Delivering Financial Inclusion Together – Conference 2026
- Leonardo Royal Hotel, Tower Bridge, London
- 13 October
- 8:30am registration for 9:30 start
Join us at Leonardo Royal Hotel, London Tower Bridge for our annual conference – Delivering Financial Inclusion Together, registration from 08.30 for a 09.30 start.
The event will bring together leaders from across financial services and civil society, regulators, policymakers and financial inclusion experts, with a focus on delivering solutions, sharing lived experience and learning from best practice.
See below for the full agenda and our fantastic speakers and contributors.
Agenda/running order
Registration, networking and refreshments
8:30am – 9:30am
Opening remarks
9:30am
Room: Trinity & Goodmans
Kate Pender
CEO, Fair4All Finance
Keynote speech
9:40am
Room: Trinity & Goodmans
Lucy Rigby KC MP
Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister
Curated roundtables
10:00am
An opportunity for all delegates to discuss some key questions about financial inclusion, help build cross-sector relationships and provide insight into the issues facing different stakeholder groups.
Facilitated by Fair4All Finance, with lived experts joining conversations.
Room: Trinity & Goodmans
Networking break, refreshments and exhibitions
10:40am
Equity in Finance
11:10am
Addressing financial inequality faced by people from minority ethnic backgrounds
Room: Trinity & Goodmans
Muna Yassin MBE
Chief Executive, Rooted Finance
Dr Kenny Imafidon MBE
Managing Director and Co-Founder, ClearView Research
Tynah Matembe
FinTech Entrepreneur, Money Coach and Founder, MoneyMatiX
Iana Vidal
Head of UK Public Policy, Block
Martin Coppack
Co-Director, Compassion in Financial Services Hub, Edinburgh University
First breakout sessions
Option A:
Financial capability in the real world
Helping young people navigate money, credit, risk and opportunity
Room: Bartholomew Suite
Bola Sol
Money columnist and author
Michelle Highman
Chief Executive, The Money Charity
Sarah Porretta
CEO, Young Enterprise
Fiona Ellis
Sector Skills Strategic Learning Lead, Money and Pensions Service
ny aka-kwarm
Option B:
Narrowing the protection gap
How can insurance strengthen financial resilience for people who need it most?
Room: Harpley Suite
Andy Harrop
Director, Public First
Debbie Kennedy
CEO, LifeSearch
Fran Bruce
Managing Director, Protection, Aviva
Johnny Timpson OBE
Financial Inclusion Commissioner
Option C:
Financial services for everyone: removing barriers to participation
How do we ensure that digital transformation doesn’t leave more people behind?
Room: Beaumont Suite
Cat Farrow
Project Director, The Connection Project
Emma Stone
Director of Evidence and Engagement, Good Things Foundation
Faith Reynolds
Director, Devon Fields Consulting
Stephen Noakes
Director of Retail, Nationwide
Networking lunch and exhibitions
12:40pm – 1:30pm
Keynote speech and Q&A
1:30pm
Room: Trinity & Goodmans
Jennifer Tescher
Founder and CEO, Financial Health Network (U.S.)
Closing the financial inclusion gender gap
2:00pm
Rebuilding financial independence after abuse, lone parents, access to credit, financial capability, gender pension gap
Room: Trinity & Goodmans
Holly Piper
Executive Director - Impact, Fair4All Finance
Dr Daniella Jenkins
Executive Director, UK Women’s Budget Group
Genevieve Richardson
Senior Public Policy Advocate, StepChange
Lauren Garrett
Head of Financial Services, Surviving Economic Abuse
Second breakout sessions
Option A:
Building financial resilience and beyond
What works in supporting households to progress towards financial security today and for the future?
Room: Bartholomew Suite
Jo Phillips
Director of Research and Innovation, Centre for Inclusive Money at Nest
Asesh Sarkar
CEO, Salary Finance
Matt Bland
CEO, All Together Money
Nick Speight MBE
People Director (Culture and Colleague Experience), Co-op
Option B:
Closing the affordable credit gap
What products, partnerships, regulation and technology can help more people access credit and avoid harmful alternatives?
Room: Harpley Suite
Diana Kamil-Salmon
Associate Director - Strategic Commercial Propositions, Fair4All Finance
Emily Trant
Chief Impact Officer, Stream
Tim Wilson
Associate Director of Social Investment and Social Enterprise, City Bridge Foundation
Vicky Ford
Senior Credit Risk Director, Borrowing, Monzo Bank
Alison Walters
Director, Consumer Finance
Option C:
Designing financial services that work for everyone
How can we build products and services around people’s real lives, rather than expecting people to adapt to the system?
Room: Beaumont Suite
Peter Tyler
Director, Personal Banking, UK Finance
Howard Taylor
Director, PwC
Kat Townsend
Head of Customer Vulnerability and Accessibility, Nationwide
Matt Robinson
Consultant, Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT) and Project Nemo
Colin Saunders
Lived Experience Panel Member
Networking break and refreshments
3:20pm
AI for inclusion
3:50pm
How do we harness technology and AI to increase financial inclusion and not widen existing gaps?
Room: Trinity & Goodmans
Angela Stathi
Senior Advisor and Board Leader on AI
James Wignall
Principal AI PM, ClearScore
Keyur Patel
Writer, Speaker and Communications Specialist
Ehsan Faridifar
Serene, Co-Founder and Chief Data Scientist
Closing remarks
4:20pm
Room: Trinity & Goodmans
Kate Pender
CEO, Fair4All Finance
Drinks reception and networking
Kindly sponsored by Nationwide
4:30pm – 6:30pm
Getting there
Join us at the Leonardo Royal Hotel in London.
London Underground: The closest underground station is Tower Hill, which have step free access from street to train is a 7 min walk away.
Rail: The nearest railway station is Fenchurch Street Station and is located approx. a 9 min walk away.
The closest bus stop to the hotel is Tower Gateway Station
The hotel is a 15 minute walk from the Tower of London