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Gemma

McCarthy-Maidment

Chief Product Officer

Ethifinance

Gemma McCarthy-Maidment is Chief Product Officer at EthiFinance, where she leads product strategy across sustainability data, analytics and intelligence. With more than 17 years of experience spanning B2B SaaS, data and digital transformation, she has built and scaled product portfolios across sustainability, consumer technology, market intelligence and financial services. Previously, Gemma held senior product leadership roles at ESG Book, Sedex and GfK, where she led digital transformation, launched new data-driven products and helped drive commercial growth. She brings particular expertise in turning complex data into actionable insights, building high-performing product teams and aligning product strategy with long-term business outcomes.

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01 December 2026 16:00 - 16:45

Fireside chat - The board doesn't want to see your roadmap: What CPOs are expected to bring now

More than half of CPOs now carry P&L responsibility and roughly one in three hold a budget for acquiring AI capability. The conversation upstairs has changed accordingly: the board is not asking what you're shipping next quarter, it's asking what return the last three quarters produced and whether the next capability should be built or bought. This session covers what product leaders are now expected to walk into the boardroom with - the numbers, the framing, and the language of capital allocation - and how to hold your ground when the answer is 'this one will take longer than you want'.