Rewriting the odds

March 26, 2026 | 4:45 – 9:00 PM

How do you make decisions when outcomes are uncertain and the cost of failure is high?  This roundtable discussion will explore how the odds can be meaningfully improved by examining assumptions that often go unquestioned, and how AI is beginning to redefine what is practical in difficult, high-stakes change. This is a conversation for the mavericks of modernization—leaders who are curious, discerning, and willing to forge new paths forward.

The evening will begin with a bespoke tour of The National Gallery, with the intent to take you out of the everyday and spark unorthodox connections. We’ll then retire to a private dining room at Ochre, located within The National Gallery, for an evening of excellent food, fine wine, and intelligent conversation.

 

Agenda

4:45 pm Private tour of The National Gallery
6:00 pm Champagne and canapés
6:30 pm Dinner
9:00 pm Carriages

 

 

In attendance

Some friendly faces you can expect to see at this event:

    • Dr Leda Glyptis

      Moderator
      Leda Glyptis is a seasoned fintech executive and former banker, with a career spanning two decades working in transformation and technology functions. A frequent keynote speaker at flagship industry events globally including Sibos, M20/20, Finovate as well as specialist regional events, she is the author of the highly acclaimed #LedaWrites column on Fintech Futures and the best-selling book, ‘Bankers Like Us: Dispatches from an Industry in Transition’.

    • Rob Mee

      CEO
      A software engineer by trade, I began my career writing natural language translation systems in Lisp at an artificial intelligence laboratory in Tokyo. I later launched Pivotal Labs which was acquired in 2019, and has been credited for shaping the software development cultures of some of Silicon Valley’s most influential and valuable companies. Today, I’m tackling what I envision as the last major problem of software; modernizing and future-proofing the critical systems that support the corporations that run our global economies.

    • Irene Sandler

      CMO
      I’m responsible for all things marketing—brand, positioning, product, content, demand gen— at Mechanical Orchard. I began programming on a Commodore 64 and have held product management and senior marketing positions at Cisco Systems and Cognizant Technology Solutions, where I was on the Executive Leadership Team. After nearly two decades in the corporate world building high-performing teams, I’ve returned to startups: Mechanical Orchard is my seventh.