FIMA Connect 2025
03 - 04 April, 2025
Hilton Syon Park, London, United Kingdom
Day 2 | 4th April
8:00 am - 8:55 am
Registration and Welcome coffee
8:00 am - 8:55 am
Women In Data Breakfast Briefing
8:55 am - 9:00 am
Chair's Opening Address
ENSURING RICHER DATA QUALITY
9:00 am - 9:45 am
INTERACTIVE PANEL: Mastering the Fundamentals of Data Quality Management in the Age of Generative AI
Luca Giordano -
Head of Data Governance,
Intesa Sanpaolo
Tony Beales -
Head of Data Governance,
Natwest
Stefan Buxton -
Group Head of Data Quality,
HSBC
- Focus on the essential principles of data quality management and discuss strategies for maintaining high data quality amidst growing data volumes
- Discuss how the widespread adoption of AI is changing data quality metrics, processes and standards
- Discover the tools and architectures for constructing a scalable and resilient data quality framework that meets your business needs
9:45 am - 10:05 am
CASE STUDY: How we improved trust in data: Policies, tooling and advanced quality analytics
Sian McHenry -
Head of Enterprise Data Governance and Management,
Nationwide
- Cultural changes and policies to improve data quality throughout the organisation
- Automating processes to streamline data quality management and ensure data is reliable
- Advances in data lineage and cataloguing to ensure trustworthy and traceable data
10:05 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:05 am - 10:35 am
1-2-1 Meetings
10:35 am - 10:40 am
5-minute transition
10:40 am - 11:20 am
1-2-1 Meetings
11:20 am - 11:25 am
5-minute transition
11:25 am - 11:55 am
1-2-1 Meetings
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
5-minute transition
RESILIENT AI POLICIES AND REAL-WORLD USE CASES
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
KEYNOTE CASE STUDY: How we successfully leveraged AI to derive new insights from data and improve performance
- Doing more with data: Driving impactful AI initiatives across your organization
- Discover effective approaches to safeguarding data-driven insights at scale
- Learn best practices for integrating AI with legacy systems to unlock hidden value in your data
12:20 pm - 12:50 pm
KEYNOTE PANEL: Designing an AI roadmap for financial services: How can you build an AI strategy which enables responsible innovation?
Ivan Luciano Danesi -
Head of Data Innovation,
UniCredit
Orla Phelan -
Global Head of Data Governance,
Fidelity International
- Where are we now? Understand the foundational elements for an AI strategy that balances stability with a need to stay agile
- Ensure your AI strategy fully supports your business goals and is compliant with ongoing regulations
- Explore strategies to get buy-in from key stakeholders to ensure successful implementation of AI
12:50 pm - 1:20 pm
CASE STUDY: Scaling AI initiatives: Going from proof-of-concept to company-wide adoption
- How we are using AI to optimize our investment strategies and improve decision-making
- Discover real-time data insights and enhanced visualization techniques driven by AI.
- Explore the integration of large language models for deeper analytics of unstructured data
1:20 pm - 2:20 pm
Networking Lunch
If you’re not booked into a masterclass, join your peers for a sit-down meal
1:20 pm - 2:20 pm
INTERACTIVE MASTERCLASS
2:20 pm - 2:25 pm
5-minute transition
2:25 pm - 2:55 pm
1-2-1 Meetings
2:55 pm - 3:00 pm
5-minute transition
DATA SUSTAINABILITY AND THE ROAD AHEAD
3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
PANEL: Driving Systemic Change: Enhancing Data Standards and Reporting for Sustainable Finance
Fabian Sawaf -
Director of Data Mangement,
Lombard Odier Asset Management
Dunstan Marris -
Head of Sustainability Data & Analytics,
Goldman Sachs
- Explore the critical role of higher quality and consistent data in ESG risk assessment and investment decision-making through collaboration on industry-wide standards
- Learn how better data supports more effective near and long-term stress testing and scenario modelling
- Discover how to align your data management strategy with mandatory reporting standards, improve transparency, and integrate sustainability metrics into long-term value frameworks
- Develop sustainable finance frameworks by promoting open data sharing and overcoming regulatory fragmentation
Fabian Sawaf
Director of Data MangementLombard Odier Asset Management
