CEO Connect: An Exclusive Lunch with Professor Alan Brown

18/06/2025•12.00 pm - 2.00 pm BST

Jersey

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Jersey Finance is delighted to welcome Professor Alan Brown, a leading authority on digital transformation and the impact of AI on business. Alan is Professor of Digital Economy at the University of Exeter and brings more than 30 years of international experience at the intersection of business innovation, emerging technologies and large-scale transformation.

He has worked extensively across the US and UK, including senior roles in Silicon Valley and IBM, and has led national research centres exploring AI and digital adoption in both corporate and defence environments. Alan is also the author of five books, including Surviving and Thriving in the Age of AI, which guides leaders through the practicalities of implementing AI at scale.

During this session, Alan will explore:

What makes today’s AI revolution fundamentally different
How to build a responsible AI strategy with effective governance
Lessons from real-world implementations
Key implications for Jersey’s financial services sector

CEO Connect is a ‘bolt on’ option to Jersey Finance membership and provides CEOs with timely and informative content, access to exclusive events, as well as a host of additional benefits. Finance firms in Jersey interested in finding out more about our CEO Connect programme, or for any queries relating to Jersey Finance membership, please get in touch via email.

If you have any queries, please contact a member of the events team.

Speakers

Amy BryantDeputy Chief Executive Officer, Jersey Finance

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Amy is Deputy Chief Executive of Jersey Finance. Amy joined Jersey Finance in 2011, becoming Chief Operating Officer in January 2014 and assumed her current role in September 2017. Amy also retains an active position leading the Strategy and Research team which undertakes projects and initiatives to develop the financial services industry in the Island.

Professor Alan W. BrownProfessor in Digital Economy, University of Exeter, UK.

Alan has been delivering impact as an entrepreneur and in business for over 30 years, working predominantly in software delivery to power business transformation. He is a university professor, researcher, coach and trusted adviser to start-ups and established organizations across the public and private sector and is the AI Director at Digital Leaders, a growing cross-sector community of over 100,000 executives, managers, and practitioners. He has written several books on AI, enterprise software delivery, and digital transformation, and holds a Professorship in Digital Economy at the University of Exeter, UK. He is a Fellow of the British Computer Society (BCS) and from March 2019 to September 2023 held a Fellowship at the Alan Turing Institute, the UK National institute for data science and AI.