The Invitation-Only Forum for CDOs and Data Leaders from the World’s Leading Investment Banks and Asset Managers
FIMA Connect is the invitation-only forum for CDOs and Data Leaders from the World’s leading Investment Banks and Asset Managers. We provide high-level networking through a VIP, closed-door experience, supplemented by pre-qualified 1-1 meetings with hand-picked solution providers.
In April, over 2 days we brought together 53 CDOs and Data Leaders from the World’s Leading Investment Banks and Asset Managers to the luxury venue, Sopwell House, St Albans! We hosted 15 engaging sessions to encourage benchmarking and learning from these senior peers. In addition, we offered 7 stand-alone 1-1 meeting slots: resulting in a total of 68 pre-qualified 30 minute meetings. Not just this, we also had networking experiences from our Welcome Drinks, Diversity and Inclusion Breakfast Workshop and our Springtime BBQ.
Our senior attendees represented some of the World’s top investment banks and asset managers such as:
HSBC UK, J.P Morgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, BNP Paribas, Santander, UBS, ING, Nordea, Lloyds Bank, BlackRock, Vanguard, StateStreet, Fidelity International, Morgan Stanley, Allianz, Capital Group, Goldman Sachs, Amundi Asset Management
The audience breakdown at FIMA Connect read as follows:
View the full list of attendees here.
“Thanks all for sharing and the FIMA Connect Team for perfect organization! See you next year.” - Olivier Rose, Head of International Master Data Management Production & Projects, Societe Generale Securities Services
Our Data Leaders Investment Priority
The CDO’s and Data Leaders at FIMA Connect were the top decision makers and budget holders who are actively seeking new solutions. All our attendees had a minimum annual revenue of £100 million, with 65% of these having an annual revenue of £10+ billion. Each attendee has a personal budget (or influence) around £500,000, with 32% having a personal budget of £10+ million.
With the extensive profiling and marketing campaign that happens in the lead up to the event, you can guarantee that deals are made across the 2 days.
Here is a look at the solutions our Data Leaders were looking to invest in, within the following 12 months:
An Unrivalled Speaker Faculty
Under Chatham House Rule, our 30 speakers hosted a mix of high-level strategic case studies and interactive discussions focused on the industries biggest growth priorities. Our audience were able to engage in high-level strategic case studies and interactive discussions to benchmark their financial data plans.
Our packed agenda of 19 sessions covered pressing industry topics, from Ethical, Responsible Use of AI & Data and AI-enabled Growth and Risk Management to Balancing Innovation and Compliance & Sustainable Data & AI.
- Elaine Priest, Head of Data Risk, HSBC
- Tarek Nassar, Head of AI Solutions, PIMCO
- Ari Cohen, Chief Data Officer, EMEA, Macquarie
- Dr Nataliya Tkachenko, Generative AI Ethics & Assurance Lead, Lloyds Banking Group
- Chris Waite, Chief Data Officer, HSBC Asset Management
- Paul Lickman, Group Head of Data Architecture, HSBC
- Carol Wilson, Head of Data Ethics, Privacy and Records, Santander
- Nigel Guy, Head of Data Migration and AI, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
- Bala Mani, Head of Data & Analytics, Northern Trust
- Scott Brind, Head of Analytics Enablement Hub, Bank of England
These are just a handful of the brilliant speakers we heard from at FIMA Connect.
Take a look at the full speaker line up and topics discussed by downloading our agenda here.
"Thank you for hosting this great event! And also many thanks to everyone who made the effort to contribute with their presentations and/or in a panel. Took a lot of interesting insights home!" - Daniëlle Bourgondiën, Product Owner Data Platform, PGGM Investments
Social Media was Buzzing
There was a great buzz on social media whilst FIMA Connect was taking place. Here’s a look at some of our favourite posts on LinkedIn:
Ari Cohen, Chief Data Officer EMEA, Macquarie Group - “It was a real honour to deliver the opening keynote at FIMA Connect this week. As always, the conference was fantastic and discussions on Data, AI and the ethics around applications were more relevant than ever. The setting at Sopwell House was also a special location for me personally, having been married there to my wife 10 years ago in July! Thank you Tom Webber, fellow speakers and the FIMA Events team for putting on a great event and creating an important platform for industry dialogue on data and AI.”
Gaby Diamant, Founder & CEO, Bridgewise - "I had the good fortune this week to share Bridgewise’s vision in the FIMA connect of FIMA Events with Data Leaders from the World’s Leading Investment Banks and Asset Managers in London. This was a great kickoff to an ongoing tradition to build a real community around responsible AI in the capital markets."
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FIMA Connect 2025 – 3-4 April 2025, Hilton London Syon Park
FIMA Connect 2025 is already starting to take shape. Sponsorship opportunities are available now. If you want the chance to be introduced to your next client – get in touch with our team!
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