Charlie Symonds

(he/him)

Charlie Symonds

Alirity

CEO

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Charlie Symonds is CEO of Alirity, where he helps organisations adopt AI responsibly, securely and at scale. His work focuses on helping businesses evaluate AI readiness, build appropriate governance, manage risk and keep people at the centre of transformation. Charlie brings more than a decade of experience advising regulated enterprises and delivering complex business and technology change. His background spans AI strategy, enterprise architecture, operating model design, financial regulation, GDPR, product launch and large-scale transformation programmes. Before Alirity, he held senior change, architecture and programme roles across Legal & General, Coventry Building Society, John Lewis Partnership, Cofunds and the Financial Services Authority.

Sessions

Tiffany Willcox

Kate Ashworth Brash

Martyn Fagg

Paul Mallaghan

Charlie Symonds

15:20

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16:00

Panel

Pioneers Stage

Who’s Accountable? Making AI Ethics Real Inside Organisations

AI ethics is widely discussed, but far less understood when it comes to actually implementing it inside organisations. This session moves beyond principles and into practice. As AI becomes embedded in decision-making, operations and customer experience, questions around accountability, governance and control are becoming harder to answer. Where does responsibility sit when systems influence outcomes? How do organisations move from high-level frameworks to something enforceable? And what does “responsible AI” actually look like when teams are under pressure to move quickly? Drawing on real-world experience inside a global organisation, this session explores how governance is being approached in practice, where it is falling short, and what leaders need to be thinking about now. It also opens up the broader question. As AI becomes part of how organisations operate, are we building systems we can genuinely stand behind?

Tiffany Willcox

Kate Ashworth Brash

Martyn Fagg

Paul Mallaghan

Charlie Symonds

15:20

-

16:00

Panel

Pioneers Stage

Who’s Accountable? Making AI Ethics Real Inside Organisations

AI ethics is widely discussed, but far less understood when it comes to actually implementing it inside organisations. This session moves beyond principles and into practice. As AI becomes embedded in decision-making, operations and customer experience, questions around accountability, governance and control are becoming harder to answer. Where does responsibility sit when systems influence outcomes? How do organisations move from high-level frameworks to something enforceable? And what does “responsible AI” actually look like when teams are under pressure to move quickly? Drawing on real-world experience inside a global organisation, this session explores how governance is being approached in practice, where it is falling short, and what leaders need to be thinking about now. It also opens up the broader question. As AI becomes part of how organisations operate, are we building systems we can genuinely stand behind?