Global Risk Summit 2026

On demand

Welcome from The Rt Hon The Lady Mayor of the City of London, Alderwoman Dame Susan Langley, DBE

Navigating the new geopolitical order: insurance implications of shifting global alliances

How evolving geopolitical landscapes - from trade bloc realignments to supply chain regionalisation - are fundamentally reshaping global risk profiles. Key topics include how geopolitical tensions are creating supply chain vulnerabilities, critical infrastructure protection, the insurability of hybrid warfare risks and managing insurance coverage across evolving sanctions regimes

Speakers

  • Lisa Quest, UK CEO, Marsh (Moderator)
  • Andrew McDougall, Managing Director, Head of Geopolitical Risk, Barclays
  • Esperanza Cerdan, CRO, IFM
  • Natasha Griffin, Managing Director UK, CMA CGM Group

AI utilisation, and how to guard against inherent risks

Given both the relative novelty of AI, and its potential scope, how should businesses best prepare to manage the myriad risks that this proposes? A panel of AI experts discuss ways in which businesses can identify, prepare for, and respond to, AI as a risk in the modern business environment

Speakers

  • Max Richter, EMEA CEO, mea (Moderator)
  • David Griffiths​, Chief Technical Officer, Citi
  • Vishal Marria, Founder and CEO, Quantexa
  • Pravina Ladva​, Group Chief Digital and Technology Officer​, Swiss Re​

Fireside Chat: The Rt Hon The Lady Mayor of the City of London, Alderwoman Dame Susan Langley, DBE, and Lucy Rigby

A video message from Jamie Dimon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, JP Morgan Chase


Panel session: Natural Catastrophe Risk in an Expanding Threat Landscape

Examining how climate change and development patterns are creating new catastrophe exposures while intensifying traditional risks, and how the insurance industry is proactively adapting its approaches to sustainable development, risk assessment, pricing, and coverage in this evolving environment

Speakers

  • Alastair Marsh, Journalist, Bloomberg News (Moderator)
  • Rachel Delhaise, Chief Sustainability Officer, Convex Insurance
  • Perry Thomas, CEO, FloodRe
  • Matthew McEwan, Director, Risk Management, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC

Government and private sector collaboration in guarding against cyber attacks 

This conversation with senior security officials looks at both the key cyber threats facing companies today, and the ways in which government and the private sector are collaborating to combat them.

Speakers

  • Steve Hill, Independent Senior Adviser, PwC UK (Moderator)
  • Nicola Hudson, Partner & Co-Lead Crisis and Cyber Practice, Brunswick
  • Nik Adams​, Deputy Commissioner, City of London Police
  • Nathaniel Jones, VP Security & AI Strategy, Field CISO, Darktrace

Closing remarks: Chris Hayward, Policy Chairman, City of London Corporation