Join us for an inspirational and informative evening hosted by SWBC at Plymouth’s stunning cultural venue, The Box.
Date: Thursday 26th June 2025
Time: 18:00 – 23:00 BST
Location: The Box, Tavistock Place, Plymouth, PL4 8AX
Following last year’s event’s success, we will return to this stunning cultural venue at the heart of Britain’s Ocean’s City, Plymouth.
Keynote speaker: Clair Mills, Director of Strategic Change and Operations for the Markets, Banking and Payments Deputy Governorship,at The Bank of England.
Clair Mills is the Director of Strategic Change and Operations for the Markets, Banking and Payments Deputy Governorship, at the Bank of England, and is responsible for middle and back office operations, which include delivery of the Markets, Banking and Payments Operations and Data Strategy, Budget, Operational Resilience and Risk and the Investment and Change Portfolio.
Clair has over 20 years’ extensive financial services experience operating at board level and leading successful strategic and transformational change in a number of complex organisations, having started her career in the Building Society and Retail Banking sector, before moving into Operational and Technological Change Management and Consultancy.
Clair joined the Financial Services Authority in 2011 to lead the Internal Twin Peaks programme transition to the PRA and FCA regulatory model, moving across to the Bank of England with the PRA becoming the Chief Operating Officer in the PRA in 2018.
In her current role, as well as providing the leadership, management and vision necessary to support the business and to ensure that the proper operational controls, administrative and reporting procedures, and people systems are in place.
Clair is also responsible for leading the area’s extensive project portfolio, helping translate business and policy vision into deliverable change programmes, this includes giving keynote speeches both in the UK and internationally on topics such as Financial and Regulatory Technology (FinTech/RegTech) and how Central Banks and regulators can take advantage of the advances in technology in the work we do.
For full details and to purchase your ticket for this event, the highlight in SWBC’s event calendar click here:
https://SWBCANNUALDINNER2025.eventbrite.co.uk
Our Annual Dinner 2025 is kindly sponsored by Goonvean Group
Goonvean Group are a privately owned investment company, dedicated to helping businesses grow and the people and communities connected to those businesses thrive. Professional expertise combined with open, communicative collaboration has established a multi-asset investment strategy across a wide range of businesses and industries.
