Vis-Ability 2026
Our 2026 Sponsors
Headline Sponsor: HSBC
We were delighted to partner with HSBC and Mali Fernando on Vis-Ability 2026.
Mali Fernando MBE
Group Head of Digital Experience and Accessibility at HSBC
Mali is a multi-award winning digital leader in banking. He was recognised in the King’s New Year’s Honours list of 2023 where he received a MBE for his contribution to banking and technology. He currently is the Group Head of Digital Experience and Accessibility for HSBC overseeing HSBC’s digital eco system for all customers and staff across the world. He has held a variety of senior and strategic roles most recently as the Group Head of Product and Transformation for HSBC’s Commercial Banking and Investment banking businesses. Mali has a background in digital strategy, transformation and product having worked up from an entry level position to earn his seat at the C-suite table. Mali is passionate about helping organisations create an effective digital ecosystem, getting the best out of emerging technology and leveraging the power of technology to make the world a better place.
“At HSBC, accessibility isn’t an add-on, it’s fundamental to how we design experiences for our customers and colleagues.
Vis-Ability brings together the people, ideas and ambition needed to move inclusion forward at pace. We’re proud to support an event that creates space for collaboration, shared learning, and real progress.
By working together, we can raise standards across sectors and build a more accessible world for everyone.”
HSBC
HSBC are a financial services organisation that serves more than 40 million customers, ranging from individual savers and investors to some of the world’s biggest companies and governments. Their network covers 58 countries and territories, and use their unique expertise, capabilities, breadth and perspectives to open up a world of opportunity for customers. HSBC is listed on the London, Hong Kong, New York, and Bermuda stock exchanges.
Panel Sponsor: Be My Eyes
Launched in 2015, Be My Eyes is a globally recognised and award-winning Accessibility Management provider. Connecting blind and low vision users with sighted volunteers and companies, through live video and AI to tackle inaccessible parts of everyday life, whether at home or at work; all for free to the end user. With a global community of 1 million users, and 10 million volunteers, Be My Eyes is available in more than 150 countries worldwide and its volunteers speak more than 180 languages.
Panel Sponsor: Roche
We are delighted to partner with Roche UK on the panel session “From Sight to Insight: Innovating Eye Health for Everyone”.
At Roche UK, we focus our energy and investment in developing tests and treatments that change lives and give us more quality time with the people we love. And, together with others, we’re aiming to solve healthcare’s greatest challenges; helping to achieve better results by connecting early diagnosis to targeted treatment and ongoing support.
Healthcare matters to all of us. That’s why we work hard to ensure that all our new medicines are made available to those who need them through the NHS - wherever they live, whatever their circumstances.
That’s what makes us who we are. That’s what makes us Roche UK. For more information, please visit www.roche.co.uk.
Roche Products Limited has provided financial support for this conference but has had no input into any arrangements or content, other than the panel session ‘From Sight to Insight: Innovating Eye Health for Everyone’ which is organised by Roche and Fight for Sight.
Material Number: M-GB-00026932
Date of Preparation: June 2026
