UK & Ireland CISO Community
Executive Summit
9 June 2026 | Royal Lancaster London
9 June 2026
Royal Lancaster London
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with UK & Ireland's top CISOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CISOs today:
Ensuring Organisational Resilience Amid Turbulent Times
Leading as a CISO and Seeing Cyber as a Business Value Add
Enabling and Protecting AI in Modern Innovative Organisations
UK & Ireland CISO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CISOs, For CISOs®.
Governing Body Co-Chairs

Joe Da Silva
Johnson Matthey
CISO

Christine Maxwell
SSE
CISO

Malcolm Norman
AngloAmerican
CISO

Clare Patterson
Royal Mail
CISO

Helen Rabe
BBC
CISO
What to Expect
Agenda
Coming Soon
The CISO Executive Summit agendas are driven by the mission-critical priorities identified among the community. Each agenda is uniquely crafted By CISOs, For CISOs®, and will be available closer to the gathering. All topics and sessions will be inspired by the following themes.
Ensuring Organisational Resilience Amid Turbulent Times
CISOs must strengthen resilience by anticipating evolving threats and adapting security strategies to shifting risks. This involves proactive incident response, robust business continuity planning, and fostering a security-aware culture to ensure the organisation can withstand and quickly recover from disruptions.
Leading as a CISO and Seeing Cyber as a Business Value Add
Modern CISOs position cybersecurity as a strategic enabler, not just a safeguard. By aligning security initiatives with business goals, they help drive innovation, build customer trust, and open new market opportunities, demonstrating that effective cyber practices directly contribute to business growth and value.
Enabling and Protecting AI in Modern Innovative Organisations
CISOs play a critical role in securing AI initiatives, ensuring data integrity, privacy, and compliance. They must embed security into AI development and deployment, collaborating with business and technology teams to enable innovation while managing risks unique to AI-driven environments.
Apply to Participate
Apply to participate in the UK & Ireland CISO Community Executive Summit.
Gartner facilitates exclusive, C-level communities by personally qualifying and understanding the priorities, challenges and interests of each member.
Our selective approach maintains the high quality of the network and ensures top-level discussions with peers from the world’s leading organizations.
Each application will be reviewed, and once your participation is confirmed, you will have access to year-round community programs.
Location
Venue & Accommodation
Royal Lancaster LondonA block of rooms has been reserved at the Royal Lancaster London at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 020 7551 6000 .
Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of £486 GBP (plus tax) is 17 May 2026.
Community Programme Manager
For inquiries related to this community, please reach out to your dedicated contact.
Luis Arango Abello
Senior Community Programme Manager
+44 (0)1784 267 880
luis.arangoabello@gartner.com
