Europe | 13 May | London

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Winning for the customer,

wins the customer

Customer Alpha

13th May 2025 | London, UK

Competing on experience,

winning the customer

Customer Alpha

Save the date: 13th May 2025 | London, UK

Customer Alpha is a cross-industry community of professionals who never stop striving to better understand and deliver for customers. It’s a platform for learning about the behaviours and complex drivers that underpin decision making, and the tools and technologies that help win the hearts and minds of customers. 

By leveraging leading edge tools and technologies, forward looking firms gain the customer insights needed for market success. Whether you’re from a large organisation or a small enterprise, outdated assumptions about customers no longer suffice. Join a diverse community of brands and come away with the knowledge and tools to build a successful customer strategy.

Check out the 2024 show highlights

Key event stats 2024

600+

Senior
attendees

1

Day of
innovative content

150+

Rockstar speakers
across all stages

5

Stages
of content

Key themes

Understanding the modern customer

The modern customer moves at a fast pace. From changes in preferences and needs, to the growth of the digital channels and emerging technologies, end users both shape and are shaped by the digital revolution. But customers aren’t fully reliable when sharing what drives them. It has never been more important to the success of an enterprise to keep up to speed with the factors and behaviours that motivate the modern customer.

Designing a winning customer experience

Winning and retaining customers means delivering the kind of journeys that translate into sales and retention. A poorly designed customer journey across any channel can turn the customer away in moments. From decision, to purchase, to ongoing engagement, discover how successful companies are winning and retaining the customer.

Data as a way of knowing

Data is at the core of understanding customers and knowing how to create the best products and services. It also informs how, when and where customers are most likely to respond. Data driven personalisation, AI tools and technologies, and algorithms that deliver great outcomes are all key components of the modern tool kit for successful businesses.

Tools and strategies for brand success

Modern customers, whether interacting physically or digitally, have high expectations. Building and maintaining a successful brand requires effort but a single bad experience can quickly damage reputations and undermine trust. Understand various models for building and maintaining customer relationships and the tools and technologies supporting success. Explore the drivers of customer loyalty in a world where choice is just a google search away.

Past attendees include:

Financial institutions, customer experience leaders, technology providers & policymakers

Sponsors 2024

5 star sponsor

4 star sponsors

3 star sponsors

Marqeta

Industry partners 2024

Early confirmed speakers

Alicia Skubick
Chief Customer Officer
Trustpilot
LinkedIn
Carl McCartney
Customer Experience Director
Les Mills UK
LinkedIn
Ian Gass
Chief Product Officer
Marygold
LinkedIn
Ines Ashton
Experience, Digital and AI Strategy Director
The Compleat Food Group
LinkedIn
Alex Swain
Head of Brand Experience and Digital Design
Deutsche Bank AG
LinkedIn
Camilla Ellerton
Marketing Director
Auto Trader UK
LinkedIn
Nick King
Market Research Director
Autotrader
LinkedIn
Mohsen Ghasempour
Group AI Director
Kingfisher Plc
LinkedIn
Konstantin Stoyanov
Global Head of Customer Engagement Services
A.P. Moller - Maersk
LinkedIn
Nikolay Burlutskiy
Senior Manager GenAI Platforms
Mars
LinkedIn
David Kershaw
Head of Payment Operations & Assurance
Transport for London
LinkedIn
Jason Sheehy
Head of Identity
Post Office
LinkedIn
Iremar Brayner
Head of Fraud
G2A
LinkedIn
Murray Mackenzie
Director of Transformation
VirginMediaO2
LinkedIn
Simone Vibert
Policy Lead
Ofcom
LinkedIn
Darren Ford
Head of Financial Crime Risk
Bupa
LinkedIn
Pedro Batista
Chief Executive Officer
Payhawk
LinkedIn
Gonzalo Rodriguez
Head of Group B2B2C Partnerships
Generali
LinkedIn
Brian Tomkins
Global Head of Commercial Cards
HSBC
LinkedIn
Nick Rastall
Executive Director - EMEA & International Product Management
Goldman Sachs
LinkedIn
Justin Gregory
Head of product - Transactions
ASOS plc
LinkedIn
Manish Kumar
Director - Merchant Acquiring Payment Products
Tide Platform
LinkedIn
Mathew Megens
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
HyperJar
LinkedIn
Kathy Griffin
Chief Risk and Compliance Officer
Uber Payments UK
LinkedIn
Aastha Yadav
Global Head of Product Strategy
Bolt
LinkedIn
Rebecca Shao
Innovation & Fintech
Jaguar Land Rover
LinkedIn
Yash Morar
Senior Propositions Manager - DTC Consumer Finance & Payment Strategy Development
Samsung
LinkedIn
Ben Allen
Membership Director
United Fitness Brands
LinkedIn
Stuart McLay
Head of Retail
National Express Bus
LinkedIn
Vicky Wang
Senior Partnerships Manager - FS
Xero Limited
LinkedIn
Rahul Das
Director of Payments
LiveScore / VirginBet
LinkedIn
Bryn Robinson-Morgan
Principal Consultant - Digital Identity
Moresburg
LinkedIn
Kevin Newe
Illicit Finances Threat Lead, Assistant Director
HMRC Economic Crime Strategy Unit
LinkedIn
Arseniy Korobchenko
Enterprise Architect - Cloud & Data Privacy
Booking.com
LinkedIn
Masha Cilliers
Advisor
Payment Options
LinkedIn
Dastan Shukanayev
Senior Executive in Product Development & Digital Transformation
Former M&S
LinkedIn
Bhavin Kapadia
Senior Advisor
AI Security Financial Services
LinkedIn
Zilvinas Bareisis
Head of Retail Banking and Payments
Oliver Wyman Inc
LinkedIn
Shaul David
Embedded Finance Advisor
University of Oxford
LinkedIn
John Labadorf
Fintech Board and Independent Advisor
Independent
LinkedIn

Agenda 2024

2025 agenda coming soon...

Content, community & experience

Look forward to lively conversations, new connections, and good times

Iconic London

venue

Customer Alpha will take place at Convene 22 Bishopsgate.

The perfect space to experience our live content sessions and busy exhibition area, right in the heart of London.

Drinks
reception

To finish off a day of inspiring content and smart networking, attendees can join a drinks reception on the expo floor whilst networking with strategic partners.

VIP Hosted Meetings
Programme

Fast-track access to the industry leaders and technology providers you want to meet with efficiency and ease. Look no further to strengthen existing partnerships and build new connections.

Co-located with

One day, unlimited opportunities and an interconnected community.

FTT Payments is dedicated to exploring the latest trends, technologies, and business model innovations across the payments industry creating a gateway to the future of transactions, offering a unique platform to learn, share, and shape the next wave of payment solutions.

Future Identity Customer will bring together 600+ key players in identity and customer experience to explore how consumer facing businesses in retail, gaming, mobility, entertainment, travel, healthcare and other key sectors, are approaching digital identity.

FID Fraud & FinCrime will bridge the gap between innovative identity solutions and the critical need for fraud and financial crime prevention.

Sponsorship & exhibition
opportunities

Discover the unique sponsorship and exhibition opportunities available at Customer Alpha 2025. Click on the button below to find out more and how you can get involved.

What does our community think?

"The Customer Alpha event was an extremely relevant and detailed event which was of benefit to companies across many industries. The VC Innovations preparation for the event was very professional and it was a pleasure to be a part of."

LEE TAYLOR

ONLYFANS

"Customer Alpha was a wonderfully curated event with some of the best insights I’ve heard to date around CX.I particularly enjoyed working with Giovanna Mefli, John Sills and Susannah Simmons on our panel discussion and I also enjoyed hearing Livia Bernadini from Zag on the panel titled, “how can businesses better serve customers during a time of rising prices and stretched incomes.” I thought this topic was extremely relevant and timely.Looking forward to participating in more conferences organized by VC Innovations!"

ELENA CICCOTELLI

TELEPERFORMANCE

"The organization of the event was remarkable. Although there were countless speakers, I could sense the people in-charge provided personal attention to any request and question. At the event itself, from the very first moment I could feel completely aware of how things are handled and what should I do. An untrivial point was the panel actually started exactly on time.
Also the speakers that shared the stage with me – Andrew (Disruption Banking), Alexandra (Bike Club) and Edward (Pret A Manger) – handled the event professionally and I could sense we had a nice chemistry."

SAGI AVITAN

PAYLOW

"Customer Alpha was an excellent experience. Talking on a panel gave me exposure to a wide range of perspectives and allowed me to field questions from peers. Listening in to other speakers and asking questions was valuable to my organization's pressing needs. Beyond the panels, networking with peers was smooth and productive. I'm looking forward to opportunities surfaced through that process."

WESLEY MANN

ETSY

"I had a great time networking and engaging in insightful and thought provoking discussions. This was a very well organized event and it was fun meeting some old acquaintances and making new ones. I would highly recommend these events to anyone looking to hone their networking skills, meet some great people and brainstorm together to expand their perspectives. Enjoyed every minute of it."

DMITRIY KURBANOV

DISH

“The depth of expertise and diversity of thought at Customer Alpha made it one of the most interesting and helpful conferences I've attended this year. It felt less like a conference and more like a community of intelligent, curious, and connected people who share similar professional and career goals.”

TREVOR MENGEL

CLOUTDESK

Contact us

Reach out to the Customer Alpha team with queries on how to get involved through sponsorship, exhibition, speaking or media partnership opportunities

Milana Vlaović
Community Manager
Sponsorship & exhibition enquiries
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Alicia Condon
Head of Marketing
Marketing & media enquiries
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Victoria Smart
Portfolio Manager
Content & speaking enquiries
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Anna Smart
Senior Client Success Manager
Hosted Meetings & sponsorship delivery
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