18th Annual

Future of Financial Services, Sydney 2024

24 October 8:00 am - 25 October 5:30 pm
ICC Sydney
About the Event

Step into The Future of Financial Services, Sydney 2024 – where innovation meets inspiration in the heart of Australia’s banking and financial landscape. As the unrivalled flagship event and a powerhouse in the Southern Hemisphere, we’re your go-to hub for the latest tech trends and financial innovations. For almost two decades, FST Media’s forum has brought together an exciting crowd of technology, digital, and business leaders from banks, insurers, fintechs, and wealth managers nationwide and worldwide. Join 1,000+ financial services trailblazers, and 50+ speakers and connect with 40+ cutting-edge technology solution providers, witness the industry’s rising stars, and unite with leading futurists, strategists, and influencers.

In this year’s edition, Future of Financial Services, Sydney 2024 will explore key themes such as identifying macro-trends that continue to shape the future of technological advancements and harnessing the ability to swiftly pivot these technologies, cultures, and team structure as required aka composability. These topics will cover the whole landscape from the revolutionary shift in payments, and regulatory amendments to promoting agility at scale within financial institutions.

Sub-themes:

  • Sustainability and Impact Measurement
  • Organisational Resilience and Change Management
  • Digital Banking and Customer Experience Enhancement
  • AI Adoption, Governance, and Infrastructure
  • Modernising Core Systems and Platform-Based Approaches
Speakers
Managing Director & Group Head, Consumer Banking
DBS
Chief Information Officer for Technology
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Group Chief Technology Officer
Westpac Group
Director of Policy & Governance @ UTS Human Technology Institute
Australian Government’s AI Expert Group | NSW AI Review Committee et al.
Group Executive
AMP Bank
Futurist and Founder
Thinque
Chief Decision Scientist
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Chief Executive Officer
NobleOak
Chief Executive, Customer
Challenger
Chief Officer - Member Experience, Digital and Data
HCF Australia
Former MD & Group Head of TMRW Digital Group
United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB)
Chief Customer & Brand Officer
TAL
Head of Digital
ING
Chief Data & Insights Officer
University of New South Wales
Chief Technology Officer
Bank of Queensland
Chief Executive Officer
Beforepay
Chief Transformation Officer
Bank Australia
Chief Data Officer
Zurich Insurance
Chief Strategy and Merger Integration Officer
NGM Group
General Manager Data Platforms
Westpac Group
Chief Data Analytics Officer
Teachers Mutual Bank Limited
EGM Information Technology Infrastructure
Suncorp Group
Chief Commercial Officer
Beforepay/Carrington Labs
Director of Product, Customer Platforms
Macquarie Group
Chief Information Officer
Avenue Bank
Strategy and Innovation
Alex
Head of Business Data, Analytics & AI
Commonwealth Bank Australia
Head of Information Technology (CIO)
IMB Bank
Executive Director, Data Governance SME
Standard Chartered
CIO, CISO, Board Advisor, NED and Author
Macquarie Bank (Former)
Head of Technology - Digital Workplace
ANZ
Head of Technology Strategy, Architecture, Transformation & Commercials
Pepper Money
Director - AI Assurance and Responsible AI
Centre for Sustainable AI
Division Director AI and Data Analytics
Macquarie Group
Head of Data Platforms, Credit Risk
Westpac Group
Head of Technology Risk and Resilience
Allianz
Head of Data and AI Product
Judo Bank
Head of Innovation & FinTech, AI Product Owner
Westpac Group
Head of Data Services
QBE
General Manager Transformation & Digital Product Leadership ANZ
Rabobank
Chief Technology Officer
Tiimely
SVP Product Marketing and Vertical Solutions
Smart Communications
Co-Founder & CEO
Pennant Technologies
A/ Managing Director & Partner, Australia
Concentrix
Master of Ceremonies
(MC)
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director
Nucleus Software
Co-Founder and CEO
Curium App
Head of Global Artificial Intelligence R&D
Synechron
Principal Consultant (AI & ML Engineering)
Mantel Group
Head of Financial Services Sales - APAC
Amdocs
SVP - Head of Global Customer Success Team
Nucleus
Growth Advisor & Partner
Pennant Technologies
Senior Director – Head APAC
EdgeVerve
Digital Adoption Consultant
Whatfix
Vice President - Solutions Engineering - Asia Pacific and Japan
Nutanix
APJ Solution Engineering Lead
Solarwinds
Financial Services Industry Executive
Google Cloud
Global Go-To-Market Lead
Temenos
Principal, Banking Go-To-Market Specialist APJ
AWS
Senior Vice President APAC
MongoDB
Regional Lead ANZ
Airia
Director & Industry Head, BFSI APAC
Thoughtworks
Head of Google Cloud, APAC
Endava
Founder and Director
DigiRen
Senior Solution Consultant
EdgeVerve 
Indicative Agenda
Contact Us
For sponsorship enquiries:
Brigitte Guerin
Commercial Director
T: +61 417 678 632
For event and marketing enquiries:
Jessica Cozanitis
Marketing Executive
T: +61 401 422 928
To participate as a speaker:
Murali Ramesh
Production Director
T: +61 2 8484 0904