What to expect

Introducing CTO Craft Con: The Finance Edition

Following the success of CTO Craft Con, we’re launching a brand new edition dedicated to one of the most engaged and fast-evolving areas of our community: financial services.

Across fintech, banking, payments and insurance, technology leaders are facing complex, high-stakes challenges—and this event is designed to meet them head-on. You’ll experience two days of high-impact learning, honest conversations and real connection with people who truly understand your world.

This isn’t just a rebranded tech conference. It’s a chance to focus deeply on the pain points that matter most to you—whether it’s navigating compliance and innovation, scaling teams, or modernising platforms in highly regulated environments.

A Community That Gets It

CTO Craft is more than a conference. It’s a community built by and for technology leaders, and it shows in every session, roundtable and conversation. Expect a room full of people who speak your language, leaders facing the same regulatory, technical and organisational challenges you are.

Whether you’re from a fintech scaleup, a challenger bank or a global institution, you’ll be among people who get the pressures of leading technology in a high-stakes, fast-moving environment. Previous attendees include: 

Interactive Sessions That Go Beyond the Stage

Alongside our talks and panels, you’ll take part in small group discussions, workshops and collaborative sessions designed to spark practical insight and shared learning.

We know the best ideas often come from the people sitting next to you – not just the ones on stage.

World class speakers.

Expect sessions that dig deep with speakers who’ve lived the challenges—sharing real stories, hard-won lessons and practical strategies you can take back to your team. Previous speakers include: 

Mohamed Ait Si Brahim

Group CTO @ Hargreaves Lansdown

Ludi Akue

CTO Digital @ Bpifrance

Matej Pfajfar

CTO @ Monzo Bank

Real Connections, Not Business Cards

You’ll come away with more than notes—you’ll leave with a network. From pre-event mixers to curated sessions and informal meetups, everything is designed to help you build lasting connections with fellow tech leaders in finance.

But the conversations don’t stop when the event ends. As part of the CTO Craft community, you’ll have access to a year-round space where thousands of tech leaders connect, share challenges, ask for advice and support one another—whether you’re hiring, scaling, modernising platforms or navigating leadership in a regulated world.

This isn’t just an event. It’s a door into an ongoing network of peers who genuinely want to see each other succeed.