CXO Networking Breakfast · London · 4 November 2026

Flat fee today. Metered AI tomorrow.

A morning networking event on the impact of the shift from flat AI licences to metered consumption — on your budget, your contracts and your board conversation. Measured, practical, built for senior leaders in regulated markets.

CTO Networking Breakfast

Wednesday, 4 November 2026 08:30 – 11:30
The Army and Navy Club Pall Mall, London
By application · free event
01 · The Problem

The unit price of AI keeps falling. The invoice keeps rising.

Most AI contracts signed in the last two years run on a flat licence. The next round will run on metered consumption, and most organisations notice the change when the renewal is already signed. For a FinTech or RewardTech business that defends its own pricing on unit economics, this is not a finance hygiene question. It is a planning question. In this briefing we show what you can measure today, what you cannot, and what to write into the next contract.
Dilemma 1

The data you can see is the least useful

“We only see aggregated usage, and we see it weeks late.”

Consumption data arrives aggregated and delayed, and much of the real work happens in client environments on client subscriptions. What you can measure is the least representative part of the picture.

Dilemma 2

Usage is being read as productivity

“Twice the tokens, twice the output. Surely?”

No. The person who consumes twice as much is rarely twice as productive. Usage data works for project estimation and for mapping who has actually changed how they work. It fails as an individual ROI figure, and the board will notice.

Dilemma 3

The contract decides more than the model

“We found out at renewal.”

Unit-price transparency, caps, routing rights and credit expiry are decided in the commercial terms. Most organisations discover which ones they missed at the next renewal, when the leverage is gone.

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02 · What you will take away

Three concrete outputs you can take into next year's plan.

No empty promises and meaningless talks. A morning off your desk for working examples, numbers you can defend and a contract checklist, drawn from Gloster's own delivery and from UK and international enterprise practice.
01

A number the CFO can plan with

Cost per delivered unit of work, and how to build it from the data you actually have. Which metric holds up in front of the board, and which one collapses on the first challenge.

02

Five points for your next renewal

Unit-price transparency. Caps with alerts, not hard stops. Right to route. A repricing exit window. Credits that do not expire. Plus a three-envelope cost model: flat and owned, metered and frontier, time-boxed experiment.

03

An exposure map of your own portfolio

Where consumption is generated today, shadow AI included, and what happens to the number the day it turns consumption- based. A picture you can take back to your own estate.

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03 · Agenda

A focused morning of measured perspectives, working numbers and live discussion with senior leaders.

Measurement, metrics, contracts. The morning is built around a keynote, a guest talk, a moderated Q&A and continued networking. Each part stands on its own. One relevant session is reason enough to come.
08:30 – 08:45 · Arrival, tea and coffee
08:45 – 09:30 · Full English breakfast and networking
09:30 – 09:40 · Welcome address and introductions

Majid Shah · Director, UK, Ireland & Philippines, Gloster Digital

09:40 – 10:05 · Writing Your Own Software Development AI Playbook

Paul Brown · CTO, Inspera

10:05 – 10:35 · Keynote · Flat fee today. Metered AI tomorrow.

What you can measure and what you cannot, what the data is good for, and what to write into the next contract.

András Leskó · CTO and Zsolt Pótor · International Sales & Marketing Director, Gloster Digital

10:35 – 10:44 · Break
10:45 - 10:55 · Q&A

Open questions to the speakers, moderated selection.

10:55-11:05 · Session summary and outputs

Andrew Wilmot

11:05 - 11:15 · Meeting wrap ups & thanks

Majid Shah · Director, UK, Ireland & Philippines, Gloster Digital

04 · Speakers

Four voices. Practitioners who run the systems and the budgets they talk about.

Every speaker runs complex, competitive IT systems today. Real practitioners, not commentators.
Majid Shah (Director, UK, Ireland & Philippines)
Majid Shah
Director, UK, Ireland & Philippines, Gloster Digital

Leads Gloster Digital's business in the UK, Ireland and the Philippines, with two decades of experience delivering enterprise-grade IT products and platforms to clients across EMEA and APAC. He opens and closes the morning.

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András Leskó
CTO, Gloster Digital

10+ years of software architecture experience on critical enterprise systems: royalty calculation, contract management, release scheduling. His recent work focuses on AI-assisted delivery and on measuring what it actually costs.

Zsolt Pótor (International Sales & Marketing Director)
Zsolt Pótor
International Sales & Marketing Director, Gloster Digital

Leads Gloster Digital's international sales and marketing across the UK and DACH. Brings the commercial half of the keynote: how AI pricing is negotiated, which terms move at renewal, and which ones the vendor would rather you did not ask about. [Bio to be confirmed by Gloster]

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Paul Brown
CTO, Inspera

Works as a global CTO and product leader with more than 20 years of C-Suite experience in marketing services, financial services and ed-tech, leading global teams through major transformations. In his current role, he has productised and massively scaled an ed-tech platform. He's currently delivering an AI-powered software factory to improve effectiveness and productivity.

05 · Who this is for

This morning is for you, if:

CTO / CIO

You own the AI estate and the vendor relationships. You need a measurement you can defend and a contract position you can hold, before the next renewal lands on your desk.

CFO / COO

You plan on unit economics and you defend your own pricing the same way. A cost line that moves with consumption needs a number, an envelope and an alert, not crossed fingers.

CEO / Founder

AI is on your board agenda as a capability. Next year it is also a variable cost. This morning gives you the framing and the five contract points to ask your team about.

CTPO / Head of Product

Your roadmap runs on AI features priced per call. The margin on every feature now depends on routing, caps and what the contract allows. Bring the portfolio, leave with an exposure map.

06 · Registration

Reserve your seat.

Within 48 hours of your registration, the Gloster team replies by email. The morning is free, with a full English breakfast buffet, and seats are confirmed individually because of the limited capacity.
We'll only use your details for this registration and the related communication. We never share your data with third parties.
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07 · Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

01 · Is attendance really free?
Yes. Attendance is free and a full English breakfast buffet is included. Gloster Digital hosts the morning. Nothing is sold from the stage, and no sales call follows.
02 · What does "by application" mean?
Registration is open, but each seat is reviewed and confirmed individually. The aim is a room of senior decision-makers.
03 · What if I can no longer attend?
Let us know as early as you can, ideally at least 48 hours before the event. Simply reply to your confirmation email.
04 · Can I bring a colleague?
Yes, if their role fits the room. Please register each person individually. We confirm registrations one by one.
05 · What will I not hear?
No product pitches, no vendor slides, no ROI promises. Every speaker works today with the systems and budgets they talk about.
06 · Where is the venue, and how do I get there?
The Army and Navy Club, Pall Mall, London. Nearest stations: Green Park and Piccadilly Circus. Directions follow with your confirmation email.
07 · Will the event be recorded?
No. The morning is built around personal conversations with the speakers and the other guests. Photos may be taken; tell us on arrival if you prefer not to appear in them.
08 · Stay informed

Interested, but the timingdoesn't work?

The CTO Networking Breakfast is a closed event series for senior technology and engineering leaders. If this date doesn't suit you, leave your details below and we'll let you know about the next one. You'll receive the invitation by email before registration opens publicly.
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