Tech Series: Resilience at the top
20 May 2026
6:00pm BST
Landing 42, The Leadenhall Building London EC3V 4AB
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Join CIOs, CTOs and CISOs from Gallagher Re, Close Brothers, King’s Trust and Shawbrook for an in-person panel discussion on security, resilience and executive accountability. 500 feet above the City, on the 42nd floor of The Leadenhall Building.
Security and resilience are no longer someone else’s problem.
Boards are asking harder questions. Regulators are watching more closely. New legislation is sharpening executive accountability, and third-party and supply chain risk has never been harder to manage. AI is expanding the attack surface faster than most governance frameworks can keep up. Digital sovereignty has moved from a policy conversation to an operational one. And the line between technology leadership and security leadership has effectively disappeared.
This event explores how organisations can take a proactive, organisation-wide approach to security, resilience and AI governance; building the capacity to move fast without letting risk outrun them.
Join us for a candid panel discussion, put your questions directly to the speakers, and continue the conversation over networking with peers from across the industry.
Chief Information Security Officer
King's Trust

Sapna is a technology leader with experience across banking and the charity sector. She began her career as a full stack analyst and developer before leading large-scale transformation programmes at Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. She is now Head of Cyber Security at The King’s Trust, where she built the cyber security function from the ground up. Sapna also serves as a board advisor and trustee, supporting organisations on digital transformation, cyber security, AI, IT strategy and governance, risk, and organisational growth.
Chief Technology Officer
Shawbrook

Arthur Leung is Chief Technology Officer at Shawbrook Bank, overseeing all digital and technology initiatives across the organisation. He is responsible for the scalable, adaptive technology foundations that underpin Shawbrook’s “best of both” model and enable the bank to move quickly whilst maintaining operational security and resilience. Arthur joined Shawbrook in 2022 as Chief Product Officer, bringing 15+ years of leadership experience across fintech, global banking and consulting. Prior to Shawbrook, he held senior roles across payments fintech Curve, 11:FS Foundry, and most recently running the product & engineering team in Advent International. As CTO, Arthur leads major programmes including a complete redesign of Shawbrook’s Savings customer platform, and the launch of a new core banking platform. His remit also spans cyber security, cloud engineering and data/infrastructure platforms, aligning product, tech, risk and governance in a bank that ships with agility in a regulated environment.
Chief Information Security Officer
Close Brothers

Mun is a seasoned security leader with twenty-five years of enabling digital businesses by driving critical initiatives that secure and protect the enterprise. Developing and implementing customer-centric robust and defensible multi-sector cybersecurity and privacy programs. Extensive Board, Exec and Audit & Risk Committee engagement and assurance with deep IT Controls and audit expertise. Hands-on exposure to big brand enterprises with continuous adoption of cloud, hybrid workforce, rapid emergence and use of generative AI (GenAI) and the evolving regulatory landscape.
Chief Information Officer
Gallagher Re

John Crichton is Chief Information Officer at Gallagher Re, where he leads global technology strategy across the reinsurance business. He sits at the intersection of technology, risk and commercial performance, shaping how platforms, data and AI are governed in a complex, regulated environment. John has spent the majority of his career in senior technology leadership roles within reinsurance, including over 15 years at Willis Re and as CIO at Guy Carpenter. Across these roles, he has led large-scale digital transformation programmes, modernised core platforms and introduced data and analytics capabilities at scale. He is known for driving complex change with clear business outcomes, balancing innovation with control, and building high-performing teams that deliver technology with discipline and purpose.
Chief Product Officer
HM Courts & Tribunals Service

Tim Britten is Chief Product Officer at His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS), part of the Ministry of Justice. He leads digital and product delivery across the courts system—one of the UK government’s most complex service environments—overseeing programmes that shape how justice is administered at scale. He currently leads HMCTS’s AI product portfolio, focusing on the safe deployment of generative AI in a highly regulated context to address pressures such as the Crown Court backlog. This work sits at the intersection of executive accountability, AI governance, and the realities of introducing high-risk technology. Tim has also driven transformation of the Common Platform, the criminal courts’ case management system, navigating large-scale public sector delivery challenges. He brings a practitioner’s perspective on balancing pace and ambition with strict governance, legal, and political constraints.
Head of Security Practice
esynergy

Grant Ongers is Head of Security Practice at esynergy. A core OWASP contributor and security founder, he’s a recognised authority in secure architecture, data protection and DevSecOps, and brings practical CISO and virtual-CISO advisory experience helping organisations across healthcare, media and government with infrastructure hardening, API security and secure delivery governance.
The esynergy Tech Series is our flagship in-person event, bringing together technology and security leaders and practitioners for candid discussions and peer-level conversation. This edition is ideal for anyone accountable for, influencing, or delivering how security, resilience and AI are governed across their organisation.