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Emily Turner

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UK CEO at HSBC Innovation Banking
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

Emily Turner is the CEO of HSBC Innovation Banking UK, a seasoned executive with over 20 years of experience bridging global finance and the tech ecosystem. After a 13-year career at Citi, where she led innovation and business development, she now focuses on scaling HSBCs support for innovation-driven enterprises. She holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.

A native New Yorker now based in London, Emily has built a career focused on fostering growth within the international innovation community. She has a strong track record of working with founders and investors across different stages of their growth journey, demonstrating a passion for supporting the broader UK innovation ecosystem.

Emily was instrumental in launching and scaling Citi Ventures UK and co-led the banks internal incubator, D10X, which developed early-stage companies.

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
UK CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
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UK Tech Ecosystem
She leads a bank dedicated to supporting UK tech and life sciences, and publicly speaks on the UK's unique opportunities for innovators, including its strong VC and talent pool.
AI in Finance
A frequent speaker at AI-focused events, she discusses deploying agentic AI in highly regulated industries and its impact on financial services.
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Career

Work history

6-2025
UK CEO
HSBC Innovation Banking
2-2025 - 6-2025
Incoming UK CEO
HSBC Innovation Banking
9-2023 - 2-2025
Head of Business Development, Citi
Citi
4-2021 - 10-2023
Head of Business Development, Citi Institutional Clients Group
Citi
10-2019 - 4-2021
Head of Innovation and Business Development, Citi Institutional Clients Group
Citi
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Emily Turner appointed CEO of HSBC Innovation Banking UK. Featured in Reuters
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Emily Turner - HSBC Innovation Banking. Featured in HSBC Innovation Banking
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Education
2007 - 2009
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Columbia Business School
1986 - 2005
High School
The Chapin School
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