Event Speakers
Scott Morris
Session 1 Speaker
Scott has over 40 years' banking and Compliance leadership experience, acquired across a number of global banking organisations, as well as a regulator and professional body. He has extensive experience in creating and directing large teams across different regions. He has performed senior roles in Compliance, Anti-Financial Crime and COO at Board, Senior Advisor, Managing Director and Executive Vice President levels.
Neil Makwana
Session 3 Speaker
Neil Makwana has held key roles at the UK FSA/PRA as a banking supervisor and at Barclays, in Regulatory functions across the bank. More recently, he worked in digital assets at OKX and Copper Technologies, where he led global licensing and authorisation initiatives. He brings deep regulatory knowledge to his work. He has hands-on insight into digital asset licensing, Third-Party Risk Management, compliance frameworks, regulatory change, risk assessments, corporate banking, and regulatory advocacy.
Neil’s foundation is in Accounting and Finance. Additionally, he holds an MBA from CASS Business School.
Simon Truckle
Session 3 Speaker
Simon began his career as a teacher and has worked in online learning for over 20 years. He specialises in advising companies on the best way to maximise their return on learning. He is a published author and has written many blogs on learning and compliance focused on helping clients develop practical learning strategies that work.
Nickie Elenor
Session 4 Speaker
Nickie Elenor has over 30 years’ experience advising employers across the UK. She is currently working closely with employer clients to prepare for the upcoming Employment Rights Act changes, including significant reforms to sexual harassment law. Nickie is also the instructing solicitor on a landmark whistleblowing case, Barton Turns Development v Treadwell, due to be heard in the Supreme Court in May, and brings valuable insight into the practical implications of this case for employers. Her work combines legally robust advice with a strong commercial and people‑focused perspective.
Katharine Leaman
Session 5 Speaker
Katharine (Skillcast Advisory Board Member) has worked in financial services for over thirty years in insurance claims, giving investment advice, regulation, and banking compliance. Katharine has been European Head of Regulatory Compliance at Standard Chartered Bank and spent over a decade at the UK's regulator, the FSA (now FCA in senior policy and supervision roles.
David Kenmir
Session 5 Speaker
David Kenmir has 35 years of regulatory experience, including five years as a Managing Director at the FSA and 14 years as a Risk and Regulatory Partner at PwC. Having retired from PwC last year, he is building a plural career, part of which includes taking on the role of Chair of Skillcast’s new Advisory Board and has become an INED at a start-up bank.
David has extensive regulatory experience and has worked with many organisations on the strategic and day-to-day challenges they face. He has broad expertise in Financial Crime, including s166 reviews and Enforcement cases. David is known for speaking and writing about many aspects of regulation and its unintended consequences.