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Special Interest Group

Data & AI

“Chair quote to be supplied — one or two sentences on why the group matters and why members should get involved.”

Chair: Roland Inglis, Capco

Objective

To bring together expertise from across Scotland’s financial services sector to share knowledge, accelerate innovation and support the responsible adoption of Data & AI at scale, while strengthening Scotland’s reputation as a leading centre for financial services innovation.

Strategic Focus

  • Strengthening governance and risk management as AI adoption accelerates across the sector.

  • Demonstrating measurable benefits realised from data and AI investment.

  • Improving data quality, management and foundations to support AI at scale.

  • Encouraging ideation and the sharing of practical use cases across member firms.

  • Embedding good practice in the software development lifecycle for AI projects.

2026 Strategic Delivery

  • Roundtable with the FCA

  • Data & AI Summit with BlackRock

  • FRIL partnership with FinTech Scotland

Activity

The steering group now meets in person every 8–10 weeks

Members

Cross-Group Collaboration

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FCA Roundtable on AI and the Future of Financial Services
Blogs
FCA Roundtable on AI and the Future of Financial Services
Blogs

A recent SFE and Capco roundtable with FCA Chief Executive Nikhil Rathi explored how artificial intelligence is beginning to reshape financial services. The discussion covered the rise of agentic AI, the evolving regulatory landscape, operational resilience, accountability, skills and the challenge of balancing innovation with strong governance and consumer trust.

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Simplify to Survive: The Challenge for Acquisition-Built Financial Services Firms
Sept 16
Simplify to Survive: The Challenge for Acquisition-Built Financial Services Firms

This invitation-only executive roundtable will bring together COOs and transformation leaders to explore how acquisition-led growth has created operational complexity across financial services.

Drawing on insights from Reinvigoration’s latest executive paper, the discussion will examine the impact of fragmented systems and processes, why transformation programmes often struggle to deliver lasting value, and how firms can simplify operations to strengthen resilience, support AI adoption and create the foundations for sustainable change.

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The CDO Reality: Strengthening Data for AI Success and the Roadmap to Agentic AI
Sept 22
The CDO Reality: Strengthening Data for AI Success and the Roadmap to Agentic AI

IDC and Mastek invite senior data and technology leaders to an exclusive roundtable dinner exploring how financial services organisations can build AI-ready data foundations, strengthen governance and move from experimentation to measurable value. Hear expert insight from IDC’s Neil Ward-Dutton and discuss the practical transition from GenAI pilots to Agentic AI at scale.

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Beyond Vibe Coding: Governing the Next Era of AI engineering
Sept 29
Beyond Vibe Coding: Governing the Next Era of AI engineering

AI-assisted coding is rapidly moving beyond autocomplete and chat towards autonomous agents that can plan work, edit files, run commands and open pull requests.

This practical workshop explores the governance, security, cost, adoption and oversight risks of agentic development, with a live demonstration of how organisations can introduce AI coding tools in a controlled, auditable and responsible way.

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The Future of Financial Crime Webinar – AI, Data and the Next Generation of Controls
Oct 1
The Future of Financial Crime Webinar – AI, Data and the Next Generation of Controls

Explore how AI and data are reshaping financial crime prevention, from smarter detection and controls to the governance, transparency and data foundations needed to scale adoption responsibly.

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