AI Strategy Forum

Monday 8 June | 1pm–5pm | VIP Village, ICC Room 1

The AI Strategy Forum is a closed-door, invitation-only gathering of 75 of Europe’s most senior enterprise technology leaders. Taking place as part of the VIP agenda at London Tech Week 2026, the Forum is a carefully curated afternoon of senior-level panels, candid fireside conversations and closed-door deep-dive roundtables.

The Forum brings together CxO technology leaders responsible for owning, governing and executing AI strategy at enterprise scale.

Why this Forum?

AI is now board-level, budget-critical and organisation-wide, yet many enterprises remain caught between experimentation and durable, measurable impact.

The AI Strategy Forum exists to create a high-trust environment where senior leaders can step out of delivery mode and compare how AI strategy is actually being structured, governed and scaled inside large organisations.

This is a forum for leaders making consequential decisions under real scrutiny from boards, regulators and shareholders.

The focus is practical, strategic and peer-led:

How enterprises are structuring and owning AI strategy in practice, and where decision rights sit.

Why unclear accountability and misalignment slow progress and increase risk.

How leaders align data, platforms, operating models and governance to move from pilots to scale.

What separates AI programmes that deliver sustained business value from those that stall despite investment.

Speakers

Ollie Ilot, Interim Director General, Emerging Technology & AI, UK Government
Mati Staniszewski, Co-Founder & CEO, ElevenLabs
Niresh Rajah, Chief Data & AI Officer, Chair UK AI – Financial Services
Meenakshi Burra, Chief Data Officer, Unilever
Jed Griffiths, Chief Digital Officer, Microsoft UK
Marcus Hunter, Chief Technology Officer, Evri
Irfan Hussain, Group Chief Information Officer, LSEG
Stacey Winters, Market Leader, Gen AI, Deloitte
Clare Mortimer, Partner, AI & Data, Deloitte
Bono Ge, Country Manager, BYD UK
Tom Nixon, Managing Director – Commercial, Faculty
Chris Oxborough, EMEA Transformation & Strategy - AI Gigafactories, AMD
Arjun Kharpal, Senior Technology Correspondent, CNBC

Agenda

13:00 – 14:00 Private Lunch & Networking

14:00 – 14:05 Chair’s Opening Remarks

Niresh Rajah, Chief Data & AI Officer, Chair UK AI – Financial Services

14:05 – 14:25 Keynote: The Frontier Playbook: Re-architecting the enterprise for an AI-first world

Most organisations are investing in AI. Very few are built to benefit from it.

In this session, Microsoft UK Chief Digital Officer Jed Griffiths sets out why AI transformation is not a technology challenge, but an operating model one — and why the gap between capability and value is widening.

Introducing the concept of the “Frontier Firm”, he outlines how leading organisations are restructuring around AI agents, redesigning workflows, and aligning leadership, culture, and governance to scale impact.

A clear, board-level perspective on what separates experimentation from sustained advantage — and what leaders must do now to avoid being left behind.

Jed Griffiths, Chief Digital Officer, Microsoft UK

14:25 14:45 C-Suite Panel Discussion: Who Actually Owns Enterprise AI Strategy?

In most large organisations, AI is everyone’s priority and no one’s clear mandate. Strategy spans data, platforms, products, risk, and operating models, yet ownership is often fragmented across roles, committees, and transformation programmes. This panel brings senior AI, data, and technology leaders together to unpack how enterprise AI strategy actually works in practice, where it breaks down, and how leading organisations are resolving decision rights to unlock scale and value.

Where does enterprise AI strategy actually sit today, and how often does reality diverge from the org chart?

Who truly holds decision rights, and how does clarity (or ambiguity) affect speed, risk, and delivery?

How are platforms, data, and intelligence being aligned to move beyond pilots and into sustained enterprise impact?

Why do some AI programmes deliver measurable business outcomes, while others stall despite serious investment?

Moderator: Stacey Winters, Market Leader, Gen AI, Deloitte

Niresh Rajah, Chief Data & AI Officer, Chair UK AI – Financial Services
Meenakshi Burra, Chief Data Officer, Unilever
Marcus Hunter, Chief Technology Officer, Evri
Irfan Hussain, Group Chief Information Officer, LSEG

14:45 - 15:00 Keynote UK Government Perspective on AI Strategy

Ollie Ilot, Interim Director General, Emerging Technology & AI, UK Government

15:00 – 15:20 Founder Fireside: Making AI Enterprise-Ready at Scale
A candid fireside on what organisations often underestimate when trying to scale AI. Drawing on real-world deployment experience, the conversation explores why so many AI programmes stall, and what leading companies do differently to move from pilots to trusted, board-ready impact.

Why reliability, safety and governance decide whether AI ever leaves pilot mode.

Operating models that allow rapid progress without fragmenting accountability.

What separates AI initiatives that survive board scrutiny from those that quietly fail.

Mati Staniszewski, Co-Founder & CEO, ElevenLabs
Moderator: Arjun Kharpal, Senior Technology Correspondent, CNBC

15:20 – 16:20 Roundtable Discussions

How AI will Change the Basis of Competition – Accenture - Tom Nixon, Managing Director – Commercial, Faculty
The New Economics of Mobility: How V2G and flash charging are Redefining green future - Bono Ge, Country Manager, BYD UK
Skills-led transformation: are we building talent or replacing it? - Sarah Underhill, People Director, Lloyds Banking Group & Trystan Davies, Head of Data Science, Lloyds Banking Group
Building the Enterprise of the Future: Turning AI ambition into Impact - Chris Oxborough, EMEA Transformation & Strategy - AI Gigafactories, AMD
Governance: Balancing Innovation with Risk Management - Clare Mortimer, Partner, AI & Data, Deloitte

16:20 – 16:40 Roundtable Insights

16:40 – 17:30 Chair’s Closing followed by drinks & networking

17:30 – END

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