ROUNDTABLE BREAKFAST 27 November 2025
How to Prove AI Value in 90
Days While Staying Compliant
Join our executive breakfast briefing
This invitation-only breakfast briefing is designed for candid, peer-to-peer discussion on what’s really working with GenAI in regulated industries. Over breakfast, you’ll connect with leaders from financial services, government, energy, and beyond to move past the hype, share real-world lessons, and explore how to deliver outcomes your board cares about - while keeping compliance front and centre.
We’ll dive into practical use cases including hyper-personalisation, compliance automation, fraud detection, citizen services, and grid resilience. You’ll leave with:
- 1–2 pilot ideas ready to test immediately
- Mapped data products tailored to your environment
- Clear success metrics to measure what sticks
If you lead AI or data in a regulated industry, this is the conversation you can’t afford to miss.
Meet your roundtable hosts
MODERATOR
Charles Southwood
Regional VP, Northern Europe and MEA
Denodo
ABOUT
Charles Southwood is Regional Vice President & General Manager for Northern Europe and Africa at Denodo, where he helps organisations turn data into a true driver of business transformation. With more than 35 years in enterprise software, SaaS, cloud, and data management, Charles has become a recognised voice in the field of data integration and virtualization.
Throughout his career, he has guided organisations through the challenges of digital transformation, showing how modern approaches - such as data as a service, unified semantic layers, single views of truth, and data mesh - can unlock new opportunities for growth and innovation. His expertise lies in bridging technology and business strategy, enabling leaders to see data not just as information, but as a strategic asset that fuels insight, agility, and resilience.
Educated as an engineer at Imperial College London, Charles brings both a deep technical foundation and a clear vision for the future of data. He is passionate about helping organisations of all sizes harness data to make smarter decisions, deliver better customer experiences, and compete with confidence in a rapidly changing world.
+ GUEST SPEAKER
Errol Rodericks
Product & Solutions Marketing Director
Denodo
ABOUT
Errol Rodericks is an experienced Product Marketing and go-to-market leader with over 20 years of experience in enterprise software, SaaS, AI, and data platforms. At Denodo, Errol heads global vertical and solutions marketing, while supporting regional product marketing across EMEA and LATAM. His focus is on building compelling narratives for GenAI and Logical Data Management, enabling sales and partners to deliver measurable outcomes across industries such as Financial Services, Legal, Life Sciences, Public Sector, Manufacturing, and Retail.
Throughout his career, Errol has held senior leadership roles at Boomi, ServiceNow, HP, CA Technologies, IBM, and Mercury Interactive, consistently translating complex technologies into business value and scaling global campaigns to drive growth.
With an MSc in Digital Systems from the University of Wales and a BSc (Hons) in Electronics & Communications Engineering from the University of North London, Errol combines deep technical knowledge with business acumen. He is a frequent speaker and thought leader on the role of GenAI, Data Management, and data-driven transformation in accelerating digital outcomes.
+ CO-SPEAKER
Sergiu Dobrovolschi
Lead Technical Account Manager in Global Financial Services
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
ABOUT
Over the past two decades, Sergiu has established himself as a tenured expert in Global Financial Services, accumulating deep expertise in technology and digital transformation. He focuses on helping financial institutions modernize their infrastructure, remove barriers around security and compliance, and guide them toward resilient architectures.
At AWS, Sergiu leads strategic initiatives supporting customers to achieve operational excellence and navigate complex regulatory requirements. He has been instrumental in facilitating the adoption of Generative AI in the financial services landscape while ensuring regulatory compliance. Sergiu regularly contributes to technical publications and industry forums, sharing insights on the intersection of cloud technology, artificial intelligence, and financial services. His expertise spans software engineering, infrastructure, cloud native solutions, regulatory frameworks, and emerging technologies, positioning him as a trusted advisor for financial institutions navigating the complexities of digital transformation in an increasingly regulated environment.
Some key discussion points
The Everyday Reality of Making AI Useful
This isn’t a roundtable breakfast full of shiny case studies or big promises. It’s a working discussion on the messy, everyday reality of trying to make AI useful in financial services and other regulated industries.
We all know the truth: none of it sticks unless the data is solid, compliance boxes are ticked, and the value shows up clearly in pounds and pence.
Applicable Takeaways
The point is to leave with actions you can use:
- Pilot ideas you can test in your own organisation
- A clearer view of what data foundations you’ll need to make them work
- Simple success measures to check if it’s worth the effort
Real-Time Data Examples and Problem Solving
We’ll pull examples from banking, insurance, the public sector, energy & utilities. But this will be more than a list of use cases. The focus will be on the problems you’re all dealing with and what can genuinely move the needle.
This will be a peer-to-peer conversation – open, honest, and practical. You’ll leave with clear takeaways, not another deck of slides.
Challenging Questions
Attendees will be challenged to answer:
- What business outcome could you move in 90 days with the right copilot?
- Which data gaps are still blocking better decisions in your business?
- What red lines mustn’t be crossed, no matter the pressure to move faster?
What you'll get out of the event
Why attend?
The Denodo roundtable event will create an exclusive forum for peer networking with executive-level decision makers, facilitating the sharing of real-world successes and challenges. Attendees benefit from direct access to thought leaders and subject-matter experts, gaining practical guidance on scaling GenAI responsibly and benchmarking their data strategies against industry leaders.
This session delivers clarity on the latest AI governance and risk frameworks, strengthens professional relationships, and provides a space to validate and refine pilot ideas before enterprise rollout. By focusing on trusted, governed, real-time data and modern data product approaches, attendees will emerge with tangible pilot ideas, mapped data strategies, and clear metrics to advance business priorities swiftly and responsibly.
Who will be there?
This event is designed for senior data and analytics leaders, including CDOs, CTOs, CAOs, CDAOs, CIOs and CISOs from various sectors across the UK. If you specialize in these areas, especially across these industries: Financial Services (Banking/General), Insurance, Energy & Utilities, Public Sector/National Government, Retail, or Transportation, then this event is for you. Offering a unique opportunity to engage with top professionals and expand your network in the data and analytics field.
How can we help?
We carefully craft our events from scratch, tailoring them to support your business needs and facilitate industry growth. Our team oversees the whole process from research to post-production and are happy to answer any questions you have. We look forward to seeing you at the event!
Natteleigh Sydney-Smith
Marketing Manager
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