What FS&I leaders said about AI behind closed doors, with Dr Leda Glyptis.
Access SCC’s write-up and six questions every leadership team should consider
What FS&I leaders are saying about AI, two years in
In October 2026 SCC brought a group of financial services and insurance leaders together in London with Dr Leda Glyptis for a Chatham House discussion on the state of AI. People said what they could not say in a press release. This pack captures it.
What’s inside
- Leda’s view on why the sector treated AI as a tool, missed the transformational moment and spent accordingly
- Six questions she put to the room, covering governance, the operating model, legacy debris, skills, procurement and cyber risk
- What the room said back: governing with frameworks rather than rules, shadow AI inside platforms firms already pay for, coding skills eroding faster than anyone expected and why the technology slides off vertical structures
- The question that split the room: are large firms doing real transformation, or bolting AI onto what exists and calling it transformation?
Calm, but not caution. Do not slow down. Do not back down. Make the decisions deliberately.
Dr Leda Glyptis, Visiting Professor of Practice, Loughborough University London
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