Kate Bibbings is a Senior Manager at EY, specialising in data science, artificial intelligence and technology-enabled transformation within audit and assurance. She helps audit and assurance teams harness the power of emerging technologies to enhance quality, improve efficiency and deliver deeper insights through data-driven approaches.

Konrad has dedicated his career to bridging technology and accounting, having had firsthand experience implementing transformative technologies, particularly AI-enhanced applications and data analytics that enhance audit quality at his firm. His work with the FRC Technology Working Group and ICAEW Mid-Tier Tech Forum has also provided valuable insights into the regulatory landscape.

Liz specialises in data governance, digital transformation, and artificial intelligence. She operates under the brand The Data Queen, tagline Clarity Over Complexity. With more than 30 years of experience, she advises boards and executive teams on strengthening governance, managing digital risk, and translating data and AI into measurable business value. Her authority comes from practitioner experience, not consultant theory.

Crystal works in Protiviti Hong Kong’s Business Performance Improvement team, with 7 years of experience across internal audit, finance transformation, process optimization, and AI-enabled business transformation.

Franki is Director of Audit AI at Grant Thornton UK. Previously, Franki was Head of Audit and Ethics at Engine B while maintaining an academic sideline researching country-by-country tax reporting and open databases, and worked before that as Head of the Data Analytics Research Team at the UK National Audit Office. Franki is a trained data scientist and auditor with a background in political economy, chairs the ICAEW Data Analytics Community Group and sits on the ICAEW Ethics Advisory Committee

Gareth specialises in helping organisations and assurance teams to deliver more confidence, a better experience and richer perspectives from their finance, risk, controls and assurance activities, through data, technology and innovation. He leads the UKI Assurance Data & Intelligence Delivery CoE, specialising in data engineering, data science, solution architecture and audit data strategist capabilities.

Leveraging experience across audit, accounting and digital transformation, Gaige brings a practical perspective to AI implementation, combining technical innovation with a strong focus on data, governance and business value. He helps organisations design AI-enabled and data-driven processes built on robust data lineage, effective controls and proven practices drawn from large-scale transformation programmes.

Karen brings in 20 years of professional experience in New York, London and APAC leading multi-country, complex transformation projects for financial services clients. Her role focuses on partnering strategically with clients to innovate their business models and operations through implementing new processes, integrating core ERP systems, AI, automation and data.

Liam specialises in the design and delivery of technology-enabled audit and assurance solutions. He architects scalable, efficient solutions that help teams deliver high-quality engagements more effectively, combining deep audit knowledge with practical technology expertise. He has expertise in developing sector-specific analytics solutions, enabling full-population testing and delivering richer insights than traditional sampling approaches.

A chartered accountant and C-suite Finance Transformation Director with 20+ years driving transformation programmes across complex, global and regulated organisations.

Monica Odysseos founded and leads the AI and Data Lab at Grant Thornton Cyprus. Her twelve years span software engineering and professional services, and she is an ACA who sits on ICAEW's Ethics Standards Committee and Data Analytics Community. She spends most of her time demystifying the jargon, and argues that the most valuable analytics skill of this era is not a tool at all, it is adaptability.

A chartered accountant by training and now Chief Innovation Officer by inclination. He enjoys nothing more, at work, than finding new value in data and using it to deliver benefits for individuals, organisations and society. Craig has worked with data at scale and high security levels in four continents in sectors such as finance, utilities, consulting and defence.

Jason specialises in helping organisations make better decisions through trusted data, analytics and AI. His experience spans analytics transformation, governance, risk and assurance, with a particular focus on helping organisations build the foundations needed to adopt AI with confidence. He works closely with business, finance, risk and technology leaders to turn complex analytical and AI concepts into practical, scalable solutions that deliver measurable value.

Christopher works in the Fabric product group at Microsoft. He has worked in the field of data and analytics for over 25 years and is a well-known blogger (https://blog.crossjoin.co.uk/), a regular speaker at international conferences and the author of several books.

Ben specialises in getting the right technology into the hands of assurance professionals at the right time. He has 15 years of experience working in EY’s Assurance practice. He has developed technologies across the adoption spectrum; globally deployed across EY, bespoke to a specific client, and everything in between. He also designs the data pipelines which allow EY to truly scale this approach across whole portfolios of clients.