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Digital Transformation of Finance and Business

Venue: CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP, Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6AF

Digital Transformation of Finance and Business
In Conversation with Ashok Vaswani, CEO, Barclays UK
Business and Technology Special Interest Group event

Banking and finance is changing at a rapid rate due to changes in technology and business models. There is also a broader business transformation as money becomes mobile and potentially virtual with cryptocurrency.

Barclays traces its history back to 1690 and is now at the forefront of change with initiatives such as Barclays Eagle Labs, Digital Eagles, Incubators and new solutions like PingIt. As Ashok Vaswani, our speaker and CEO of Barclays UK, has said Barclays is becoming a tech business with a balance sheet.

You are warmly invited to come and listen to our speakers discuss the transformation of banking and the industry.

Alumni, students and guests are all very welcome.

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Event information
Date 11 June 2018
Time 17:00-20:00 (Timezone: Europe/London)

Speakers

Ashok Vaswani, CEO, Barclays UK

Ashok joined Barclays in 2010, managing the credit card business across the UK, Europe and the Nordics, becoming chairman of Entercard. He went on to manage Barclays in Africa, Barclays Retail Business Bank globally and Barclays Personal and Corporate Banking. Ashok is a member of Barclays Bank UK PLC Board, UK Finance Board and the Trustee Board at Citizens Advice. He also sits on the advisory boards of a number of institutions such as Rutberg & Co and is Founder Director of Lend-a-Hand, a non-profit organisation focused on rural education in India. Ashok has previously served as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Barclays Africa Group Limited, The Board of Directors, Telenor ASA and the advisory boards of S. P. Jain Institute of Management, Insead Singapore and Visa Asia Pacific. Ashok graduated from Bombay University, Sydenham College, College of Commerce and Economics and has post graduate degrees from both the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries of India.

Andrew Gaule, Chair, Henley Alumni Business and Technology Special Interest Group

Andrew has been advising leading global corporates for over 18 years on the transformation and challenges being faced by technology and business model change. Andrew’s latest book is ‘Purpose to Performance - Innovative New Value Chains’ and he will be putting into context the power of connecting technologies, start ups and corporates to address the opportunities for society globally.

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