From The Organisers Of The Operational Resilience Financial Services Conference:
Proactive, Resilient & Future-Fit Third Party Risk Management Strategies For Financial Services
Ensure Regulatory Compliance, Resilience & Business Continuity Through Powerful Vendor Risk Mitigation Strategies, Improve Processes & Efficiencies With Effective AI Adoption & Safeguard The Business Against Unrelenting Cyber Threats Throughout Complex Supply Chains
2nd Annual | One-Day, Industry-Led Conference & Networking Exhibition | Royal Garden Hotel Kensington, London | 5th February 2026
08.15 Registration & Informal Networking
09.00 Morning Chair’s Opening Remarks & GIC Welcome
James Ellery-Gower, Global Head of Country Governance – Third Party Management, Citi
AI & New Tech: Delivering Value, Strengthening Controls
Harness AI’s Power To Deliver Gold-Standard Vendor Risk Management Whilst Strengthening Risk Guardrails Internally & Externally
- Practical tips! Where can AI integration offer the greatest value for risk professionals and drive process improvement throughout the supplier lifecycle?
- How can effective controls and guardrails be placed with third party suppliers regarding usage of AI tools, without stifling their innovation and success?
- As AI and new tech innovations move at rapid pace, how can organisations put in place flexible policies and frameworks around AI usage that can keep pace with the tech?
- Encourage and develop transparency with third parties and your supply chain around AI usage and ensure full visualisation of AI usage with external partners and beyond
Stefan Zima, Head of Group Regulatory Compliance, Raiffeisen Bank International AG
Zara Marchetti, Head of Platform Suppliers, M&G Investments
David Bonavia, Lead Operational Risk Oversight Manager, Metro Bank
Tejas Katwala, CEO and Co-Founder, CLDigital
PANEL Q&A
Nth Party & Supply Chain Management
Manage & Mitigate Risks Within Extended Supply Chains & Secure Operational Resilience With Powerful Nth Party Management Strategies
- How can organisations gain visibility into 4th, 5th and nth party arrangements and dependencies, and truly have the information needs to determine risks and vulnerabilities?
- Develop powerful monitoring and mapping strategies across complex supply chains for proactive due diligence against risk
- How much mapping is enough mapping? With the complexity of supply chins growing constantly, how much visibility can organisations reasonably expect to have over their supply chain?
- How can organisations mitigate concentration risk throughout their nth party network in the face of CTP’s being the building blocks of so many aspects of the supply chain?
Dharminder Mehmi, Strategic Supplier Risk Manager, Legal & General Asset Management
Charlotte Salisbury, Head of Enterprise Risk, AXA UK
