Senior leaders looking for a room full of peers rather than a stage full of pitches have a date to note: the CXO Summit 2026 runs on 7–8 October at Convene, 155 Bishopsgate in London, convening more than 500 C-suite executives from enterprises across a broad sweep of global industries.

Organised by BizClik, the event is built as a collaborative forum where leaders in finance, HR, marketing and business can trade strategy, pick up practical insight and take part in candid, peer-led exchange rather than one-way broadcasts.

An event designed around the C-suite

The premise is clarity and cross-functional dialogue — a programme shaped for leaders who value perspective and purposeful conversation over noise.

The agenda spans an extensive line-up of panels, among them The Future of AI in Marketing, Financing a Sustainable Future, and dedicated CHRO, CFO and CMO tracks, plus sessions on leadership through economic uncertainty and AI disruption and the future of people and skills. Delegates can expect more than 50 expert speakers and four executive workshops centred on scalable enterprise leadership, with themes of capital, performance and brand running throughout.

Why finance leaders should pay attention

For finance chiefs steering through fast-moving markets, the summit positions itself as a genuinely useful touchpoint rather than another diary filler.

The pitch to finance leaders is concrete: actionable frameworks for improving capital allocation, a sharper handle on emerging risks, and ways to put AI to work in strategy. Add high-value peer networking and tested approaches to future-proofing operations, and the argument is that attendance translates into a real edge in driving long-term enterprise value.

Inside the sustainable finance panel

The session most likely to resonate with fintech and finance audiences tackles a question that has moved from optional to central: how to fund resilience over the long term.

The Financing a Sustainable Future panel starts from the premise that today's finance leaders have to look past short-term returns and treat sustainability as a core pillar of resilience. The discussion is set to cover the practical realities of sustainable finance — navigating shifting ESG disclosure standards and regulatory change, strengthening climate risk management, and thinking through capital allocation, green investment and ESG reporting. The throughline is how proactive climate stewardship can reduce balance-sheet risk, shore up investor confidence and unlock strategic value.

The finance voice leading the conversation

Fronting that panel is a CFO whose career bridges engineering, audit and multi-market finance leadership.

James Murnieks, CFO of Siemens Great Britain & Ireland, brings more than 20 years in finance and has held CFO roles across France, Germany and the UK. Originally trained as an engineer at the University of Manchester, he moved into finance at PwC, where he qualified as a financial auditor, before joining Siemens in 2004 within its UK and Ireland internal audit team. He later took on finance roles across the business, including CFO for the European region of Siemens' commercial finance unit, and in early 2022 was appointed CFO for Siemens UK and Ireland alongside heading finance for its Smart Infrastructure arm in the region. His background spans business transformation, building high-performance cultures and delivering sustained, profitable growth.