UX Crunch April - Designing Futures & Strategy

Join us for the next UXCrunch: exploring how design is shaping what comes next.
This time, we’re focusing on design’s role beyond the product, defining futures, influencing strategy, aligning teams, and driving real decisions at a senior level.
How do you turn ambiguity into direction?
Get buy-in for the right bets?
Move from vision decks to something real?
Our speakers will share how they’re doing exactly that, in practice.

P.S Please bring valid I.D to the venue as security staff need to check this against the guest list

Agenda
6:00pm — Doors open
6:30pm — Welcome & intro
6:45pm — First talk
7:15pm — Food & drinks
7:45pm — Second talk
8:15pm — Closing talk
8:45pm — Pub, First Drinks on us! (@ The Viaduct Tavern)
📍 Location: Lloyds Banking Group
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Lloyds Banking Group
Owned & Presented by
Format-3.co
Supported by
Gale & Co

Meet the Speakers

Joel Gill FRSA - CExO at Experience Artisan and Former Head of UX at Shell & HSBC
Joel works with leadership teams unlock high-impact transformation through a blend of human-centred structured methodologies, with AI-supported execution, ensuring measurable business success.
I’ve led initiatives for global brands like British Airways, Barclays, WPP, Vodafone, AKQA, Sapient, etc. and built capabilities for mega corps like Shell, HSBC, S&P Global

Lewis Reynolds - Design Futures Lead at Lloyds Bank
Lewis is a Design leader focused on shaping the future of banking through strategy and innovation. Leading Lloyds Banking Group’s Design Futures team, a specialist function driving visionary concepts and prototypes that influence product direction. With 15+ years of experience across UX, design strategy, and digital transformation, helping organisations anticipate what’s next and design for it today

Maeve Breslin - Principal Product designer at KatKin and Former Head of Design at Thredd

Maeve Breslin is a hands-on product design leader, specialising in getting insights-driven ideas to market. She is currently Principal Design at KatKin and formerly Head of Product Design at Thredd and has 10+ years of experience across a variety of industries, from startups to government and everything in between.

Our Vision
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