SCOTT MARGAR- NATWEST Group Chief Information Officer supported the opening keynotes of Alison Kay (VP UK & IE, AWS) and AWS VP of Compute Services, Dave Brown with his own take on how AWS drives customer trends. NatWest Group enjoys the long-standing RBS heritage that was founded in 1727. With 19M customers across retail, commercial, institutional and private banking businesses, RBS brands enjoy almost 300 years of customer insights. Margar questioned whether technology had changed the role of banks, traditionally a cornerstone of society, and symbol of stability and trust. THE ERA OF APPLIED INNOVATION The new role of banks to integrate solutions for customers using the NATWEST digital banking ecosystem combines the leading innovators of gaming, social media, big tech and cloud computing….
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RECAP: AWS Summit London 2025- Build Anything with David Brown
“BUILD ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE. IMAGINE THINGS THAT SEEM IMPOSSIBLE” was the clear take out from the AWS Summit London 2025 at the Excel London. AWS VP of Compute Services, Dave Brown introduced his KEYNOTE by emphasizing the AWS Building block- what you can imagine, you can build. We joined Dave Brown in celebration of increased AWS network capacity by 80% registered in 2024 over the last 12 months. Brown further highlighted: AWS COMPUTE OPTIONS Virtual servers—Amazon EC2 Amazon Lightspeed Containers—Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS Serverless- AWS Lambda, AWS Fargate Edge/ hybrid- AWS Wavelength, AWS OUTPOSTS Brown emphasized that the right instance for any workload demanding huge compute power such as for scientific modelling, video transcoding, ML and mission critical enterprise workloads have…
RECAP: AWS Summit London 2025, Alison Kay and David Brown touch down!
RECAP: AWS Summit London 2025, Alison Kay and David Brown touch down as the AWS Summit 2025 unfolded at the Excel London. Latestsale.com Founder highlights included: AWS KEYNOTE: Alison Kay (VP UK & IE, AWS) and David Brown (VP of Compute at AWS) explored how AWS provides the building blocks and tools enterprises need to securely build anything business leaders can imagine. The Keynote also featured customer use cases from NatWest Group and Untold Studios. The AWS KEYNOTE by VP UK & IE Alison Kay, commenced with her declaring boldly: “What was once only probable is now possible.” Kay emphasized the positive outcomes of sectors such as life sciences-with the SONRAI ANALYTICS team’s outstanding results, demonstrating that error rates had dropped by as much…
RECAP: AWS ExecLeaders 2025, the Business of Change with Phil Le-Brun
As the AWS ExecLeaders UK 2025 session came to a close we celebrate all speakers who participated in the summit including: Entrepreneur and Author Peter Hinssen, Miriam McLemore, AWS Enterprise Strategist, and the delightful Siegfried Schallenmueller, AWS Innovation Leader. One of the LatestSale.com Founder’s favourite AWS speakers, Phil Le-Brun, AWS Enterprise Strategist, emphasized the importance of “Expressed Aspirations” and not just company mission statements during his “Being in the Business of Change: a guide to thriving in a world of continuous change” session. Leading the Breakout Track 1, “Elevate- Focus on Structure, Culture and Agility” seminar alongside Jana Werner, AWS Principal Business Development, Le-Brun also highlighted the following key enterprise milestones to achieve: INTELLECTUAL CONNECTIONS Ensuring there are intellectual connections with customer MVP priorities,…
F1 “Think Big, Move Fast” RECAP: AWS ExecLeaders UK 2025
“Think Big, Move Fast,” was the feature of the afternoon session at the AWS ExecLeaders 2025 London showcase, with Olga Miloserdova, AWS Innovation Leader opening up the session alongside David King, Head of Digital Technology for F1®. Formula 1® led the session by determining it was imperative to embrace a foundation of continuous innovation that corresponds with the F1® culture of experimentation. Since 2018, AWS has enjoyed the status of being the Global AI Partner of Formula 1® as well as being the Team Partner of the HP Scuderia Ferrari racing team. This F1® blueprint of innovation is encapsulated through fan experiences with new endeavours being explored by the F1® team over the past 24 months. The F1® Blueprint of Innovation is earmarked as follows:…
AWSExecLeaders UK 2025: Trainline + BBC Power of Reasoning, 30062025
Also attending the AWS ExecLeaders UK 2025 summit, was Mike Hyde CTO of the Trainline who invigorated the audience with his summary of the group’s achievements including growing to support 270 rail and coach operators across 40 countries that generates 350 online searches every second. 3.8M monthly routes are managed through the digitally native train and coach app as the group continues to shape the future of travel. Hyde champions his teams and focuses on leadership alignment, the collective courage that enables an environment for calculated risk taking, capable of empowering teams. With data security at the heart of the Trainline ethos, balancing speed and customer value with small teams at the epicentre. ensures that Trainline can move fast through knowledge sharing across engineering teams….
AWS ExecLeaders UK 2025 Recap: Centrica Energizes, 23062025
As the AWS VP, Managing Director UK & Ireland, Alison Kay concluded her keynote by declaring: “Be different, Be A Rebel,” other keynote speakers and contributors to ExecLeaders UK 2025 included Centrica CIO Darren Miles who explained how Centrica sought to energize a greener, fairer future that enabled its 10M customers to reduce energy consumption. Miles also called for disruption instigated by rebels and to “transform, innovate at speed and at scale.” As Miles spoke enthusiastically, the LatestSale.com Founder remembered fondly the energetic Centrica team she once worked with as they pioneered and developed Centrica’s first ever customer first booking system. This critical Centrica booking system infrastructure has over the past fifteen years now developed into an Amazon Bedrock hosted solution, delivering 28% less complaints filtered…
AWS ExecLeaders UK 2025 Recap: From Possibility to Practice 23062025
AWS ExecLeaders UK 2025 Recap: “From Possibility to Practice: Reinventing the Enterprise from the Inside.” THE FORCE IS WITH AMAZON WEB SERVICES The force was with Amazon Web Services once again during the ExecLeaders UK session in central London on 20th April 2025. We recap on this full day summit that included a Keynote from AWS VP, Managing Director UK & Ireland, Alison Kay. Cloud infrastructure continues to play a pivotal role in the strategic direction and the minds of Founders who wish to tap into an ecosystem that promises to deliver value to customers and stay resilient whilst reshaping businesses and industries. AWS reiterated its commitment to support digital infrastructure in the UK to a tune of £8bn and highlighted that the…
Udemy: CEO to CEO Power Up Live 2025, McLaren Racing
The McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) came alive on 27th March 2025 for the Udemy: CEO to CEO Power Up Live McLaren Racing fireside chat. Latestsale.com Founder’s virtual pass gave her front row seats to not only McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown, but also the recently appointed Udemy President and CEO Hugo Sarrazin, who commenced his leadership role in early March 2025, and is tasked with “scaling Udemy’s global marketplace, strengthening enterprise solutions, and creating a more personalized learning experience for AI adoption to meet the evolving needs of learners, instructors and enterprises around the world.” Udemy: The “Perspectives” Lead to Success Brown and Sarrazin swapped notes on what it takes to thrive and succeed in the competitive worlds of elite motor racing and tech…
Udemy Power Up Live 2025: Co-Founder Eren Bali Returns, McLaren Racing
Udemy: Latestsale.com tracks the pioneering learning provider and educational tech leader as it continues its pivotal Learning and Skills Partnership with the McLaren Formula 1® racing team. The Udemy 3Ps Effect: Product, and Udemy Co-Founder Eren Bali returns as CTO The Udemy 3Ps center on, PRODUCT—PERSPECTIVES —POINTS OF VIEW and during the PowerUp Live Elevating Skills, Sparking Ideas, Championing Learning session that took place on Thursday, March 27th 2025, Eren Bali, Co-Founder and CTO of Udemy opened up his product orientated keynote with: “The Story Behind Udemy and the Udemy Product Roadmap.” McLaren Racing’s Thought Leadership Centre. The Udemy learning and skills platform supports McLaren holistically as the Official Learning and Skills Partner of McLaren Racing, with the Partnership extending to the McLaren Formula…