transition finance, carbon markets, and insurance, adaptation and risk management.

Autumn Budget 2026 summary

We have summarised the relevant announcements for our industry and how these fit with our overall engagement strategy.

10 ideas for the government's 10-year plan

From devolution and skills to investment and growth, we outline 10 priorities for the government’s 10-year plan and explain why they matter to our industry and the wider economy.

News

Press release

TheCityUK launching pilot to lead a new approach to auctioning high-integrity carbon credits

Blog

COP31: turning climate implementation into delivery

Comment

TheCityUK responds to the Autumn Budget 2026

Blog

A roundup from our biggest party conference season yet

Events

TheCityUK National Conference 2026

Our National Conference 2026 will take place in Bristol on Thursday 19 November 2026 and will address how devolution can help unlock growth across the UK,

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Highlights from TheCityUK Annual Conference 2026

The Annual Conference 2026 took place on Thursday 18 June, bringing together senior leaders from across the financial and related professional services industry with political and regulatory stakeholders to explore themes around innovations in FinTech, the regulatory and taxation environment, and driving growth

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