CTO Craft Con: Fintech

Move faster. Stay compliant. Get AI right.

CTO Craft Con: Fintech brings together senior technology leaders from fintechs, banks, and regulated platforms to share how they’re navigating AI, compliance, delivery friction, and what it actually takes to ship safely.

2-3 November, 2026

The Minster Building, London

As always, it was a pleasure to participate in the CTO Craft event. Great organisation, good presentations, and amazing networking opportunity.

This was a valuable networking opportunity. I connected with several interesting and inspiring engineering leaders who I suspect will be thought partners for me in the future. I also found several of the sessions to be extremely relevant, with topics intersecting challenges I face as an engineering leader.

CTO Craft Con is an incredible experience, bringing together some of the brightest minds in tech leadership. The talks are insightful, practical, and inspiring, but what really sets it apart is the networking.

Flawlessly organised, carefully curated, well balanced content that can support hundreds of leaders of today and tomorrow. I thoroughly enjoyed the energy, the questions, and hearing from other experts in the field. Thank you!

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The Role Is Changing. This Is Where You Make Sense of It

Following the success of last year’s inaugural event, CTO Craft Con: Fintech returns to bring together senior technology leaders from across fintech to share how they’re navigating the realities of the role today.

This is a focused two-day conference exploring how fintech organisations are adopting AI responsibly, managing compliance-led delivery, evolving platforms, and continuing to ship in highly regulated environments.

Across the agenda, you’ll hear practical operating stories from teams introducing new tooling, restructuring around emerging workflows, and balancing speed with regulatory responsibility.

Alongside the sessions, the event creates space to connect with peers across the UK fintech ecosystem, building the relationships that help you navigate the role long after the conference ends.

The Room Is Taking Shape

Senior technology leaders exploring the realities of building and leading in fintech.

Harry Jell

Co-founder and CTO, Yonder

Nkechi Anyanwu

Founding Engineer, Vouchsafe

Steven Martin

VP Engineering, Monzo

Kamil Dziublinski

Chief Technology Officer, Xapo Bank

Abiodun Olowode

CTO & Co-Founder, Metrifox

Valerie Kontor

Founder, Black in Fintech + Senior Credit Product Specialist, RBC

Holly Jukes

Head of Engineering, Lloyds Banking Group

Secure your place alongside peers shaping the future of tech in finance. We’ll share real stories, solve real challenges, and send you back with ideas ready to put into practice.

Shaping the Conversation

AI, Risk and Regulation
Explore how technology leaders are introducing AI responsibly inside regulated environments, balancing innovation with governance, consumer duty and evolving expectations from regulators.
Delivery Inside Complex Systems
Learn how teams are shipping meaningful change despite legacy platforms, approval layers and compliance constraints, and where new tooling is genuinely improving developer productivity.
Data, Platforms and Architecture
Discuss how organisations are rethinking data access, platform strategy and infrastructure as expectations shift towards real-time insight and intelligent product experiences.
Teams, Structure and Leadership at Pace
Understand how leadership is changing as AI reshapes workflows, decision-making and team design, and what it takes to support engineers working in increasingly complex environments.

Is this the room for you?

This event is for CTOs, VPs Engineering, and senior technology leaders responsible for building and operating technology in fintech organisations.

CTOs

Leading technology strategy across fintechs, banks, and regulated platforms

VPs & Heads of Engineering

Responsible for delivery, architecture, and organisational direction at scale

Directors of Engineering & Technology

Shaping teams, platforms, and operating models in complex environments

Heads of Platform, Data & Infrastructure

Driving reliability, governance, and modernisation across critical systems

If you want to lead with precision – this is your room.

Beyond the Stage

At CTO Craft Con: Fintech, the most valuable conversations often happen between the sessions.

We’ve designed time and space for senior technology leaders working in regulated environments to compare notes, test ideas, and speak candidly with peers facing similar constraints.

Coffee Corner Conversations
Join small, informal discussions during the breaks on topics like introducing AI safely, navigating compliance friction, and leading delivery inside complex financial systems.
Circles Breakfast
Meet members of the CTO Craft Circles programme and hear how structured peer groups are helping leaders make better decisions in high-pressure roles.
Smarter Networking Tools
Use Conversation Starter prompts and “Ask Me About…” tags to connect quickly with people working on the same challenges as you.

Our Advisory Board

Supported by an advisory board of experienced technology leaders from across the industry, the agenda reflects the realities of delivering in regulated fintech environments today.

Abhishek Patel

CTO @ BPX

Meri Williams

CTO, NED, Advisor

Ludi Akue

CTO Digital @ Bpifrance

Jonathan Leigh

Engineering Director @ Moneybox

Lee Provoost

CTO @ Flagstone

From Our Attendees…

It was a pleasure to participate in the CTO Craft event. Great organisation, good presentations, and amazing networking opportunity.

2025 Event Partners

Secure your place alongside peers shaping the future of tech in finance. We’ll share real stories, solve real challenges, and send you back with ideas ready to put into practice.