FS Data innovators
Tuesday, 4th of November 2025
The Little Ship Club, Cannon Street, London
The invite-only event for senior data professionals at agile and modernising financial institutions.
FS Data Innovators brings together 30+ of the most senior data, technology, and transformation leaders from the UK’s agile and modernising financial institutions. This exclusive, invite-only forum is tailored for executives driving innovation across data strategy and technology adoption. You can expect to meet representatives from the leading high-street and challenger banks, building societies, credit unions, specialist firms, asset managers and wealth firms.
Whether you’re scaling analytics, modernising governance, or laying the foundations for smarter data use, this summit is for those actively delivering change in their data strategies, not stuck in strategy mode. We prioritise organisations where decision-makers are close to delivery and transformation is happening now.
30+ Attendees
95% Director-Level or Above
Invite-Only
Peer-Led and Insight-Driven
Who attends?
FS Data Innovators brings together an exclusive audience of senior leaders shaping the future of data innovation in the financial services. Attendees include C-Suite leaders and Directors/Heads of Data (Strategy, Governance, Management), Analytics, IT, Technology, and Architecture.
This carefully curated group ensures a high-calibre environment for meaningful discussions and impactful networking.
Speakers
(Stay tuned – more names to be announced)
Angela Huang
Strategy and Insights Lead, iwoca
Jithindas Ramadas
Director, Data Strategy and Management, Aviva Investors
Junaid Arshad
Product Development - Data Experience, State Street
Connect with the Top Financial Institutions in the UK
2025 Sponsors
Key Agenda Themes
- End-to-End Data Strategy for Financial Services: Explore how agile and mid-sized financial institutions are building resilient, business-wide data strategies to support growth, compliance, and AI adoption.
- Scalable, Modern Data Architecture: Discover what firms are doing to modernise their legacy systems, adopt cloud-based platforms, and design flexible, real-time architectures that support digital transformation.
- Data Quality, Governance & Trust: Reinforce your data governance, observability, and validation approaches and learn how data can be trusted across every function.
- AI Readiness & Business Alignment: Understand what it takes to prepare data foundations and workflows for AI and how to align technical strategy with business goals, stakeholder buy-in, and long-term transformation
Why Attend?
- Connect with Senior Peers: Engage with directors and heads of data, tech, and transformation from
modernising financial institutions. - Learn from Real-World Change: Hear practical insights, challenges, and lessons learned from peers
delivering transformation.
- Explore What’s Next: Discover new technologies and approaches through curated solution providers.
Registration
Attendance is by invitation only to ensure a carefully curated audience of senior representatives from financial institutions.
Interested in Attending?
If you would like to be considered for an invitation, please contact us at oscar@shapefin.com
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