FSG Annual Lecture

Are ethics good for business?

Join the Financial Services Group (FSG) of Livery Companies for an evening of insight and networking. There’s rarely a day when artificial intelligence isn’t in the headlines and much of the debate centres on ethics. So we’re delighted that one of the UK’s fastest growing AI companies, AutogenAI, is hosting this event at their Pentonville Road offices. 

Following a welcome from our hosts AutogenAI and FSG Chairman Mark Huxley, Pablo Lloyd OBE will deliver a lecture on ‘Are ethics good for business’. There will then be a panel session and audience Q&A.

Drinks, canapés and networking from 6pm, kindly provided by AutogenAI. The main event will start at 6.45pm.

Event overview

• Date: Tuesday 30 June 2026
• Time: 6pm - 9pm (please do not arrive before 5.30pm as the venue is a working office)
• Venue: AutogenAI, 123 Pentonville Road, N1 9LG
• Tickets are £25 (reduced to £20 for members of FSG Companies), plus £1.25/ticket booking fee
• Register by 5pm on 25 June.

Keynote speaker: Pablo Lloyd, OBE

Pablo will draw on his recently published Financial Times Guide to Business Ethics. The book and its toolkits are based on interviews with 50 leaders and founders in the corporate, small business and third sectors as well as 400 reference materials. Members of the FSG community (particularly the Entrepreneurs and Chartered Secretaries) were among the contributors, including Veronica Heaven and Mark Huxley who will be in the panel session following the keynote.

Pablo will share key insights about leadership, culture and regulation and the deeper roots in moral philosophy and psychology. He will describe how responsible leaders avoid temptation and find ingenious ways to create competitive advantage.

Pablo is the author of the Financial Times Guide to Business Ethics. He was a CEO and founder in the education sector for 20 years and is now an advisor, mentor and speaker on leadership and business ethics.

Panel session

Mark Huxley FRSA (FSG Chairman) will chair the panel. Mark served as Master of the Company of Entrepreneurs from November 2023 to November 2024. He spent his formative years inside the Lloyd’s insurance community. In the late 1990s he set up a pioneering “dotcom” insurance services business, which fast grew to become a nationally recognised brand in the sector. And subsequently founded numerous businesses including an equally pioneering insurtech. He now splits his time between fractional non-executive roles, charitable work and civic, supporting the City of London across a range of areas.

Lauren Branston, CEO Institute of Business Ethics. Lauren is CEO of the Institute of Business Ethics, an independent charity established in 1986, that helps our supporters make ethical decisions that benefit society. Lauren sits on Financial Reporting Council's Stakeholder Insight Group, UCL's Centre for Ethics and Law Advisory Panel, and the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment's Ethics and Integrity Committee.

Peter Cheese, Chief Executive at CIPD. Peter is the CEO of the CIPD, the professional body for HR and People Development. He is also Chair of Engage for Success, was Chair of What Works Centre for Wellbeing, and sits on the Board of the College of Policing. He sits on many forums linked to wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, routes in to work and skills, flexible working, and corporate governance.

Peter writes and speaks widely on the development of HR, the future of work, and the key issues of leadership, culture and organisation, people and skills. In 2021, his second book The New World of Work was published, exploring the many factors shaping work, workplaces, workforces and our working lives, and the principles around which we can build a future that is good for people, for business and for societies. 

Veronica Heaven, Director at The Heaven Company. Veronica Heaven is a recognised leader in promoting ethical business practice, with more than 20 years of experience leading Corporate Responsibility strategy. She delivers CR Governance, ESG strategic support, and award-winning social value programmes to companies across a wide range of sectors. Her book, The Sustainability Blueprint, is forthcoming from Bristol University Press.

Refund policy

Free cancellation (minus the per ticket booking fee) up to 5pm on Thursday 25 June 2026.

About the Financial Services Group (FSG)

The FSG represents 16 Livery Companies dedicated to supporting the financial and business services sector. We work in coordination with the Lady/Lord Mayor and the City of London Corporation to promote the City's global interests. Our committee meets quarterly to exchange strategic views and develop high-value events for our member companies.