Managing Operational Resilience in Financial Services

08:00 AM – 11:00 AM, September 18 2024

The Gherkin, London

Operational resiliency has never been more important for the financial services sector. Join our breakfast briefing with industry leaders, including State Street Bank’s former Chief Resiliency Officer.

At our latest breakfast briefing, we’re delighted to be joined by James Hardy, former Chief Resiliency Officer at State Street Bank and industry thought leader on how organisations can manage the intricacies of operational resilience. James has decades of experience empowering global financial service providers in grappling with the toughest resiliency challenges and how their organisations may be impacted.

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What we’ll cover in this event:

The dual perspectives of protection vs restoration
How financial-sector organisations can take the lead in DORA compliance
Having a resiliency mindset in your operational strategy
Necessity of solid service recovery planning
Implications of large-scale outages on business operations and client relationships

Join James and speakers from Microsoft and Cloud Direct as they explore the challenges and best practices in managing operational resilience, ensuring that your financial services business can navigate disruptions and maintain continuity in an increasingly complex and dynamic environment.

What’s on the agenda?

Here’s an overview of what’s happening during the breakfast briefing

8:00 am: Registration and breakfast

8:30 am: Welcome session
Delivered by Henry Bird, Cloud Direct

8:40 am: The Operational and Organisational Resilience in the Financial Sector
Delivered by James Hardy, ex-Chief Resiliency Officer, State Street

9:35 am: How you can address these threats and continue to plan for a more resilient future
Delivered by Yasser Toson, Microsoft

10:00 am: Interviews and Networking with James and Yasser

Who should attend?

CISOs, CIOs, CTOs, IT Security Managers, IT Directors and other professionals involved in cybersecurity and resilience in the financial sector.

James Hardy, former Chief Resiliency Officer

We’re delighted to be joined at the event by James Hardy, former Chief Resiliency Officer of State Street Corporation, a global leader in investment servicing, markets and financing and investment management.

James has over 35+ years of business, operations, technology, consulting and management experience within the financial industry, having also taken up other roles as Chief Data Officer and Chief Information Officer at State Street.

With James’ unrivalled expertise, we’re excited for him to speak at the event and share his wealth of experience. In James’ session at 8:40 am, learn about the many ways financial services businesses are staying secure and resilient with their operations, what best practices you can incorporate and how you can help your organisation plan for a more resilient future as an IT leader.

Before, during and after the event, you’ll also have the opportunity to speak to James, whether in a group or 1:1, to discuss your business challenges and discover the art of the possible in operational resiliency.

You can check out James on LinkedIn and if you’d like to reserve some time with him at the event, then please register and email gary.grace@clouddirect.net and we can arrange that for you.

James will be joined by

Henry Bird

Event Host and Cloud Expert, Cloud Direct

Yasser Toson

Microsoft Representative and Infrastructure Specialist

Location

Join us at Searcys at The Gherkin

The Gherkin,
30 St Mary Axe,
London,
EC3A 8BF

Please visit their website for more information on getting to the venue.

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