AI Transformation Forum · A quarterly series · London

The room where AI has to pay back.

An invite-only evening for the people deciding where AI budgets go: chief executives, transformation leads and private-equity investors. One question each edition, answered first by the investors who fund it and then by the operators who run it. No spectators.

Who is in the room

Seventy-five people who could each be on the panel.

The people who hold the budget, run the rollout and answer for the outcome. Small enough that everyone talks.

01

Chief executives of scale-ups and enterprises

Accountable for AI deployment inside the business, and for what it returns.

02

Transformation and AI programme leads

Running the rollout and reporting straight to the C-suite.

03

Private-equity partners and value-creation leads

Funding and deploying AI across their portfolios, and choosing where the next bets go.

Guests at the September 2026 edition at Google London, during the investor panel
September 2026 at Google London, during the investor panel.

In September, guests came from businesses backed by KKR, Apax, LDC, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and General Atlantic.

Agenda · 27 January 2027

One question, both sides of the table.

Each edition takes one question about AI transformation. The investors funding it answer first, then the operators running it. From 19:00 the evening belongs to introductions: our AI matchmaking pairs every guest with the people they should meet.

  1. ReceptionWelcome reception and networking
  2. PanelPanel discussion with PE Partners and Value Creation Leads
  3. PanelPanel discussion with Operators from PE-backed companies
  4. NetworkingAI networking
  5. DinnerDrinks reception and food
Hosted by Jay Radia Meelan Radia Akhil Vaswani

Venue

Google London, Pancras Square

6 Pancras Square, London N1C 4AG
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Good to know

  • Doors open at 17:30. The first panel starts at 18:00.
  • The panels run under the Chatham House Rule, so nothing said on stage is attributed.
  • Food and drinks are provided through the evening.

Last edition

What the panels have covered.

  1. 28 September 2026Google London, Pancras Square

    AI Transformation Forum, September 2026

    • AI Transformation projects - the wins, losses, and the next bets
    • Which Workflows to Automate, and Who Should Build Them?

    Investors

    • Patrick McBrideManaging DirectorEQT
    • Mustafa KhanbhaiOperating PartnerLDC
    • Dr Jan BeitnerDirector, Data and AIInflexion
    • Jonathan PoffleyTech InvestorTCV

    Operators

    • Ben DorksChief Executive OfficerIdeagen
    • Liam HealyChief Executive OfficerFE fundinfo
    • Adam BaileyGeneral ManagerDiligent

What guests said

In their own words.

September 2026, in two minutes.
I found it very useful as a builder, hearing perspectives from potential customers and the market. That's hard to get from events: large companies doing hundreds of millions in revenue, and how they're seeing transformation.
Guillaume LebedelCo-Founder and CTO, StackOne
I liked how you had investors as well as operators, so you had that contrasting view. People were quite honest with their views. A really well-organised event. I took away a lot of lessons I'm hoping to implement and think about in my own job. It's not only heads of AI, it's anyone thinking about taking their company to the next level.
Anna LiuAI Business Adoption Lead, J.P. Morgan
High quality. Having EQT in the room, and the number of operators covering go-to-market and operations was fantastic. It's great for private equity, venture capital and senior-level operators, who are driving transformation at growth stage businesses, which is incredibly difficult.
Liam HealyChief Executive Officer, FE fundinfo
Really insightful. I learned a lot about where people are in their journey… CTOs definitely need to be here. Seeing how people are putting AI into their workflows at scale, through an investor and operator lens, helps convince the cynics. More of those proof points in a safe environment is quite good.
Mustafa KhanbhaiOperating Partner, LDC

September 2026 guest survey

September, in numbers.

73%

Personally sponsor or lead AI at their company.

70%

Are Director level or above.

88%

Plan to materially increase their AI spend.

65%

Manage a team of 500 or more people.

Guest survey of the September 2026 edition.

The operator panel on stage
Guests during the investor panel
Guests talking after the panels

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Previous partners

HSBC Innovation Banking
Google Cloud
Drata
Osborne Clarke
Growth10x
Burgess Hodgson

Partner with the forum

Be the AI name in the room.

A quarterly seat in front of seventy-five people deciding, over the next twelve months, which AI they will pay for. One partner per category, and your team in the room for the whole evening.

75Guests per edition, seven in ten at director level or above.
1Partner per category, so yours is the only name of its kind in the room.
4×Editions a year, the same calibre of room each quarter.
  1. 01

    A vetted guest list

    Every guest is approved by hand before they are confirmed.

  2. 02

    In the room, not on a stand

    Your team joins the evening as guests do: the panels, the conversations and dinner.

  3. 03

    Your name where it is seen

    On stage, in the invitations and on this page, for the whole edition.

  4. 04

    A standing presence

    Hold your category across the year and be a familiar name by the second edition.