Adam Banks Keynote Speaker

Led Maersk’s rapid 2017 NotPetya recovery (10 days)
Appointed NED at Thames Water, March 2025
CTIO at Maersk (2015–2020); 16 years at Visa Europe (1997–2013)

Adam Banks's Biography

Adam Banks is a leading advisor on digitisation, resilience and large-scale tech transformation. As Group Chief Technology & Information Officer at A.P. Moller–Maersk (2015–2020), he guided the shift to cloud-first logistics and led a record-breaking cyber recovery after NotPetya, restoring 4,000 servers and 45,000 PCs in just ten days.

During sixteen years with Visa Europe (1997–2013), Banks built and protected the always-on infrastructure behind billions of payment transactions and introduced real-time resilience long before it was industry norm.

Since 2021, he has enriched corporate boards as Non-Executive Director at TSB Bank, chairing its Technology Strategy Committee, and joined Thames Water in March 2025 as an advisor, alongside roles at Finastra, Dakia, Euroclear UK&I, Rio Tinto and the Digital Container Shipping Association.

In May 2025, he shared insights at Infosecurity Europe on how Maersk recovered from cyberattack losses totalling $700 million, spotlighting proactive strategy and decisive leadership.

Adam delivers executive audiences a mix of executive credibility, real-world examples and forward-thinking strategy, helping organizations navigate transformation, build resilience and govern technology with confidence.

Enterprise‑scale digital transformation & platform strategy

Cyber‑resilience: rebuilding after NotPetya

Board‑level technology governance & risk

Agile leadership & accountability in crisis

Future of logistics: AI, data & supply‑chain resilience

He brings first hand authority from leading one of the world’s largest technology transformations at A.P. Moller Maersk, translating crisis tested experience into practical guidance for senior leaders.
He shows organisations how to build digital resilience by drawing on his leadership of a landmark cyber recovery that restored global operations under extreme pressure.
He helps boards govern technology with confidence, informed by his roles as a non executive director and advisor across banking, infrastructure, fintech and global industry.
He equips executives to future proof strategy by connecting cloud, cybersecurity and large scale transformation to real business risk and performance outcomes.