The Studio
BAFTA 195 Piccadilly
4th December 2024
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 2024
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.
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
Dan Kellett
CDO, Capital One
Lee Fulmer
Chair, Transforming Data Collection Board, Bank of England
Joanna Pamphilis
Global Head of Investments and Securities Digital Products, UniCredit
Soheyl Kadjani
Chief Digital Officer, Rabo Bank
Nimisha Patel
Chief Digital & Information Officer, Bupa
Tracey Jessup
CTO, De Montfort University
Laura Kendrick
CIO UK & EMEA, IPG Mediabrands
Brian Brackenborough
CISO, Channel 4
Jon Townsend
CIO , National Trust
Sara Mubasshir
Head of Digital (Change, Experience, Business Analysis), London Business School
Thomas Zuliani
Global CISO, ARLA
Ilona Simpson
Member, Executive Advisory Board, SoSafe
Giles Lindsay
CIO, Satago Limited
Jenna Garner
Director of Engineering, Johnson Matthey
Rob O'Brien
Head of International Technology, ITV
Alex Farr
Group CTO, CHRISTIE GROUP PLC
Gerard McGovern
Director, Digital, Tony Blair Institute
Trevor Gordon
CDTO, Save the Children
Keneilwe Gwabeni
Group CIO, Assupol Holdings
Mark Hemsley
Head of Architecture, Rail Delivery Group
Ian Cohen
Chief Product & Information Officer, Acacium Group
Christina Scott
CPTO, OVO
Phil Scully
VP Digital & EMEA Technology, RS Group
Huiming Chen
CFO - Europe, Illumina
Karen Ambrose
Chief Data Officer, The Francis Crick Institute
Frances Undelikwo
Divisional Head, Operational & IT Risk, Fidelity Bank
Steph Pritchard
Global Delivery Services Director, Acacium Group
Venkata Reddy Mukku
Vice President Worldwide Service & Support Organisation, Bruker Nano Surfaces
Richard Frost
CISO, esure Group
William LaForest
Global Field CTO, Confluent
Ako Sabir
Chief Data Officer, Hiscox
James Whitebread
CTO, Hotelbeds BtB
Mandie Beitner
Founder, sorTTed
Juan Villamil
Group Chief Innovation officer, UBDS
Carlos Soares
SVP Data & Analytics, Brenntag
Caroline Carruthers
Chief Executive, Carruthers and Jackson
Anna Gevorgyan
CDO/Advisor, AG Consulting
Chris Wales
Chief Information Officer, West Northamptonshire Council
Romaric Sia
GLOBAL CISO, UBA GROUP
Danette Copestake
Architecture Engagement Group Manager: Global Functions Technology, Data & Security Architecture, Citi
David Kavanagh
CTO, Salary Finance
Fergus Boyd
CTO, IP Dividual
Jody Saunders
Founder , Atara Partners
Ashley Somerville
SVP Technology Strategy & Execution, Experian
James Maunder
Director of Technology and Digital, Unite Students
Geoff Tinegate
Head of Corporate Technology Transformation, AS Watson
Adil Jan
CIO, Marshalls
Niresh Rajah
Group Chief Data Officer, Danske Bank
Jawaz Illavia
CIO, PZ Cussons
Libero Raspa
Director UK, adesso SE
Floriana Molone
CIO, Richmond and Wandsworth Councils
Ian Golding
Interim CIO, APEM Group
Nick Giannakakis
CIO, Motor Oil Hellas
David Germain
CIO, QBE Insurance
Norma Dove-Edwin
Group CDO & CIO, Rolls Royce
Bhushan Kokate
Data Analytics & AI Lead, MS Amlin
Frankie Shuai
CISO APAC, DWS Group
Mark Cameron
Head of Architecture & Cyber Security, WPP
Kash Ghedia
Group Chief Information Officer, Applegreen
Paul Abbas
Head of CX Sales UKI and Europe, Tata Communications
Ketan Pandit
Global Chief Technology Officer, QBE Insurance
Oliver Pilgerstorfer
Chief Marketing Officer, IFS
Ronald Martey
CISO, GCB Bank PLC
Anoop Chopra
Group CISO, Formerly - International Airline Group
Christos Syngelakis
Group CISO, Motor Oil
Matthew Taylor
Client Global CIO, EY
Danny Attias
Chief Digital & Information Officer, London Business School
Justin Gregory
Head of Technology - Payments & Tax, ASOS.com
Claire Pagano
IT Director, GE Aerospace
Indhira Mani
Chief Data Officer, RSA
Mauli Tikkiwal
Board member and IT Director, Johnsons Control
Vukosi Sambo
Executive Head of Data Insights & AI, AfroCentric Group
Nareni Hourican
Global Head of Digital & Innovation, Brown-Forman
Femi Bamisaiye
Non Exec Director & Chair, Remuneration Committee, The Institute of Directors
Bronagh Riordan
Head of Data & Analytics, Primark
Julian Elliott
Chief Data Scientist, Chambers and Partners
Divyanshu Anand
Chief Digital & Technology Architect I Head of Global Enterprise Architecture, Haleon
Amitabh Apte
Chief Digital and Business Technology Officer, Barilla
Satnam Singh
Chief Digital & Technology Officer, Advisory Services | Global Chief Marketing Technology Officer, CBRE
Lydia Nicola
Head of IT Operations, Amnesty International
Jess Flack
Digital Inclusion Lead Officer, Essex County Council
Fabio Pesenti
CFO Emerging Markets, Zimmer Biomet
Shikha Hornsey
Chief Digital Information Officer, Crown Commercial Service
Daniel Bay
VP of Global Technology Innovation, Nike
Kate Attwood
Principal Technical Program Manager, GE Aerospace
Aubrey HB
Chief Analytics and Automation Officer, 888holdings
Jonathan Roberts
Chief Data Officer, Ministry of Justice
Alexis de Maredsous
Deputy CFO, Brunswick Group
Ahmed Anwar
VP Group Financial Controller, Ideagen
Henry Lee
Technical Director / Head of Digital Workplace, REED
Rachel Laursen
Group CISO, JD Sports Fashion
Nick Harris
CIO, Salvation Army Trading Company
Paul Lodge
Chief Data Officer, Department for Work and Pensions
Diane Desiree Bitzel
Chief Digital & Information Officer Europe, Vodafone
Ranjeet Khosa
Director of Business Technology Solutions, Travelex
Sam Sahana
CDIO and Transformation Leadership Advisory, Walgreens Boots Alliance
Daria Grishna
Director of Information Technology and Data - UK & Ireland, Danone
Philippa Rickard
Global Head of Technology Delivery, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Nicola Gribbin
CIO, SSE PLC
Ali Khan
SVP, Chief Data Officer, Experian
Samantha Rule
Head of Information and Cyber Security, Ninety One
John Cruise
CISO, Mitie Ltd
Steve Westgarth
Global Head of Engineering and Architecture, Haleon
Bradley Schaufenbuel
Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, paychexhcm.com
Rachel Scully
Digital Capability Lead, Shell
Paul Smith
CIO, Amnesty International
Sarah Lucas
Head of Product and Architecture, Lloyds Banking Group
Maria Papastathi
Chief Data Officer - Technology, Shell
Kitty Alderson
CIO, Evelyn Partners
Sam Rigelsford
CISO, EDF Energy
Minu Ali
CISO, THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE LIMITED
Fiona James
Director, Data Growth and Operations and Chief Data Officer, Office for National Statistics
Abdulgader Attiah
CDTO, Saudi Airlines
Robert Shapiro
Partnerships Manager, Good Things Foundation
Hannah Kenny
Head of Digital Transformation, Shell Energy Europe
Sanjeevan Bala
Group Chief Data & AI Officer, ITV
James Grove
Director of Technology, Chelsea Football Club
Jeptha Allen
Senior Director - Head of Digital Infrastructure Advisory, CBRE
Asier Nantes
Global Business Intelligence Lead, Sodexo
Douglas Goodridge
CIO, Amari Metals
CK (Chuang) Kee Ong
Director, Data Product, GSK
Claire Smith
Senior Director of IT Portfolio Management, Arm
Bruno Bertini
CMO, 8x8
Michael Zimmer
CDO, W&W-Gruppe
Richard Puckett
Chief Security Officer, The Boeing Company
Helen Ashton
CEO, Shapebeyond
David Codington
IT Director (CIO), DLA Piper
Stuart Moss
Head of IT Innovation, Rolls Royce
Steve Hall
Director, Group Technology Central Services, Sky
Ann Walker
Deputy Director of IT, UK Home Office
Gregory Dumont
CISO | DPO, SBE | Cordon Group
Martin Lidl
CDO, Admiral
Wanda Adam
Chief Data Protection Officer, M&G plc
Antje Bustamante
VP of Data, Funding Circle
Daniel Hobden
Chief Financial Officer, Yodel
Rahul Babbar
Group Finance Director, Quintessentially
Farzana Chowdhury
AI Engagement & Assurance Manager, Incubator for AI
Jason Hughes
CIO - EMEA/APAC, Intertek
Andrew Hutchinson
Technology Director, Former Climate Impact Partners
Daryl Wilkes
Director of Customer Care, ASOS
Patrick Duffy
CXO, bet365
Gemma Jones
FORMER Group Marketing and CX Director, Marshalls plc
Linzi Hindle
Customer Experience Officer, DHL Supply Chain
Michelle Nwoga
Group Chief Experience Officer, United Bank for Africa
Lauren Dally
Director of Application Delivery, The Ardonagh Group
Simon White
Chief Digital Officer, Mott MacDonald
Sachin Sharma
Head of Data and AI Transformation, RSA
Alexander Clarke
Chief Financial Officer, Babble
Bradley Channer
Chief Financial Officer, UBIO
Justin Carmichael
CFO, Fortnum & Mason
Lauren Wilson
Cyber Incident Management, oCISO, EDF Energy
James Muscat-Sharp
Director of Business Development & Partnerships, Good Things Foundation
Joel Suissa
Emerging Technology Lead, Cushman & Wakefield
Chris Abadir
AVP, Tata Communications
Lili Ana
CISO Transformation Lead, Trellix
Mike Cadden
Chief Technology Officer, Marie Curie UK
Craig Roberts
Principal Software Engineer, Rapid7
Ravi Malick
Global CIO, Box
Carolina Restrepo
Products, Technology & Innovation Manager, Vanderlande
Barnaby Newell
Enterprise AE, Box
Aline-Laure Akpovi
CFO, Caudalie
Megan Haley
Senior Manager, Communications, Trellix
Chris Fry
Director Global Technology Governance & Transformation, dentsu international
Alex Bowles
Head of Infrastructure, Service Management and Operations, John Lewis Partnership
Rajiv Peter
Chief Information Officer, Notting Hill Genesis
Lyndon Hedderly
Director Strategic Customer Advisory, Confluent
Michele Cotton
Senior Marketing Manager, Tata Communications
Srinivas Kollur
Vice President, Global Solution Engineering, Tata Communications
Chris Angus
VP Contact Centre, 8x8
Michal Harris
SVP Global Marketing, Beyond Now
Richard Corbridge
CDIO, Segro
Darlene Schroeder
Senior VP IT, IFS
Rory Choudhuri
Product, Service and Solutions Marketing Director, Soldo
Julie Burton-Brown
Head of Revenue Marketing EMEA, Soldo
Lance Norton
Global Head of IT Operations, WaterAid
Tarun Bose
CFO, CS Global Energy Ltd
Priya Sinha
Head of Product Engineering, CX and Digital Transformation, Vodafone
Richard Jones
Vice President of Sales Northern Europe, Confluent
Ram Ramanathan
Group CFO, IFFCO Group
Lara Banjo
Finance Director EMEA, HSBC
Frank Martinez
Head of Customer Experience, Corpay
James Brindley-Raynes
Head Digital Customer Journey, Maersk
Mark Walmsley
Global CISO, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Rohit Upadhyay
Associate Vice President, HCL Tech
Elizabeth Akorita
Group Deputy Director, Digital, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Graham Burridge
Global CFO, Pentland Brands
Christine Coorey
Director, Global Financial Control, Dice
Perry Rotella
Managing Director, Financial Services, Box
Varun Kaushal
Senior Regional Sales Director, HCL Tech
Chris Merrick
Senior Global Marketing Director, Shure
Peter James
VP Global Business Development, Shure
Troy Jensen
Associate Director, Global Accounts, Shure
Liz Greenwood
UK Chief Information and Transformation Officer, Exertis UK
Bridgid Nzekwu
Moderator, Presenter, Freelance
Martin Jimmick
Head of Cyber Security, Whitbread
Andy Oliver
SVP Corporate Communications, IFS
Miryem Salah
Head of Digital Data and Transformation, Vodafone
Rob Coyne
SVP & GM EMEA, Tealium
Paul Ditchfield
VP of Sales Northern Europe, Box
Steve Overton
Director Solutions Consulting, Tealium
Nerea Gandarias
GVP Global Field and Channel Marketing, 8x8
Rob Smith
Senior Global Market Development Director, Shure
Michael Gaffer
Director of Customer Experience, BPP University
Jeff Wang
Finance Director, Jellyfish
Arif Kamal
Chief Finance & Operations Officer, Hunters Law LLP
Datta Junnarkar
CIO - Maritime, Boeing
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