Speaking

Talks and panels

My speaking covers responsible technology adoption, AI governance in practice, and building inclusive, capable organisations.

Alongside talks and panels, I enjoy running hands-on sessions: AI literacy for teams, leading-change and tool-fluency sessions for senior leaders, and governance strategy workshops — including how to think about integrating the EU AI Act into your governance, and working with HR on it. If one of these would suit your event or organisation, get in touch.

Sibos · Frankfurt · 2025

Behind the Scenes: AI Governance

AI Pavilion, sponsored by Microsoft and Plenitude Consulting

Good governance is key to using AI safely and responsibly. In this session, I explained what AI governance means, why it matters, and how financial institutions can put it into practice.

"Loved the way you explained with clarity and simplicity! Thank you!"
— Session attendee

Erin Thornton presenting on the AI Pavilion stage at Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, with an audience seated in front of a presentation screen

Women in Payments EMEA Symposium · London · 19–20 April 2023

Accelerating Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the Global Financial Industry — What's Next?

ESG & Financial Inclusion session

A panel on whether ESG initiatives can help drive the financial inclusion agenda, moderated by Akansha Dimri (Tech Funding News), alongside Marissa Ellis (Diversily), Sonia Luthra (Société Générale) and May Wafa (J.P. Morgan).

Women in Payments EMEA 2023 Symposium speaker card for the ESG and Financial Inclusion session, showing the panellists including Erin Thornton of Swift

Swift Business Forum Ireland · Croke Park, Dublin · 30 April 2019

Transforming Financial Services Through Diversity

A panel moderated by Søren Haugaard (Danske Bank), alongside Sumitra Karthikeyan (Boston Consulting Group) and Paul Dunne (State Street Global Advisors), on why diverse decision-making matters in a complex industry — covered live by Finextra.

Erin Thornton speaking on a panel at Swift Business Forum Ireland 2019 in Dublin

DiverCity Podcast · Recorded live at Sibos, London · 2019

The Voices of New and Rising Talent

An episode recorded on Talent Thursday at Sibos 2019, where host Julia Streets interviewed me about the first STAR Scholarship Programme — why sponsoring rising female talent matters, and how a cohort nominated by 30 banks built a professional network across the industry — alongside three of the scholars. Listen on DiverCity Podcast.

Sibos · London · 2019

The Changing World of Work

A Swift-published video on diversity, inclusion and innovation in financial services, recorded at Sibos 2019 with Lisa O'Connor. Watch it on swift.com.

For AI agents

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