TheCityUK and Financial Services Skills Commission Future Skills Conference 2025

Conference

22 May 2025
09:00 - 15:00 BST
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The Future Skills Conference 2025 will look to build on last year's inaugural Conference.

Organised in partnership with Financial Services Skills Commission, the conference will bring together senior practitioners from across financial and related professional services, regulators and policymakers to discuss how to ensure the industry has the skills it needs for the future and continue to drive growth and prosperity across the country.

Attendance at the Future Skills Conference is free for our members and members of the Financial Services Skills Commission. Non-member prices for the conference are:

Attend in-person for non-members

- Early bird rate - £320 + VAT (valid until 28 March 2025)
- Standard rate – £370 + VAT

Watch live online for non-members

- Early bird rate – £80 + VAT (valid until 28 March 2025)
- Standard rate - £100 + VAT

Please register for this event using the form at the bottom of this page and our Events team will be in touch to confirm your place.

To find out what to expect on the day, all of the sessions from the Future Skills Conference 2024 are available on our YouTube channel, or you can watch the highlights film below: 

Location:

Convene 200 Aldersgate Street, Barbican, London, EC1A 4HD

Agenda:

09:00 - 09:05 Chief Executive Officer’s welcome
Claire Tunley, Chief Executive Officer, Financial Services Skills Commission 
09:05 – 09:20 Keynote address
09:20 – 09:30 Chair’s address
Anne Richards DBE, Chair, TheCityUK Board  
09:30 - 10:15

Panel session: Skills as a driver of long-term competitiveness

  • Ben Auty, Organisation and Capabilities Director, Lloyds Banking Group

Further panellists to be announced soon.

10:15 - 10:40

In conversation

10:40 – 11:10 Coffee break
11:10 – 11:20

Chair’s address
Mark Hoban, Chair, Financial Services Skills Commission

11:20 - 12:05

Panel session: Remaining an international financial centre - How skills based organisations are key to our global prosperity

  • Caroline Haines, Vice-Chair of the Policy and Resources Committee, City of London Corporation (Chair)
  • Chloe Muir, Director of Talent and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Pinsent Masons
  • Anne Murphy, Managing Partner, Global Financial Services Practice, Odgers Berndtson

Further panellists to be announced soon.

12:05 - 12:30

In Conversation
Tessa Griffiths, Chief Executive Officer, Skills England

12:30 - 13:15

Panel session: How is technological change shaping our industry, the workforce and the skills we need for growth?

  • Louise Smith OBE, Chair, Innovate Finance (Chair)
  • Fren Mumford, Director, People Consulting Team, KPMG UK

Further panellists to be announced soon.

13:15 - 13:20 Closing remarks
Miles Celic OBE, Chief Executive Officer, TheCityUK
13:25 - 14:15 Networking lunch

Agenda subject to change

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Please note, our conferences are free to attend for our members, however we do charge a fee for non-members to attend. A link to our terms and conditions can be found at the bottom of this page.

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