Fintech Lunch and Learn, June | Finance Events in Jersey, CI

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Join our practical lunch and learn session exploring:

How AI is being adopted across financial services
How firms can approach implementation proportionately
What the Jersey Financial Services Commission’s (JFSC) forthcoming guidance will mean in practice

This webinar will provide a realistic view of AI adoption in financial services and will also explain how the JFSC’s guidance fits in terms of practical applications of AI, including a short demonstration from Palmer showing how AI agents can be used in a financial services context.

We will be joined by Alan Ainsworth from the JFSC, who will provide an overview of the forthcoming guidance note on AI adoption, and Phil Godley, Chief Technology Officer at Palmer, who will demonstrate one of Palmer’s AI agents and discuss how this technology can be applied by firms.

The session will include findings from the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance’s global AI survey. This will highlight: the growing impact of AI across the sector; the importance of businesses engaging with the technology; and the reality that firms are not too late to begin their adoption journey.

For more information, please contact the events team.

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Jonathan ClarkeFintech Lead, Jersey Finance

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Jonathan joined Jersey Finance in March 2025 as fintech lead in the Strategy and Research team.

Alan AinsworthExecutive Director of Policy, Innovation and Marketing & Communications, Jersey Financial Services Commission

Alan Ainsworth joined the Jersey Financial Services Commission as Executive Director of Policy, Innovation and Marketing & Communications in August 2024. He has overall responsibility for the development and maintenance of Jersey’s financial services regulatory framework, including related local and international stakeholder engagement. He is also responsible for the JFSC’s Marketing and Communications team, and the JFSC’s Innovation Hub, which advises on the development of innovative practices within Jersey’s financial services industry. Prior to joining the JFSC, Alan spent six years as the Strategy, Policy and Standards Director for Open Banking Limited in the UK. He also worked for the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance as their Open Finance Lead. Alan brings over 30 years’ experience in banking, payments and FinTech, including leading government relations for Barclays Bank PLC consumer and payments businesses for over a decade.

Phil GodleyChief Technology Officer and co-Founder, Palmer

Phil is the Chief Technology Officer and co-Founder of Palmer. He is responsible for Palmer's next generation application and data architecture solving industry needs of analytics, assurance, and efficiency. Before launching Palmer, Phil worked as an advisor within the Private Capital industry. He has advised asset managers, data providers and service providers on commercial growth, data, and AI matters. As a machine learning practitioner, he participates in competitive AI and seeks to advance the technology in areas such as natural language understanding. Prior to this, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Sanne Group plc and worked in senior roles at Deutsche Bank.   Phil qualified as a chartered accountant with PwC and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.