One of TIME100’s Most Influential People in AI, Verity Harding is a leading global expert on technology, power and politics.

She is Director of the AI & Geopolitics Project at the University of Cambridge, and Founder of Formation Advisory, where she advises the world’s leading CEOs and public figures on AI strategy. Her book AI Needs You: how we can change AI’s future and save our own, was featured in the Financial Times, the Guardian, the Economist and named as one of McKinsey’s Best Books of 2024.

As Google DeepMind’s first Global Head of Public Policy, she co-founded the company’s policy, ethics and socio-technical teams as well as independent multi-stakeholder group Partnership on AI. Prior to her career in tech, Harding was a political adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister of the UK, focussed on national security. She has served on the boards of organisations including the Royal Academy of Arts and the Cabinet Office Digital Advisory Board, and is a current member of the Board of Trustees for The King’s Trust.

Sebastian Lewis, CFA, is a senior strategist in Vanguard’s Advisory Research Centre. He worked at Morgan Stanley in equity sales from 1999-2003 and then joined Sanford Bernstein in New York where he spent 15 years covering asset managers, hedge funds and sovereign wealth funds. From 2018-2022 he was Director of European Research at Sanford Bernstein in London. Sebastian joined Vanguard in January 2024

Dan is a keynote speaker, author, retirement thought leader, and host of the Humans vs Retirement podcast. With a gift for storytelling and a deep understanding of the psychological, financial, and emotional complexity of retirement, Dan challenges traditional thinking and inspires fresh conversations about life after work.

Blending humour, research, sketches and real human stories, Dan delivers engaging talks and workshops that help financial professionals and individuals alike understand retirement not just as a financial problem4 but as a human one. Through his signature frameworks like the Retirement Reinvention Curve and the 5 Pillars of a Thriving Retirement, he empowers audiences to navigate this major life transition with confidence, clarity, and purpose.

Gillian Hepburn is the Head of Adviser Solutions for the Vanguard UK business. She has more than 30 years of experience in financial services, with a career spanning senior roles in business development, intermediary solutions, and strategic partnerships. She has led the creation of award-winning investment propositions, supported adviser firms with growth and succession strategies, and is a well-known advocate for the advice industry. Her work has earned her recognition including “Woman of the Year – Investment” at the 2023 Professional Adviser Women in Finance Awards.