CEO of City & Financial Global Interview

Maurice Button, CEO of City & Financial Global sits down with Chris Huggett, Chief Commercial Officer at Aker Systems, to unpack what safe, scalable AI really requires in regulated industries like Financial Services and Insurance.

Key themes:

🔹 Why legacy, fragmented data estates block AI at scale

🔹 The shift from AI experimentation to trusted, automated decisioning

🔹 The rise of real-time, event-driven data platforms

🔹 Why governance, resilience, sovereignty, and explainability must be designed in - not retrofitted

🔹 And why, looking to 2030, trusted data interoperability will be the true differentiator

As Chris puts it: the future isn’t just more AI - it’s more trusted data movement, with evidence, control, and accountability built in from day one.

Aker Systems is honoured to be premier sponsor of the Data, AI & Financial Services Summit, 16^th March 2026, hosted by City & Financial Global, Cavendish Venues – 22 Duchess Mews, London.

Read our blog on Operationalising AI in Financial Services by Aker's Chris Huggett, Chief Commercial Officer and Tim Cassidy, Chief Technology Officer