Speakers

Geoffrey Taylor, Information Security Officer, Nordea Asset Management
Geoffrey Taylor is an information security leader with over two decades of experience shaping cybersecurity strategies across the financial services, technology, manufacturing, and mobility sectors. He specializes in information security strategy risk management, governance, and resilience, and has deep expertise in ISO 27001, NIS2 and DORA. Geoffrey holds CISM,... CRISC, and ISO 27001 Lead Implementer, ISO 42001 Implementer certifications and is a PECB-certified trainer. He is active in the global cybersecurity community and contributes to ISACA, the Cloud Security Alliance, and international mentorship programs.more

Manit Sahib, Ethical Hacker & Former Head of Penetration Testing & Red Teaming, Bank of England
Manit is an experienced offensive security expert who is certified by UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) as well as His Majesty’s CESG Check scheme (HMG CHECK). He has over ten years professional experience in both UK Government and private offensive security operations. Formerly, Manit was the Head of Penetration Testing & Red Teaming at the... Bank of England.more

Laura Good, Cloud Security Architect, Lloyds Banking Group
Laura is a security professional with over a decade of experience across financial services and managed cloud providers, including Lloyds Banking Group, where she currently works. She specialises in Cloud Security and has worked across Security Architecture and Design, SOC, Networks, IAM and Cyber Risk functions. Laura is passionate about reducing security friction... and embedding security in ways that help organisations innovate and grow securely.
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Jai Ferguson, AI Regional Lead - Europe, HSBC
Jai Ferguson is a technology and artificial intelligence professional specialising in enterprise technology and AI adoption within large global organisations. He currently serves as AI Regional Lead for Europe at HSBC, where he focuses on advancing the adoption of generative and agentic AI capabilities across the organisation. He played a key role in scaling the firm's... global AI Ambassador Network from concept to over 10,000 employees, helping upskill teams across the bank on practical AI applications and emerging technologies.His interests focus on enterprise AI adoption in large organisations, digital transformation within financial institutions and the role of policy in shaping the responsible deployment of emerging technologies.more