
The Studio
BAFTA 195 Piccadilly
4th December 2025
Award winning C-suite event series
The Studio is where the world’s top executives gather to shape the future. Connecting a global network of over 18,000 C-suite leaders—including CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, CDOs, CFOs, and CXs—this award-winning event series is a catalyst for bold ideas, transformative partnerships, and industry-defining leadership.

Leadership on the red carpet
Join us at The Studio, held at the iconic BAFTA 195 Piccadilly renowned for its red carpet events and prestige. This exclusive gathering of top technology and business leaders offers a unique blend of glamour and high-level networking.
Walk the red carpet with global executives, engaging in insightful discussions that drive the future of business and technology. With unparalleled networking opportunities and transformative leadership insights, this is more than just an event—it's where connections and ideas come to life.
Why attend?
As a new addition to The Studio event series, this year-end celebration held at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly promises to be an unforgettable experience. Don’t miss the opportunity to network with global leaders and wrap up the year in one of the world’s most iconic venues, surrounded by inspiring conversations and transformative connections.
Event details
Venue:
BAFTA 195 Piccadilly, London, UK
Date:
December 4th 2025
Who can attend:
This exclusive event invites senior leaders from the following C-suite communities:
- CIOs, CISOs CFOs,CXOs, CDOs and other senior leaders and executives
The Studio highlights

Red carpet Global C-Suite Awards
Celebrate leadership excellence at a world-famous venue
Step onto the red carpet at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly for the Global C-Suite Awards, celebrating the top 100 C-suite executives from around the world. This prestigious event honours the most influential leaders, giving them a platform to share their journeys and insights with peers.

Wrap up the year in style
A perfect year-end celebration at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly
Enjoy engaging conversations, exclusive networking opportunities, and a chance to connect with the brightest minds in technology. It’s the perfect way to close 2024 and look ahead to 2025 with excitement and inspiration.

Musical magic at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly
An evening of live performances by a leading quartet
This special event features a captivating performance by a renowned quartet, adding an elegant touch to the evening. Enjoy an immersive musical experience that seamlessly blends business with entertainment, creating an unforgettable night for all attendees.
2024 agenda
Take a look at last year's agenda for an idea of what will be in store in 2025. The full 2025 agenda will be announced soon.
Our curated agenda will feature keynote presentations, interactive panels, and discussions on leadership and innovation. Highlights include the Global C-Suite Awards, exclusive experiences, and thought-provoking discussions with top global leaders.
HotTopics welcome
C-Suite Awards Panel: Global CIO
Learn from distinguished C-Suite executives and Global CIO 100 winners in an exclusive panel discussion. Gain insights from top leaders and judges as they share their experiences, strategies, and lessons learned in driving innovation and excellence in IT leadership. Discover what it takes to lead your organisation to success and stand out in the competitive landscape of digital transformation.
In partnership with IFS
Darlene Schroeder
Jon Townsend
Diane Desiree Bitzel
Nicola Gribbin
Doug Drinkwater
C-Suite Awards Panel: Future CIO
Learn from distinguished C-Suite executives and Future CIO 100 winners in an exclusive panel discussion. Gain insights from top leaders and judges as they share their experiences, strategies, and lessons learned in driving innovation and excellence in IT leadership. Discover what it takes to lead your organisation to success and stand out in the competitive landscape of digital transformation.
In partnership with BOX
Ravi Malick
David Codington
Rob O'Brien
Sarah Lucas
Ann Walker
Doug Drinkwater
C-Suite Awards Panel: Global CISO
Listen to Global CISO 100 winners in an exclusive panel discussion. Delve into the strategies and best practices that leading Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) are using to protect their organisations in an ever-evolving digital landscape. Gain insights from industry experts as they share their experiences, challenges, and successes in safeguarding critical assets and driving cybersecurity excellence.
In partnership with Trellix
Lili Ana
Frankie Shuai
Richard Puckett
Doug Drinkwater
The 5 Questions the C-Suite Need to Answer for Robust Security
Join a broad range of C-suite leaders as they compare and contrast the questions each function has for one another, as the business of today seeks to bring together talent from across the organisation for robust—and seamless—security.
In partnership with Rapid7
Craig Roberts
Sudarshan Deshmukh
Jamie Douglas
John Cruise
Samanta Rule
Peter Stojanovic
Cybercrime, risk appetite and the quest for digital trust
Cybercrimal groups continue to exploit vulnerabilities in a data-rich, hyperconnected world. As cybersecurity threats increase, from a myriad of sophisticated actors, organisations must continually enhance their security measures to protect their employees, customers and brand image - and avoid regulatory action.
In this panel discussion at The Studio, leading technology executives discuss how to get to digital trust – and ultimately business resilience - through robust cybersecurity, business continuity and compliance with an evolving regulatory landscape.
In partnership with Tata Communications
Srini Kollur
Tracey Jessup
Richard Frost
Thomas Zuliani
Peter Stojanovic
Lunch
C-Suite Awards Panel: Global Chief Digital Officer
Leading Chief Digital Officers (CDOs) share their experiences, strategies, and lessons learned in harnessing technology to drive business innovation and growth. Discover what it takes to excel in digital leadership and position your organisation at the forefront of innovation.
Peter Stojanovic
C-Suite Awards Panel: Global Chief Data Officer
Pioneering Chief Data Officers (CDOs) share their experiences, strategies, and lessons learned in harnessing data to drive business innovation and growth. Discover what it takes to excel in data leadership and position your organisation at the forefront of the data-driven and AI-fuelled landscape.
In partnership with Tealium
Steve Overton
Sanjeevan Bala
Indhira Mani
Niresh Rajah
Peter Stojanovic
C-Suite Awards Panel: Global CFO
Listen to Global CFO 100 winners in an exclusive panel discussion. Delve into the strategies and best practices that leading Chief Finance Officers are using to evolve their organisations. Gain insights from industry experts as they share their experiences, challenges, and successes in the financial landscape.
In partnership with Soldo
Rory Choudhuri
Marcus Beale
Bradley Channer
Huiming Chen
Peter Stojanovic
C-Suite Awards Panel: Global CX
Join distinguished C-Suite executives and Global Chief Experience Officer (CXO) 100 winners in an insightful panel discussion. Explore how top leaders are redefining customer experience and driving success in today’s customer-first world. Hear from industry pioneers as they share their unique approaches, challenges, and successes in delivering outstanding experiences that set their organisations apart.
In partnership with 8x8
Chris Angus
Daryl Wilkes
Linzi Hindle
Gemma Jones
Peter Stojanovic
Unburdened by Hurdles: Tomorrow’s Data Governance Opportunities
Data—high quality, real-time and accessible— is crucial to gaining timely insights into market trends and customer needs, which drive the business agility that is key to continuous success.
However, most organisations still face multiple data hurdles that get in the way of timely decision-making. A recent report from Confluent cited 60% of respondents highlight governance-related disjoints as another major or frequent challenge [to its data activation strategy]. It doesn’t have to be this way. Working with the right partners, sharing insights with peers and hiring the right people for what your business needs are three ways to unburden oneself from the friction that governance principles can often bring without decoupling from its necessary and important guardrails. In this panel debate, learn how executives across the technology function are attempting this balance—and what they have learned so far.
In partnership with Confluent
Will LaForest
Karen Ambrose
Aubrey HB
Antje Bustamante
The power of technology in cross-organisation collaboration
As organisations navigate the people, process and technological complexities of the hybrid workplace, the concept of the traditional office is evolving.
At The Studio Europe, C-level executives explore the strategic decisions that will transform today’s office, building hybrid environments which foster collaboration, enhance employee engagement and maintain productivity across both physical and virtual spaces – while overcoming obstacles such as communication breakdowns, cultural disconnects and employer-employee divides.
In partnership with Shure
Peter James
Lydia Nicola
Lauren Dally
Rich Corbridge
Abi Labaton
Dinner & Entertainment
Is hybrid work working?
Flexible work has become a necessity - bringing together remote workers with those who need – or want – to be in the office.
However, with this increased choice and flexibility, has come some challenges; there are different expectations on who needs to be in the office and who can work remotely, there are different working experiences, technology set-ups and literacy levels, all of which can lead to poor collaboration, communication and culture, reduced productivity, employee engagement and decision-making.
In this panel at The Studio Europe, C-level tech executives discuss how to optimise hybrid work environments; customising work for different teams and personas, bridging the widening collaboration gap in dispersed work environments and fostering a culture of inclusivity and engagement to drive high-performance.
In partnership with Shure.
Peter James
Laura Kendrick
Kash Ghedia
Georgina Owens
Mauli Tikkiwal
Ian Cohen
Building the (Continuously) Agile Business of 2025
C-suite leaders recognise that successful modern businesses are adaptive. This means many things, but from a technical perspective it means keeping up with innovation, prioritising updates and harnessing them to drive business benefits, seamlessly. The key to this seamlessness? Data—high quality, real-time and accessible.
This triple entente of good data practice makes data the modern catalyst for success, enabling businesses to achieve visibility and agility, driving innovation or maximising cost-effectiveness. This conversation is a competitive differentiator for the C-suite, and yet as a complex conversation between industry leaders, partners and the wider market, is still far from solved.
What lessons have executives learned from years of enacting successive change programs, and how does this inform new ways of unlocking value from data? And what impact is genAI having on these hard-fought-for lessons?
In partnership with Confluent
Will LaForrest
Trevor Gordon
Carlos Soares
Ashley Somerville
Lee Fulmer
Lunch
The role of digital leaders in a customer-centric world
Digital leaders are increasingly at the epicenter of good customer experience, working alongside CMOs, CCOs and go-to-market teams to leverage technology which enhances customer experiences, fosters engagement and anticipate changing market and consumer needs.
In this panel discussion at The Studio, thought-provoking technology leaders explore the intersection between technology, customer experience, the role of the digital leader, and the ways in which digital tools and data can streamline operations, personalise services and ensure seamless customer interactions in an increasingly interconnected world.
In partnership with Tata Communications
Paul Abbas
David Germain
Danny Attias
Mike Cadden
Abi Labaton
Infinite Intelligence Community: The Year of the MVP
The Infinite Intelligence community, fielding the technology c-suite and brought together by HotTopics and Box, have met numerous times in 2024 to compare and contrast their AI journeys, ask pertinent questions on the reimagining of their organisations, and build practical lessons as a way of sharing insight. As we close the year and look to 2025, what have they learned and how has that impacted their priorities for the next 12 months? Listen to a select few of the II community as they reveal what this new leaders group have questioned, answered and actioned.
In partnership with Box.
Ravi Malick
Kitty Alderson
Ian Cohen
Amitabh Apte
Doug Drinkwater


Joanna Pamphilis
Global Head of Investments and Securities Digital Products, UniCredit
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Giles Lindsay
CIO, Satago Limited
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Ian Cohen
Chief Product & Information Officer, Acacium Group

James Whitebread
CTO, Hotelbeds BtB

Ian Golding
Interim CIO, APEM Group

Matthew Taylor
Client Global CIO, EY

Nick Harris
CIO, Salvation Army Trading Company

Douglas Goodridge
CIO, Amari Metals

David Codington
IT Director (CIO), DLA Piper

Steve Hall
Director, Group Technology Central Services, Sky

James Muscat-Sharp
Director of Business Development & Partnerships, Good Things Foundation

Aline-Laure Akpovi
CFO, Caudalie

Richard Corbridge
CDIO, Segro

Liz Greenwood
UK Chief Information and Transformation Officer, Exertis UK

Martin Jimmick
Head of Cyber Security, Whitbread

Jeff Wang
Finance Director, Jellyfish
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Avril Chester
CTO, Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Mark Cameron
Head of Strategy and Architecture, WPP

Tia Cheang
CDAO, Gallagher

Stuart Seymour
Group CISO and CSO, Virgin Media O2

Simon Separghan
Chief Customer Officer, Shawbrook Bank

Sarah Williams
Chief Customer Experience Officer, Westminister City Council

Carlos Soares
SVP Data & AI, Brenntag

Ranil Boteju
Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Lloyds Banking Group

Pablo Dimenza
Global Chief Technology Officer, Omnicom Production

Nina Tatsiy
Regional CIO, Brambles

Nikolai Balzer
Managing Partner, Dnevo Partners

Natasha Davydova
CIO, AXA

Naina Bhattacharya
CISO, Danone

Mohamed Besheer
Head of IT, Egyptian Banking Institute

Mark Murray
IT Director, Frontier Economics

Marek Poklekowski
Chief Enterprise Architect, Cytiva

Kiran Pande
CTO, Assura Protect

Katrina Roche
CIO, Keller Group Plc

Ian Poland
CIO, Sportradar

Han-Ley Tang
CIO, Clarion Housing Group

Graeme Howard
Group CIO, Benefact Group

Giulio Tedeschi
Director of Technology, SEGRO plc

Eugi Bartolo
CPTO, Sifted

Eoin O'Connell
CIO, Nurture Group

Eleni Kelly
CIO, Pluxee Group

Eileen Jennings-Brown
Chief Operating Officer, Exergy3 Ltd

Darren McBride
Group Chief Information Officer, Avalere Health

Daniel West
CIO, Dreams

Cosmin Luca Multescu
CIO, Coca-Cola HBC

Cornelia Schaurecker
Senior Strategic Advisor, Mindfuel

Chris Meredith
Managing Director, Amari Metals Ltd

Charlotte Bemand
Director of Digital Product/ Deputy CDO, Hottinger Brüel and Kjær

Cei Sanderson
VP of Products, Bango

Billie O’Connor
CFO, Muller UK & Ireland

Biju Chudasama
Group Chief Technology Officer, andwis

Ash Rhodes
Director of Data Management, Abcam

Anwar Mirza
Global Head of Data, Fedex Express

Anna Barsby
CPTO and Managing Partner, Tessiant

Andy Piper
CISO, Barclays

Amy Jones
Chief Transformation Officer, Emerald Publishing

Amanda Spencer
Director, Technology, Royal Society of Chemistry

Alex Butler
Chief Digital and Information Officer, United Response

Ahmed Hasan
CIO, BAT

Adam Forde
Chief Digital Officer, HBK

Jason Parkhouse
CIO UK&I, Experian

Norma-Dove Edwin
Chief Digital and Information Officer, Rolls-Royce plc

Fergus Boyd
CIO, IP Dividual

Anna-Lisa Miller
Group CIO, Spectris plc

Kash Ghedia
Group Chief Information Officer, Applegreen

Dominic Howson
Chief Transformation Officer, Viridor

Jevern Partridge
CIO, Rexel UK Limited

Robert Sheesley
Chief Information Officer / Board Member, Bump

Craig McEwen
CISO, Former Unilever

Lara Burns
Chef Digital Officer, The Scouts
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Caroline Carruthers
Chief Executive, Carruthers and Jackson

Katie Nykanen
Chief Transformation Officer, Learnlight

Graham Thomson
CISO, Irwin Mitchell

Peter Williamson
Chief Information Officer, Roke

Steve Westgarth
Global Head of Engineering and Architecture, Haleon

Bradley Schaufenbuel
Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Paychex, inc

Miryem Salah
Head of Digital Data and Transformation, Vodafone
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Juan Villamil
Chief Innovation Officer, UBDS
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Gerard McGovern
Director, Digital, Tony Blair Institute

Alex Farr
Group CTO, CHRISTIE GROUP PLC

Ravi Rao
Managing Director - Global Capabilities & Ireland Hub, Clorox

Claire Pagano
IT Director, GE Aerospace

Richard Frost
Chief Information Security Officer, esure Group

Colin Simpson
Global IT Director, former PZ Cussons

Alex Hutchings
MD, Digital Channels & Strategy, NatWest
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Alison David
Executive Director - IT/Business Relationships, GE Healthcare

Maria Papastathi
CDO - Technology, Shell ltd

Mauli Tikkiwal
Board Member, OHCAT

Kitty Alderson
Chief Information Officer, Evelyn

Jason O'Hare
Northern Europe CISO, L'Oreal

Chris Matthews
CIO, TCC / Recordsure

Nidhi Howell
Head of Business Technology, Lockton Re

Sharon Cooper
Chief Digital Officer, The Economist Group

Femi Bamisaiye
NED, Institute of Directors

Carl Davis
CTO, Keensight Capital

Ari Cohen
Chief Data Officer, EMEA, Macquarie Group

Natasha Towner
Deputy CISO, Francis Crick Institute

Anna Barsby
Founder and Managing Partner, Tessiant

Jeptha Allen
Senior Director - Head of Digital Infrastructure Advisory, CBRE

Ross Hodges
Global Head of Emerging Technology and AI program lead, Cushman & Wakefield

Phil Scully
VP of Digital & EMEA Technology, RS Group plc

Helen Milner
Group Chief Executive Officer, The Good Things Foundation

Rob O'Brien
Head of International Technology, ITV

Daniel Hulme
CEO / CAIO, Satalia / WPP

Peter Rees
Head of AI Data Platform strategy, Maersk

Chris Fry
Global Director of Technology Governance & Transformation, dentsu international

Trevor Gordon
Chief Digital & Technology Officer (CDTO), Save the Children
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CK (Chuang) Kee Ong
Director Data Product, GSK

Ashay Koparde
Vice President - Solutions Architect, Barclays

Ollie Holden
UK&I Chief Information Officer, RSA

Anirudh Ajitsari
Director, Global Product Owner, HSBC

Lydia Nicola
Head of IT Operations, Amnesty International

Freddie Quek
Research Associate and Technology Leader, Henley Business School

Robin Smith
CISO, Aston Martin

Jenny Rae
CIO, Imperial College London
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Jess Flack
Digital Inclusion Lead Officer, Essex County Council

Gerald Hentschel
Head of Technology, Western Union International Bank

Vikas Singh
Director - Enterprise Architecture, CBRE

Aubrey HB
VP of Data, Huuuge Games

Matthew Mallet
Chief Digital and Information officer, Chartered Insurance Institute

Bruno Mielli Corasolla
Global Head of Digital Train, Hitachi Rail Limited

Daryl Wilkes
Director of Customer Care, ASOS

Dinesh Mohan
VP & Global Head of Digital Services, Expleo Group
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Lauren Dally
Director of Application Delivery, Ardonagh Advisory

Stefan Weber
Lead Operations and Shared Services Sales Platfrom Passenger Services of Deutsche Bahn, DB Fernverkehr AG

Dominic Redmond
CIO, PageGroup

Scott Ronan
Senior Director, Corporate Platforms, DBA & Cloud, GXO Logistics

Iman Poernomo
Head of Data Resiliency, London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)

Nadezhda Volkova
Global Digital Commercial Director, Diageo

Vivek Menon
Executive Director - Product Management, JLL
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Thijs Hulstman
Sr. Director Digital Transformation & Global Customer Account Management, DHL Supply Chain
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Lance Norton
Global Head of IT Operations, WaterAid
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Arif Kamal
Chief Finance & Operations Officer, Hunters Law LLP

Andrew Cooke
CISO, Acacium Group Ltd
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Charlotte Bemand
Director of Digital Product/ Deputy CDO, Hottinger Brüel and Kjær

Mary O'Callaghan
Interim CTO, Motor Neurone Disease Association

Sebastian Weber
CIO, E.ON

Ali Cheema
CFO, SOAX

Roxane Heaton
CIO/CDO, Barclays

Niresh Rajah
Chief Data & AI Officer, DLA Piper LLP

Mariana Reis
Enterprise Head of Data Governance, WPP

Ravichandran Kannappan
Head of Finance, BBC Studios

Bal Bansal
Director, Global Technology Strategy, IHG Hotels & Resorts

Dave Thomas
CIO, Magellan Point Ltd

Dave Roberts
Global IT Director, Stantec
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Edward Johns
Managing Partner, Imperators

Santiago Castro
Director, Data & Analytics, MUFG Corporate Markets

Laura Roantree
UK Market Executive - IT Services, Cybersecurity & Enterprise Software, Enterprise Ireland

Benjamin Hardiman
IT Director, Youth4Youth

Frederick Shears
Global Head of IT, CT Group

Roberto Di Sanzo
Group CFO, Arpa Industriale S.p.A.

Darryl Beckford
Director of Architecture, BT Group (EE, Plusnet)

Christo Gouws
Technology & Data Director, Marine Stewardship Council

Sarah Blackmore
Executive Director, Social Work England

Jack Barone
Head of IT Operations, GE Aerospace

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