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Will Montgomery
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer
Thought Machine
Will directs Thought Machine’s product strategy, translating market needs into clear development priorities. Having served previously as CTO, he guides product strategy with a deep understanding of the technology.
Prior to co-founding Thought Machine in 2014, Will was a senior software engineer at Google where he worked on their advertising systems accounting for 80% of company revenues. Will became an expert in cloud technology while working on Ad Exchange, a large-scale real-time auction platform, before becoming Technical Lead of mobile ads on the AdSense network.
Will received an MPhil in Computer Science at the University of Cambridge and a first class degree in Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh.
Speaking At
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3:30–5:00pmTue 17 NovPublic-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 3Open
Accountability & Liability In Agentic SystemsSovereignty & Resilience in a Rewired Financial System
Strengthening Financial System Resilience Against Emerging Risks, From Quantum to Frontier Models
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Brad CarrExecutive, Geopolitical RiskNational Australia Bank
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Chris GowerExecutive Director, Cross-Industry RiskAPRA
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Christine GrahamHead of AI & Data Regulatory AffairsJPMorganChase
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Jessica RusuChief Data, Information & Intelligence OfficerFinancial Conduct Authority (FCA)
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Robin FoeHead of Emerging Technologies & EcosystemsOCBC
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Sigal MandelkerRibbit Capital
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Tom MuttonExecutive Director of Payments Innovation & FintechBank of England
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Vincent LoyAssistant Managing Director & Chief Technology OfficerMonetary Authority of Singapore
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Will MontgomeryCo-Founder & Chief Product OfficerThought Machine
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Ziqing AngHead of Policy, APACTRM Labs
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Dr. Andrzej GwizdalskiCo-founder & Chairman, ResearcherWestern Australia Web3 Association, UWA, GFTNModerator
About this session
Financial system resilience used to mean strong network security and clear regulation. Both are getting stronger — payment networks are tightening technical standards, and regulators are building oversight of critical infrastructure and third-party risk.
But the newest emerging risks don't fit neatly into either category, from quantum computing, which will eventually break the cryptography most financial infrastructure still relies on, and frontier AI models, which threatens to reshape both sides of the security equation — generating fraud that exploits trust and speed, and finding and exploiting technical vulnerabilities faster than traditional defenses were built to handle. Both demand action well before the risk fully materializes. This session brings together infrastructure providers, technology firms, and regulators to discuss what's still missing from how the industry prepares for risks that haven't fully arrived yet.
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