Oluwatomisin (Tomi) Abiodun

eFX Trading EMEA
(UBS)

Oluwatomisin (Tomi) Abiodun has spent the past six years as a key member of the eFX Trading team at UBS, where he has been responsible for risk managing Spot, Metals, and NDFs. He brings deep expertise and a strong passion for FX Technology, FX Trading, eFX liquidity management, and eFX for emerging markets.

Before transitioning into trading, Tomi spent five years on the UBS FX IT team, where he played a pivotal role in enhancing the FX business across all products, including Spot, STIR, and Options.

Tomi holds a Master of Science in International Business Administration from the University of London, and a Bachelor of Science in Computing from the University of Northampton.

Denis Beau

First Deputy Governor
(Banque de France)

Denis Beau, appointed Deputy Governor of the Banque de France in August 2017 and reappointed as First Deputy Governor in January 2024, holds numerous key roles. He has been appointed by the Governor to represent him as Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudential et de résolution (French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority – ACPR), and he chairs the Observatory for the Security of Payment Means. He's also on the Board of the AMF and the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) and he chairs the Budget Committee of the ECB.
Since joining the Banque de France in 1986, he has held various roles, including serving as Deputy Director General of economics and International Relations. Between 2012 and 2017, he was Director General of Financial Stability and Operations, overseeing monetary policy operations and financial stability.

Thomas Birrer

Head of the Competence Center for Corporate Finance
(Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts)

Prof. Dr. Thomas K. Birrer is a distinguished academic and professional in the field of Corporate Finance and Corporate Treasury Management. He is the Head of the Competence Center Corporate Finance at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (Hochschule Luzern). Since joining the university in 2008, he has held various roles, including assistant, research associate, project manager and lecturer, before becoming Professor of Corporate Finance and assuming his leadership position in 2023.

Dr. Birrer earned a Doctorate in Economics (Dr. rer. pol.) from the University of Basel and holds advanced degrees in Banking & Finance and Business Administration from Hoch Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and Zurich University of Applied Sciences.

In addition to his academic career, Dr. Birrer serves as a member of the Foundation Board of Careum, a Zurich-based foundation promoting education in health and social care sectors. Furthermore, Dr. Birrer is an Advisory Board Member at Swiss Treasury Partners and a lecturer for ExpertSuisse. He has also been an expert for professional examinations in Lucerne. Previously, he was Managing Director of CFO Forum Schweiz and worked in private banking at Luzerner Kantonalbank.

Lawrence Osilaja Boampong

Head of Financial Markets
(CalBank)

Lawrence Osilaja Boampong is a seasoned financial markets professional with nearly 14 years of experience spanning Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange, Debt Portfolio Management, and Custody Services. He currently serves as the President of ACI Ghana, having been re-elected for a second term in December 2024. Under his leadership, ACI Ghana has expanded its market influence, spearheading pioneering initiatives such as organizing the first-ever Financial Markets Conference in the Sub-region, strengthening market engagement, and elevating Ghana’s presence on the global financial stage. He also serves on the Ghana Fixed Income Market (GFIM) Governing Committee and is a member of the Strategy Committee of ACI FMA International, where he contributes to financial market development discussions.
In his professional capacity, Lawrence is the Head of Financial Markets at CalBank Plc, where he leads the bank’s sales, trading, and investment strategy across Fixed Income, FX, and Structured Products. Prior to this, he was Head of Fixed Income Sales & Distribution at GCB Bank Plc, responsible for executing the bank’s fixed income distribution strategy. He also spent nearly a decade at Fidelity Bank Ghana, where he played a key role in establishing and leading the Fixed Income Sales Desk, working across FX, Money Markets, and Custody, and helping to set up the bank’s Custody Business.
Beyond his professional role, Lawrence is deeply committed to market development and education, actively working with stakeholders to enhance market efficiency, investor participation, and regulatory collaboration. He strongly believes in continuous learning in financial markets and is dedicated to capacity-building initiatives that strengthen industry expertise.
Academically, he holds a First-Class Bachelor’s degree from the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS), a Master’s degree, and an ACI Dealing Certificate. He is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana (ICAG).

Adrian Boehler

Global Head of Macro Sales
(UBS)

Adrian joined UBS in September 2019 as Global Head of FX Distribution and was appointed Global Head of Marco Sales in February 2024.

He has 30 years of industry expertise - prior to joining UBS he was Global Co-Head of FX, Local Markets and Commodity Derivatives at BNP Paribas where he worked for 7 years. Before BNP Paribas, Adrian spent 7 years at HSBC and 10 years with Goldman Sachs in various FX sales roles in both London and Hong Kong.

Adrian is Chair of the Board of GFXD – the Global FX Division of GFMA (Global Financial Markets Association) - and was a long-time member of the European Central Bank's FX Contact Group. He served as a founding member of the Market Participants Group that worked alongside several central banks globally on the creation of the FX Global Code. Prior to his departure from BNP Paribas he also occupied the role of Co-Vice Chair of the Global Foreign Exchange Committee, in which capacity he represented the industry in discussions around improving market functioning and conduct standards.

Adrian has a First-Class Joint Honours Degree in French and Russian from Oxford University.

Chirine Bourgerie

Co-Founder and CEO
(TwoWay)

Chirine is the co-founder and CEO of TwoWay, building next-gen solutions for FX/FXO traders. TwoWay optimizes market-making workflows, making traders' lives easier, while bringing unique real-time market insights to front-office and risk teams.
Prior to TwoWay, Chirine was the Global Head of Innovation at Finastra and spent more than 15 years in the financial software space.

Patrick Carletto

Head of Investment Strategy, Money Market Business Line
(Amundi)

Patrick Carletto – Co-Head of Money Market business line, Head of Investment Strategy MMF
Patrick Carletto joined Amundi Asset Management in 1990, starting as Money market portfolio manager he has been promoted Head of Investment Strategy MMF in 2021.
In 2024 he also is Co-Head of Money Market Business Line.
Patrick has over 20 years’ experience in asset management.
Patrick graduated from the French Banking School (C.F.P.B) with a Back Office specialisation.

Lisa Chung

Director of Foreign Exchange and Global Rates, Markets Group
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)

Lisa Chung

Lisa Chung is the Director of Foreign Exchange and Global Rates (FXGR) in the Markets Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. She is responsible for the execution of foreign exchange operations on behalf of the FOMC and U.S. Treasury and the execution of the central bank liquidity swap lines. Lisa is also an ex-officio member of the Foreign Exchange Committee, an industry group sponsored by the New York Fed to promote best practices in the U.S. foreign exchange market.

Prior to her current role, Lisa was the Chief of Staff to the Manager of the System Open Market Account (SOMA) and previously managed the Foreign Reserves Management (FRM) team, which is responsible for investing the U.S. foreign currency reserves.

Lisa began her central banking career at the New York Fed in 2008 and has held multiple roles in the Markets Group. She holds a bachelor’s degree in international affairs from George Washington University and a master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University.

Laurent Clavel

Global Head of Multi-Asset
(AXA IM)

Laurent has been leading AXA IM’s Multi-Asset & Quant Solution since 2022, a team managing ca. 35bn€ of assets. Laurent joined AXA IM in 2015 as International Economist and then became Head of Macroeconomic Research in 2016, then Head of Research early 2019. In October 2019, Laurent was appointed AXA IM’s Head of Quant Lab, a team set up to foster innovation, focusing on quantitative research, portfolio engineering, product engineering and data science. Prior to AXA IM, Laurent worked for ten years for the French Ministry of Finance, focusing on macro forecasting and economic policy advising. Laurent graduated from Ecole Polytechnique and holds an MSc. in Economics from the Paris School of Economics, Statistics and Finance.

Rui Correia

ACI FMA Chief Executive Officer

Rui Correia is currently Chief Executive Officer for ACI FMA, having the global responsibility to manage the Association from January 2025 onwards.
He is also Chair of the Board of Education for ACI FMA since August 2018.
Rui spent the first 25 years of his career working in dealing rooms, having had roles in trading, structuring and sales in internationally recognised financial institutions, in London, Madrid and Lisbon. From 2014 onwards, Rui became a Certified Trainer in financial markets, working primarily on the delivery of MiFID II related training to several market participants in Iberia.
With a Master in Finance, Rui believes that education is absolutely key for the development of all professionals working in the industry, both to develop their skills and knowledge on the markets and its products, but also to enhance the good practices which are essential for the sound functioning of financial markets.

Matthew Coupe

Matthew Coupe was previously global head of cross asset market structure at Barclays Bank, based in London. He advises on the future market structure, forms the advocacy on areas of market structure globally across a number of asset classes, and engages with politicians, trade associations, regulatory bodies and clients to make sure this is articulated effectively, assists in building Barclay’s commercial response to these changes. Further to this he develops explanatory and thought leadership pieces around Market Structure.

He has sat on the FCA’s Secondary Markets Advisory Committee, the CFTC’s Global Market Structure sub-committee, the FMSB’s board and also currently co-chairs the Fix Trading Community for the EMEA region and has recently won the Market Recognition award for an individual at the European Markets Choice Awards.

A regulatory and electronic trading specialist, particularly when looking market micro structure evolution across all asset classes, and the evolution of the trading ecosystem.

Lisa Danino-Lewis

Chief Growth Officer
(CLS)

Lisa joined CLS in 2018 and is Chief Growth Officer, overseeing a team in Hong Kong, London, New York and Tokyo.
Based in London, she is responsible for growing CLS’s client base globally, as well as the adoption of CLS’s broader portfolio of products focusing on three business lines – settlement, processing, and data.
Prior to joining CLS, Lisa led the EMEA sales for Broadway Technology – an FX and financial institutions FinTech provider. She has over 25 years of experience in financial services and has built and led successful sales teams across several leading financial organizations including HSBC, BNPParibas and Bank of America. In addition to her sales roles, Lisa has experience in a number of other areas including FX operations, FX trading (FX options), FX options structuring and custody, and the FinTech space (Broadway Technology and FXall).

Major General Philippe de Montenon

Chief of Current Operations
(French Strategic Joint Operation Center)

Kreshnik Deliu

Chief Revenue Officer
(ION Markets FX)

Kreshnik Deliu, Chief Revenue Officer for ION Markets’ FX business, has spent the last 10 years looking after clients across different businesses within ION, most recently in Cleared Derivatives, Equities, and FX. His main focus is to drive the transformation of the FX business in partnership with clients, bringing over his previous experience of successful tech transformation across other asset classes.

Ivan Dexeus

Head of Business Development EMEA
(AXYON AI)

Ivan is a dynamic financial services executive with over 20 years of international experience across global markets & fintech and a proven track record of driving growth and innovation. Currently serving as Head of Business Development EMEA at Axyon AI, Ivan helps asset managers, banks and official institutions harness the power of artificial intelligence to unlock alpha and streamline operations.

Prior to joining Axyon AI, Ivan was Managing Director and Head of FX and Commodities at TD Securities in Dublin, where he launched and scaled the firm’s EU Sales & Trading hub. He also held senior roles at Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs, where he built and led client franchises across Europe and the Middle East, driving consistent growth through strategic client acquisition, novel solutions, digital innovation and market expertise.

Ivan holds a Master’s in Management from ESCP Business School, a Professional Diploma in Strategic Management in Financial Services from University College Dublin and additional certifications in investment management, entrepreneurship and digital banking. Multilingual and culturally agile, he is known for his visionary leadership, commercial acumen and ability to lead high-performing teams through transformation and growth.

Martina Doherty

Business Psychologist and Leadership Coach
(ACI UK)

Martina is a business psychologist and accredited leadership coach who works with leaders and organisations to create better workplaces. She has extensive experience in delivering coaching, training and consulting programmes in Financial Markets to create high-performing teams and organisations. Prior to this Martina had a 20+ year career in PR and communications working in organisations such as Dresdner, FXall, State Street and Digital Vega.
Martina joined the executive board member of the ACI UK in early 2024 with the goal of driving positive change in the workplace across the FX industry. She is also a member of the ACI FMA Woman in Global Markets Committee.
Martina writes a regular ‘Human FX’ column for The Full FX covering topics such as leadership, workplace wellbeing and intergenerational diversity.

Andrew Douglas

Chair of the UK Accelerated Settlement Taskforce

Andrew has spent 35 years in the City working in the post trade space.

He started at Citibank in the Worldwide Securities Services group where he ultimately managed the European Customer Service team for the Clearing & Custody businesses before moving to Deutsche’s Investment Bank to run middle office for Money Markets and Fixed income. Leaving to join Swift scrl, he led the Securities Strategy team and started the Government Relations function through his involvement in a number of pan-european initiatives including Giovannini. Subsequently, he spent 13 years at DTCC where he was both CEO of DTCC’s largest Derivatives Trade Repository, DDRL and the head of DTCC’s Regulatory Affairs for UK, EU and APAC. From 2021-2023, he was also Chair of the Data Standards Committee for the Bank of England’s ‘Transforming Data Collection’ initiative.

Andrew left DTCC in early 2023 to start his own advisory business, BlackWater Consultancy Ltd.

Today, Andrew is the Chair of the UK Accelerated Settlement taskforce leading the planning and implementation of the UK migration to T+1 in 2027.

He is also Chair of the Strategic Advisory Group for TaxTec Ltd, a fintech specialising in tax recovery in the post trade space as well as a Senior Advisor to Financial Services clients of Apco Worldwide in Brussels and London.

He has a BSc in Materials Technology from Surrey University and an MBA from Manchester Business School.

John Estrada

Global Head of FX Trading
(Societe Generale)

John Estrada joined Societe Generale in 2024 as Global Head of FX Trading. Previously he worked at Credit Suisse, BNP, Sun Trading and Lehman Brothers in a variety of roles. John earned a PhD in Atomic Physics from MIT and worked at CERN before starting his career in finance.

Guillaume Fonkenell

Founder and Managing Partner
(Pharo Management)

Guillaume Fonkenell is the founder and Managing Partner of Pharo Management, a macro hedge fund with a strong focus on emerging markets. Pharo Management was established in 2000 and has offices in Hong Kong, London and New York. Prior to founding Pharo Management, Guillaume was a Managing Director at Merrill Lynch, New York, and prior to that a Vice-President at Bankers Trust, New York. He is also the founder and Chair of the Board of Trustees of Pharo Foundation, a dynamic self-funded non-profit organisation committed to fostering economic development in Africa. Guillaume holds Masters’ Degrees in both Civil Engineering and International Business from Ecole Nationale des Ponts-et-Chaussées and is an alumnus of Ecole Polytechnique in Paris.

Laurent Giovanetti

Treasurer
(Crédit Agricole CIB, Paris)

Laurent Giovanetti
Treasurer , Crédit Agricole CIB, Paris
Laurent Giovanetti has spent his entire professional career within the Crédit Agricole Group. With over 30 years of experience in fixed income markets across France and Asia (Paris, Hong Kong, Singapore), he has developed strong expertise in bonds, interest rate derivatives, FX swaps, credit instruments and commercial paper.
After more than a decade as a fixed income trader and Head of the Commercial Paper desk, focused on third-party issuer activity, he transitioned in 2014 to the Group Treasury function.
He currently serves as Treasurer on the Paris desk, managing funding and issuance for Crédit Agricole S.A. and Crédit Agricole CIB.

Olivia Godon

Vice President Post Trade Services
(Delta Capita)

Olivia has carved out a powerful niche at the intersection of operations, business development, people engagement, and innovation in her role within the Capital Markets Business at Delta Capita. She brings a rare blend of deep institutional knowledge and a fresh, forward-thinking approach to her work, delivering advanced strategic solutions and driving commercial transformation within the Post Trade arena. Her extensive network and insightful perspectives enable her to bring expert voices to the table and shape meaningful conversations. As co-host of a female-led podcast platform, Olivia provides valuable insights on the forces reshaping the post-digital economy and the evolution of technology in capital markets.

Rebecca Healey

(Redlap Consulting/Mindful Markets.AI)

Rebecca Healey is widely recognized as a leading voice on market structure, regulatory reform, and the transformative role of technology in modern finance.

Since 2011, she has authored extensive research and thought leadership, examining the evolving impact of regulation across diverse asset classes, the rise of fintech-driven innovation, and the growing emphasis on ESG and sustainability in investment strategies. As one of the early pioneers to explore Artificial Intelligence in trading, Rebecca set up MindfulMarkets.AI to help educate participants on how machine learning and advanced analytics optimize execution, manage risk, and enhance market liquidity.

Rebecca volunteers as Co-Chair of FIX EMEA, is a member of ESMA’s Secondary Markets Standing Committee, and contributes to the FCA’s Secondary Markets Advisory Committee. Her commitment to AI is reflected in her additional role as Co-Chair of the FIX AI Working Group. She is also Convenor for the ISO/TC 68 Sustainable Finance Advisory Group, serves on the ISO Technical Management Board committees of Climate Change Coordination Committee (CCCC) and ISO Positioning and Consultation Responses (CCCC-TG 4) currently focused on the development of Digital Carbon Trading.
Earlier in her career, Rebecca was the first trader at Credit Suisse authorized to trade electronically across all European cash equity markets. She also founded Positive Risk, an early initiative aimed at improving financial literacy for women. Between 2008 and 2010, she worked with the British Embassy in Bahrain, successfully advancing the UK Government’s financial services strategy in the region.

A graduate of the University of London with a BA (Hons) in Spanish & Latin American History & Politics, Rebecca continues to shape the conversation on the evolution of trading and investing. Her global perspective and passion for technological innovation position her at the forefront of efforts to modernize capital markets, foster sustainable growth, and inspire the next generation of market participants.

Franck Hebeisen

Managing Director
(ACI France AFTB)

Franck HEBEISEN is Managing Director of ACI France AFTB and Treasurer of ACI FMA the leading international association of market professional in foreign exchange and money markets.
He is a founding member of the STEP market Committee (2006) and qualified member of the « CNO - Comité de Normalisation Obligataire » and member of the European Monney Market Experts Committee.
Until July 2012 he was running the Short Term Paper Trading and Origination team of Société Générale in Paris. In this position, he built over more than 15 years a significant experience on Short Term Papers markets organisation and distribution and ran various working groups and initiatives relating to harmonisation and money market development at French and European level.

John Ho

Head of Legal, Financial Markets
(Standard Chartered)

John Ho is the Global Head of Legal, Financial Markets for Standard Chartered Bank (“SCB”), overseeing and providing legal advisory, transactional and documentation support for Financial Markets (FM) business globally for Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), its branches and affiliates.

Mr Ho has been on the Financial Stability Board’s (FSB’s) Taskforce on the Legal, Regulatory and Supervisory Framework. He is currently on the GFMA Digital Steerco, AFME Scaling Working Group, GFMA Artificial Intelligence (AI) Steering Group, and the FIA Asia Pacific Advisory Board. Mr. Ho is also the co-chair of (1) the ISDA South East Asia Legal and Regulatory Committee and (2) the ISDA Asia Pacific ESG Working group. Mr. Ho is a member of the panel of experts of P.R.I.M.E. Finance, the financial markets dispute resolution service based in The Hague.

Mr. Ho plays an active role in implementing changes within SCB to conform to applicable OTC regulatory reforms impacting FM business. He has been involved in fostering closer working relationship and rapport with industry groups and regulators on key global and regional regulatory reform changes, including Interbank Offered Rate (IBOR) reforms, MIFID II/MIFIR, Dodd Frank, EMIR, CRDIV, FATCA, CCPs and Margin Reforms for Uncleared Derivatives.

In addition, Mr. Ho has supported digitisation in SCB and adoption of new or innovative technology initiatives such as blockchain, distributed ledger technology and smart contracts. He is an active participant in the industry’s Fintech events and has shared insights on the legal and regulatory framework relating to the development of Artificial Intelligence, Fintech, Digital Assets, Stablecoins, Web3 and Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). He has acted as a mentor for the UK FCA Sustainability TechSprint, FCA Digital Sandbox, R3 and LongHash, both global incubator networks which provide a full range of support for start-ups working on blockchain or distributed ledger related projects. He co-authored a publication issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF) called The Digital Currency Governance Consortium Whitepaper in 2021 and is on the WEF CBDC Principles working group.

Prior to joining SCB, Mr. Ho was the Managing Director Principal in the legal department of Bear Stearns (Japan), Ltd (“Bear Stearns”) where he supported the Asia franchise (including Tokyo, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Korea, India and South-east Asia) covering various structured products and derivatives including equity derivatives, credit derivatives, fixed income and commodities.

Prior to joining Bear Stearns, Mr. Ho worked as Asia equity counsel for Lehman Brothers in Tokyo with experience dealing in convertibles, options, warrants, delta one products and other types of equity derivatives transactions, equity finance and equity capital markets.

He is qualified as an advocate and solicitor in Singapore and he received his law degree from the National University of Singapore.

Philippe Jeanne

Head of Financial Management
(Group BPCE)

Philippe Jeanne is Head of Financial Management for Group BPCE, member of the executive committee.
He is in charge of ALM, Global Treasury, Group Funding and Financial Communication, Portfolio Management and Financial Engineering.

Prior to that he was Head of Financial Management for Natixis, and a member of Natixis Executive Committee.

Before that, he worked for CA-CIB, first as Head of exotic derivatives trading in Paris, and then he was sent to New York to head the USD derivative trading activity of the bank, and ultimately was based in London as Global Head of Emerging Markets trading.

He started his career as interest rate options trader for Barclays bank and has been in charge of the Paris dealing room of CGER Bank.

P Jeanne is a graduate of ESTP Engineering School and has a Master of Finance from ESSEC Business School.
He has published several articles about risk management techniques and exotic options pricing and hedging.

P Jeanne is a member of the Committee for Professionalism of the ACI-Financial Markets Association.

Bart Joris

Head of FX Sell-Side Trading Proposition Management
(LSEG)

Bart Joris, Head of FX Sell-Side Trading
Bart heads up LSEG’s FX Sell-Side Trading Proposition Management, globally responsible for LSEG’s FX Trading solutions except regulated venues, which includes Pre-Trade (data, news, Curve building, financial Calculators, ... ); Trade (Dealing, Advanced Trade Execution, Electronic Trading, ...) and Post-trade (Trade Notification, Deal Tracker, Compliance Archiving , ...), as they pertain to the sell-side trading business. Bart joined LSEG in December 2014 as Proposition Manager for Electronic Trading. In this role, he led the conceptual reshaping of the Electronic Trading offering from a distribution engine towards a full end-to-end automated dealing room for FX and MM.
Before joining LSEG, Bart worked for ING Bank, globally coordinated the e-business, leading the Electronic Trading offering from concept to global implementation and operations (across asset classes, pricing, hedging, aggregations, transaction cost analysis, and algorithmic trading). Prior to that, Bart also worked in Treasury Front Offices in ING Bank, where he had roles in FX sales, FX and interest rate derivatives sales, and FX options trading, covering almost the entire suite of asset classes.

Gilles Joseph-Henri

Co-Founder and CEO
(Symera FX)

Gilles is the co-founder and CEO of Symera FX, an innovative FX risk management platform that provides smart solutions to asset managers and their ecosystem.
Symera FX streamlines the daily FX management of funds, enabling asset managers to achieve cost savings, time efficiency, and customized control over their currency activities.
With over 20 years of experience as an FX trader in investment banking and custodians, Gilles has worked closely with institutional clients, asset managers, and local banks.

Andrew Kariuki Muiruri

General Manager and Head of Foreign Exchange
(Equity Bank Kenya)

Profile – Andrew Kariuki Muiruri
I have over 15 years of experience in foreign exchange and fixed income trading, I specialize in delivering strategic FX solutions, market insights, and regulatory leadership within Kenya's dynamic financial sector. Currently, I serve as General Manager and Head of Foreign Exchange at Equity Bank Kenya, leading high-impact treasury operations that support corporate and retail clients across East Africa.
Throughout my career, spanning roles at Diamond Trust Bank, British American Asset Managers (BAAM), and now Equity Bank Kenya Ltd, I’ve developed deep expertise in currency markets, structured deals, hedging strategies, and market fundamentals. I’m equally committed to advancing market standards and governance, reflected in my leadership roles:
•​President, ACI Financial Markets Association of Kenya
•​Council Member, Global ACI-FMA (Paris)
•​Chairperson, Kenya FX Code Working Group (CBK)
•​Chair, Technical Working Group on Online Forex Trading (CMA)
•​Appointee, Market Advisory Committee, East African Bond Exchange (EABX)
I hold a Masters degree in Finance & Investments from the University of Nairobi and a BCom (Finance) degree from Kenyatta University, along with ACI Dealing certification, Global FX Code certificate and CISI. I’m passionate about fostering resilient, transparent, and forward-looking financial markets in Kenya and beyond.

Mark Kepeneghian

Founder and CEO
(Kriptown)

Mark Kepeneghian is the founder and CEO of Kriptown, a European neo-exchange dedicated to SMEs, offering a unified market infrastructure with instant settlement. He serves as Vice President and Board Member of ADAN, where he also chairs the Tokenization Committee, promoting Web3 and tokenization adoption in France and Europe. Mark is also a Board Member of France FinTech, contributing his expertise on regulation, Web3, and capital markets. As an investor, he supports startups in media, MedTech, and fintech sectors.

Hamzah Khalid

Quantitative Researcher, Digital Markets
(Commerzbank)

Hamzah is a quantitative researcher for the digital markets team at Commerzbank London. Following his graduation from University of Southampton in Aeronautics and Astronautics he has worked in algorithmic trading with a focus on various topics surrounding hedging, PnL calculation and price optimisation.
Hamzah became a member of the ACI UK junior professional committee in March 2025. The Committee aims to encourage and support young people entering the FX industry and in their early careers

Omar Khattab

Chairman
(Arab African Investment Holding Co.)

Mr. Omar Khattab is the President of ACI-Egypt and a member of the Investment Committee at ACI FMA.
Mr. Khattab has 30 + years of professional experience in banking, investment, and financial management. His extensive background has played a pivotal role in driving organizational success in the institutions he served in.
Since 2021till date, Mr. Khattab has served as Chairman for both the Arab African Investment Holding Co. (AAIH) the investment arm of Arab African International Bank and its subsidiary Arab African International for Securities (AAIS).
Mr. Khattab dedicated almost 25 years to the Arab African International Bank (AAIB), where he served as Senior General Manager acting as Group Treasurer for the Treasury, Investment and Financial Institutions Divisions in Egypt and UAE.
Before joining AAIB, Mr. Khattab held several positions at the Arab International Bank (AIB) – Egypt and Bahrain over a span of 15 years.
Due to his extensive wide experience coupled with strong exposure in international financial markets, Mr Khattab serves as a board member in several reputable organizations as follows:
• Mr. Khattab is a Board Member at the National Bank of Egypt (largest bank in Egypt with a balance sheet around US$ 170 Bio) , where he also chairs the Audit Committee.
• Board Member of the National Postal Authority (Egypt Post), where he heads the Investment Committee. He is also a Board Member of Wavz for Digital Transformation, the digital technological arm of Egypt Post.
• Board member at the Egyptian Ferroalloys Company – Aswan which is specialized in the production and exporting ferrosilicon.
• On the social and community responsibilities, Mr. Khattab is one of the founders, a board member, acting as the Treasurer of We Owe It to Egypt Foundation (NGO) a non-profitable organisation that supports healthcare and education in Egypt often working with hospitals and medical institutions to fund treatment for underprivileged patients (since 2004).
Mr. Khattab holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce major accounting from Cairo University (1982) and a master’s degree in business administration (Banking and Finance) from The Arab Academy for Science and Technology (2006).

Pierre Khemdoudi

Co-Founder and CEO
(Gentek AI)

Pierre Khemdoudi is the co-founder and CEO of Gentek.ai, an innovative agentic workflow automation platform.
With over 20 years of experience in capital markets and technology across North America, Europe, and Asia, Pierre has a deep expertise in building industry-leading solutions. Previously, he led the creation of the global regulatory reporting suite at S&P Global, including the industry-standard SFTR product, and oversaw key acquisitions like Catena and Cappitech. Before S&P, Pierre drove product innovation in equity and regulatory businesses at IHS Markit, delivering tailored solutions to the investment management community. His journey began in aerospace engineering in North America, followed by senior roles at BNP Paribas across major financial hubs.
Pierre's career is marked by a passion for building impactful products and transforming industries through technology.

Niamh Kingsley

Head of Product Innovation and AI
(Delta Capita)

Niamh Kingsley is a technology leader, and AI & innovation specialist at Delta Capita, where she leads strategy and product development at the intersection of emerging technology and financial services. With a background in computational neuroscience and market policy, she brings a unique interdisciplinary lens to designing AI-driven solutions that enhance operational efficiency, decision-making, and regulatory alignment across banking and capital markets. A recognised thought leader in the industry, Niamh regularly delivers talks at a diverse array of events, including both Houses of Parliament, where she has addressed critical topics such as policy, innovation, and the future of technology. Her insights are regularly featured in leading industry publications, and she co-hosts a podcast focused on the evolution of technology in capital markets.

Mwaka Kopakopa

Country Treasurer Zambia
(United Bank for Africa)

Mwaka Kopakopa is an accomplished treasury professional with a passion for promoting sustainability, diversity, and inclusion in the financial sector. Through her leadership roles, advocacy efforts, and expertise in sustainability, she has made a significant impact on the financial markets industry in Zambia. Her distinguished career spans over 14 years in treasury and investment management. As the Country Treasurer for United Bank for Africa (UBA) Zambia, Mwaka leverages her expertise to drive business growth, optimize liquidity, and manage financial risks.
Mwaka's leadership roles demonstrate her commitment to promoting excellence in financial markets. As the President of ACI Zambia - FMA, she has played a pivotal role in promoting professionalism and best practices in the industry. Her tenure has been marked by a focus on capacity building, knowledge sharing, and networking among financial market professionals.
As the Chairperson of the Women in Global Markets Committee (WiGMC) in Africa, Mwaka has been instrumental in promoting diversity and inclusion in the financial sector. She successfully launched the WiGMC in Zambia, creating a platform for women to network, share knowledge, and access mentorship opportunities. She is a passionate advocate for women's empowerment and inclusion in the financial sector and through her work with WiGMC, she seeks to promote diversity and inclusion initiatives, creating opportunities for women to develop their skills and advance their careers in finance.
As a seasoned treasury professional, Mwaka has contributed to the growth and development of the financial sector in Zambia. She has worked closely with industry stakeholders to promote best practices and standards in financial markets, ensuring that the sector remains competitive and innovative.
Mwaka is committed to giving back to her community and mentoring the next generation of financial professionals. Through her work with WiGMC and ACI Zambia, she has provided guidance and support to numerous young professionals, helping them to develop their skills and advance their careers.
Mwaka’ s outstanding contributions to the financial sector have earned her recognition as a finalist in the Angaza Forum African Women to Watch in Banking, Finance & Investment 2024 cohort. This prestigious recognition acknowledges her leadership, expertise, and commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion and is testament to her outstanding contributions to the industry.
Mwaka holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and an MBA in Finance, providing a solid foundation for her career in finance. With over 10 years of banking experience and 14 years of treasury and investment management expertise, Mwaka has developed a deep understanding of financial markets, risk management, and investment strategies.
Mwaka is a Certified ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Analyst by the European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies (EFFAS). This certification demonstrates her expertise in analyzing and integrating ESG factors into investment decisions, ensuring that financial markets prioritize sustainability and responsible investing. Her knowledge of sustainable finance has positioned her as a thought leader in the industry.

Kirstine Kundby-Nielsen

Fixed Income and FX Strategy, Research Department
(Danske Bank)

Kirstine Kundby-Nielsen works with Fixed Income and FX strategy in the Research department at Danske Bank in Copenhagen. She is experienced in helping large corporate and institutional clients navigating financial markets while acting as a sparring partner for internal Sales and Trading. Her responsibilities include broad coverage of FX markets and delivering on European rates strategy including the ECB call. She holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Copenhagen.

Paul Lambert

Chief Executive Officer
(New Change FX)

Paul Lambert
Chief Executive Officer, NCFX
Paul Lambert is the Chief Executive Officer of NCFX, bringing a wealth of experience and a unique perspective to the role. Paul began his distinguished career at the Bank of England before transitioning to the private sector as a foreign exchange strategist for UBS and Citibank, where he ultimately served as European Head of FX Strategy.
On the buy-side, Paul joined DeAM and rose to the position of Global Head of Currency. He continued to hold prominent leadership roles at UBS Asset Management and Insight Investment. Demonstrating his entrepreneurial spirit, Paul founded and successfully led a global macro hedge fund for Polar Capital.
With his extensive background in both the public and private sectors, Paul is ideally suited to lead NCFX, a company dedicated to promoting fairness and efficiency in the foreign exchange market.

Fabrice Le Chatelier

Head of the AI Office
(BNP Paribas)

Fabrice Le Chatelier is the Head of the Data Science Office at BNP Paribas, federating a community of more than 700 AI professionals located in the Analytics teams covering the various businesses of the Bank.
Fabrice joined Banque Paribas in 1997 in London as a developer on Trading Systems. He moved to the RISK department in 2001 as a market risk analyst for Fixed Income before holding various management positions in Capital Markets, ALM Treasury and Wealth Management market activities.
Fabrice graduated from Dauphine University in Finance with a specialisation in IT systems. He is also a certified Securities & Financial Derivatives representative and followed the École Polytechnique Data Science Starter Program in 2017

Agnes Le Thiec

Deputy Head of Unit, Securities Markets
(DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, EC)

Agnes Le Thiec is Deputy Head of Unit in the Securities Markets unit of DG FISMA since September 2024, after working as Deputy in the unit in charge of the Capital Markets Union initiative. Before joining DG FISMA in 2015, Agnes Le Thiec notably worked as economist in DG ECFIN and corporate banker in the United States. She studied business and finance.

Charles-Albert Lehalle

Professor
(Ecole Polytechnique in Paris)

Charles-Albert Lehalle, Professor at Ecole Polytechnique, IP Paris and Fellow of Institute Louis Bachelier, Paris.

Charles-Albert Lehalle is currently Professor at Ecole Polytechnique in Paris teaching and researching on liquidity, price formation, and the use of AI on financial markets. Previously, he has been Global Head, Quantitative Research & Development, at ADIA during three years. He started his career being in charge of embedded AI solutions at the Renault research center and moved to the financial industry with the emergence of automated trading in 2005. He was Global Head of Quantitative Research at Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux, and Head of Quantitative Research on Market Microstructure at Crédit Agricole Corporate Investment Bank, before joining to Capital Fund Management (CFM) for 7 years.

On the academic side, Pr. Lehalle received the 2016 Best Paper Award in Finance from Europlace Institute for Finance (EIF) and has published more than eighty academic papers and book chapters. He co-authored the books "Market Microstructure in Practice" (World Scientific Publisher, 2nd edition 2018), analyzing the main features of modern markets; and "Financial Markets in Practice" (World Scientific Publisher 2022), explaining how the connected network of intermediaries that makes the financial system is shaping prices formation; he co-edited with Pr Agostino Capponi the book "Machine Learning and Data Sciences for Financial Markets A Guide to Contemporary Practices" (Cambridge University Press, 2023).

Pr. Lehalle is also a member of the Scientific Directory of the Louis Bachelier Institute, Lecturer at UC Berkeley and Paris 6 Sorbonne Université and Ecole Polytechnique “Probability and Finance” Master.

Jasper Livingsmith

Jasper Livingsmith is a seasoned markets practitioner and advocate. He was formerly Head of G7 Portfolio Management at the EBRD where he managed and oversaw all the hard currency rates, xccy, FX, cash & liquidity risks for the $100bn balance sheet, running macro overlays across rates & xccy. He also believes in the importance of advocating for better market outcomes spending time with of time with cross industry groups notably including ACI, ICMA, ISDA, AFME, OMFIF, Q15, Risk.net, the CB RFR working groups during IBOR transition & etc...

Stephane Malrait

ACI FMA Chairman

Stéphane Malrait is ACI FMA Chairman since June 2021 and ACI FMA Working Groups and Committees Representative at the Management Board since November 2020. Stéphane has been effectively engaged with ACI FMA for more than 15 years, contributing to different projects. Since the creation of the ACI FMA FXC in 2010, Stephane has chaired this Committee, and he is a member of the ACI FMA Crypto Working Group. Stéphane has also been a member of the ECB FX Contact Group working on the FX Global Code and has co-chaired the GFXC Algo and TCA sub-group looking at the 3-years review of the Code.
In addition, Stéphane Malrait has a strong background in financial markets. After fulfilling different leading positions such as FX e-Commerce Business Manager and MD Global Head of FIC e-Commerce in major banks, Stéphane is currently Managing Director and Global Head of market structure and innovation for Financial Markets at ING Bank NV.
Stéphane works with advocacy groups, policymakers, and regulators to follow the market structure and industry challenges impacting the financial market industry. He is also leading innovation activities in the capital market space within ING and develops external partnerships with Fintech companies. Stéphane actively contributes to industry working groups to represent ING Bank NV.

Simon Manwaring

Global Head of Trading & Sales
(Natwest Markets)

Simon joined the bank in 2013 working for the FX trading business and has held several leadership roles since.
Simon is the Head of Trading and Sales reporting to Jon Peberdy, NWM CEO.
Trading provides access to markets and competitive risk transfer services to NatWest’s customers. It is responsible for pricing, distributing and managing risk. Simon also manages our FX digital channels which provide international payments services across NatWest Group.
Working in close partnership with our Trading teams, Sales encompasses our Foreign Exchange, Rates and Credit sales teams globally, together with our Desk Strategy and Client Analytics teams. Sales aims to develop long lasting partnerships with our customers by providing excellent and efficient service, high quality market colour, trade ideas and Desk Strategy content.
Simon is Vice Chair of the Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC) and is a Board member of the Global Foreign Exchange Division (GFXD) and TFS-ICAP. He also sits on the London Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee (FXJSC) chaired by the Bank of England. Previously, Simon was the former Chair of the Global FX division for the Association of Financial Markets Europe.
Simon previously ran our FX Option trading business and was responsible for overseeing an extensive conduct remediation programme across the whole FX business.
Simon began his career in 1994 as an FX Option trader at Chemical Bank which would become JPMorgan later that decade.
Simon holds a bachelor’s degree in Money, Banking & Finance from Birmingham University, and master’s degree in International Banking & Financial Services from Reading University.
Simon brings more than 25 years of industry experience to his role with in-depth knowledge of FX trading and risk management, derivatives trading and the building of FX and international payments businesses.
Prior to joining RBS, Simon held several leadership roles of increasing responsibility at several large banks including JPMorgan, Bank of America and HSBC where he ran the global FX Options business.
Email: Simon.Manwaring@natwestmarkets.com Tel: +44 (0)20 7085 5208
Mobile: +44 (0)7920 560 999

Laurie McAughtry

Head of Capital Markets
(Euromoney)

Laurie McAughtry is Head of Capital Markets at Euromoney, responsible for cross-asset content and strategy across both primary and secondary markets. She joined from global publishing firm Markets Media (Global Trading), where she oversaw the transformation and consolidation of the firm’s multiple equities titles into a single market-leading platform. Laurie holds a BA (hons) from Balliol College, Oxford and an MA in Publishing from Oxford Brookes University, as well as a Diploma in Economics & Finance from Columbia University, New York and an MA in Business Practice from Cambridge University.

Julien Meyfret

Founder and Managing Director
(Outpost Synergy Partners)

Julien Meyfret is the Founder and Managing Director of Outpost Synergy Partners, a strategy and commercial advisory firm supporting international fintechs in navigating and scaling within the French financial ecosystem. With over 16 years in London’s investment banking sector and a proven track record leading market development for global financial institutions, Julien combines deep industry knowledge with local insight. At ACI2025, he will moderate a high-level panel exploring the future of capital markets innovation—bridging the perspectives of institutional leaders, fintech disruptors, and infrastructure providers.

Paul Millward

Head of Product
(24X)

Paul Millward is Head of Product at 24X and is based in London. Paul’s experience is in FX and FX derivatives having been head of FX Product at Cboe/BATS and head of eFX at GFI Group (now part of BGC). At Cboe, Paul was responsible for the acquisition of Javelin SEF which he turned into the Cboe SEF market for FX NDFs. At GFI, Paul was responsible for all eFX products, FX development and eFX sales teams for the voice and electronic brokerage business. While at GFI he created the first fully electronic Multi-Dealer FX Options RFQ platform, Fenics Direct. Paul holds a BSc in Physics from The University of Bath.

Kevin Moore

Executive Director Membership and Business Development
(CISI)

Kevin Moore is the Executive Director for Membership & Business Development at the CISI and responsible for business development and strategy development globally. He works closely with major CISI clients, members and stakeholders including regulators, training partners and other professional organisations. Kevin enjoys delivering the Institute’s keynote Integrity at Work seminar, and is a regular speaker at international conferences on subjects including integrity, capacity building, the changing world of wealth management and continuing professional development.

A career banker, Kevin joined the Institute in 2007 after 21 years with the Lloyds Banking Group. This included a wide variety of senior management roles in branch banking, corporate and business banking, and private banking. His wealth management roles included heading up the Lloyds Ultra High Net Worth business which included a full banking offer, as well as being responsible for the private banking network in London and the South East of England. Kevin is a Chartered Fellow (Chartered FCSI) of the CISI, is a qualified banker and a graduate of the University of Liverpool.

Brian Nolan

Co-Founder and CEO
(Finteum)

Brian is the Co-founder and CEO of Finteum.
Prior to starting Finteum in 2018, Brian worked for eight years in different roles in the Treasury departments at UBS and Bank of Ireland. At UBS, Brian was responsible for implementing regulatory requirements relating to liquidity and participated in liquidity stress testing, policies, risk limits and interacting with regulators on liquidity topics. Brian holds a Bachelor of Commerce (BComm) from University College Dublin and an MBA from the University of Cambridge.

Laure Perret

FX Sales-Trader
(UBS)

Laure Perret joined UBS in 2020 and currently serves as an FX Sales-Trader in Zurich, covering Swiss financial Institutions such as banks, asset managers and insurers. In this role, she provides pricing and execution for a wide range of FX products, helping her clients reach their financial goals. Laure also leads Education projects for her division and supports DE&I initiatives within the bank.

In addition to her role at UBS, she is a member of the ACI Next Generation committee for ACI Suisse .
Laure holds a Bachelor in Economics and a Master in Finance from HEC Lausanne.

Philippe Redaelli

Managing Director Strategic Initiatives
(Kaiko)

Philippe Redaelli is Managing Director Strategic Initiatives at Kaiko, a leading digital assets data provider. Prior to joining Kaiko, Philippe was at the Euronext and Deutsche Boerse entities in charge of the European energy exchanges Powernext and EPEX, which he contributed to bring from inception to scale. In 2019 he contributed to launch a blockchain startup in capital markets. Philippe’s drivers are game-changing products and technologies in financial markets and he has been interested in digital assets since 2017.

Giovanni Sabatini

Independent Chair
(EU T+1 Industry Committee)

Giovanni Sabatini

Mr. Sabatini currently serves as Independent Chair of the EU T+1 Industry Committee, after serving as General Manager of the Italian Banking Association for 15 years. He is member of the IFRS Board of Trustees and independent director of several Italian companies. He has more than 40 years’ experience in international finance, including both public and private sector appointments. He previously served at Consob, the public authority responsible for regulating the Italian financial markets, and as Director General of the banking and financial system at the Italian Ministry of Finance. He was also CEO of the Italian CSD Montetitoli.

His extensive experience leading international organisations includes chairing the Executive Committee of the European Banking Federation, the International Organization of Securities Commissions’ (IOSCO) working group on secondary markets regulation and the European Association of Central Securities Depositories. Mr Sabatini has also co-chaired a joint working group by IOSCO and the Bank for International Settlements.

Mr. Sabatini is adjunct professor at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milano where he teaches “principles of banking”.


Mr. Sabatini is chartered accountant and graduated magna cum laude at LUISS University in Rome and has been awarded the title of Grande Ufficiale dell’Ordine a merito della Repubblica Italiana.

Jean-Louis Schirmann

Chief Executive Officer
(EMMI)

Jean-Louis Schirmann has served as CEO of the European Money Markets Institute (EMMI) since 2018. Under his leadership, EMMI successfully reformed Euribor’s governance and methodology, securing its authorization as a critical benchmark administrator under the EU Benchmark Regulation. He also led the development of Efterm, a fallback rate solution for Euribor, and has been an active contributor to the Euro Risk-Free Rates Working Group.

Jean-Louis chairs the STEP Market Committee and regularly participates in meetings of the European Money Markets Expert Committee (EMMEC).

Prior to joining EMMI, Jean-Louis spent two decades at the European Central Bank, primarily in Market Operations, where he headed the Money Market and Liquidity Division. He began his career as a Fixed Income Trader at Crédit Industriel d’Alsace et de Lorraine and later became Deputy Head of the Money Market Desk at the Frankfurt branch of Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations. He also served for one year at the International Monetary Fund.

He holds a postgraduate degree in Actuarial Sciences and degrees in Business Administration and Risk Management.

John Showell

Head of Strategy and Business Development
(Mosaic Smart Data)

John Showell
Head of Strategy and Business Development Mosaic

John Showell is an accomplished technology leader with over two decades of experience driving innovation and operational excellence in the financial sector. As Chief Operations Officer, he brings a strategic vision shaped by a career at the intersection of finance and technology.

Prior to his current role, John held several senior leadership positions at major financial institutions. He served as Head of FICC Client Services at ION Trading, where he spearheaded client-facing technology initiatives across fixed income, currencies, and commodities. Before that, he was Head of Fixed Income Trade Processing and later Head of North American Rates Technology at Citi, where he led large-scale transformation projects and built resilient systems supporting complex trade flows.

John’s deep expertise in capital markets technology, combined with a proven track record of operational leadership, makes him a key driver of growth, efficiency, and client satisfaction in high-performance financial environments.

Torsti Silvonen

Deputy Director General DG – Market Operations
(European Central Bank)

Torsti “Toto” Silvonen is the Deputy Director General of the Market Operations area at the European Central Bank. His responsibilities include the ECB’s activities in the areas of FX markets, foreign reserve management as well as IT-systems and financial services, including also climate change related work covering all market operations activities. He has been leading the ECB’s climate change work both for investment and monetary policy related portfolios since the ECB’s Strategy Review.
He has been at the ECB from its outset and spent also two years acting as an Advisor to the Central Bank of Bahrain. He started his central banking career at the Central Bank of Finland in 1990.

Sylvie Soundaravelou

Head of Financial Markets and Trading
(Total Energies)

As Head of Financial Markets and Trading at Total Energies in Paris since June 2024, Sylvie Soundaravelou leads a team of FX & IR Traders and Asset Managers. Her responsibilities encompass the strategic management of the group's centralized cash position, FX and IR exposures, short-term debt, financial structuring of key projects, and the optimization of pension fund strategies. She joined TotalEnergies' Treasury department in 2020.

Sylvie’s 15-year career covers diverse corporate Front Office functions within FX, IR, Energy, and Metals markets. She has worked in several major French companies across different sectors, including Imerys, ArcelorMittal, and Decathlon. Her progression at TotalEnergies includes her previous role as Senior Interest Rates Trader.

Member of the European Central Bank's Foreign Exchange Contact Group (FXCG), Sylvie holds a master’s degree in economics and financial engineering from Paris Dauphine University.

Nithya Sridharan

Product Director for Digital Assets
(TP ICAP)

Nithya Sridharan is the Product Director for Digital Assets at TP ICAP, a leading inter-dealer broker. She leverages over 15 years of experience in traditional financial markets and technology, to bridge financial practices with the rapidly evolving digital asset markets. Previously, Nithya worked at Credit Suisse for a nearly a decade, where she was part of a Executive Board sponsored Leadership Acceleration Program.
Nithya is a passionate advocate for financial education and engagement. She has chaired and participated in several prominent digital asset events and contributes to various regulatory consultations on digital assets and tokenisation. Currently, she serves as the Chair of the ACI UK's Digital Asset Sub-Committee, where she continues to drive engagement and innovation in the digital assets space.
She holds an MSc in Financial Engineering from Imperial College London and is a GARP certified Financial Risk Manager.

John Stead

Director of Sales Enablement and Marketing
(SmartTrade)

John Stead Director of Sales Enablement & Marketing at smartTrade Technologies
John Stead leads the Sales Enablement and Marketing team at smartTrade Technologies, bringing a wealth of experience from over 15 years in the electronic foreign exchange (eFX) industry. His career has been marked by a deep engagement with a diverse set of clients, including major sell-side firms and hedge funds.
Recently, John has delved deeper into the realm of advanced technologies, particularly being captivated by the potential of Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models (LLMs). His keen interest in these areas is driven by a desire to revolutionize how businesses approach marketing and client relations. John's expertise in leveraging these innovative technologies sets a new standard in the industry, ensuring smartTrade Technologies remains at the cutting edge of market trends and client needs.
In his role, John emphasizes the importance of data-driven decision-making. He is adept at identifying valuable insights from complex data sets, and transforming them into strategic actions that add tangible value.

Alan Stewart

Managing Director
(Goldman Sachs)

Alan is a Managing Director and head of the EMEA Emerging Markets Trading business and head of EMEA G10 FX Trading in the Global Currencies and Emerging Markets division at Goldman Sachs in London. Alan joined Goldman Sachs in 2006. Prior to joining the firm, he worked at Moore Capital Management as well as at BNP Paribas and JP Morgan, where he specialized in local Emerging Market interest rate and foreign exchange trading, spending a number of years building local trading businesses in Warsaw and in Johannesburg.
Alan is a member of the European Central Bank’s FX Consulting Group, serves as the private sector representative of the ECB on the Global Foreign Exchange Committee and serves on the board of Forexclear on behalf of Goldman Sachs.
Alan is a graduate of l'Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Reims, France.

Huy Nguyen Trieu

Co-Founder and Programme Director
(CFTE)

Huy Nguyen Trieu is the Co-Founder of CFTE. He is also the CEO of The Disruptive Group, a business builder and advisory firm in innovation and finance, and a Venture Partner at Mundi Ventures, an early-stage VC fund in Fintech and Insurtech. He believes that in a world led by technology, we shouldn’t forget the importance of people, which is why he co-founded CFTE to help people improve their skills and find opportunities.
Prior to setting up CFTE, Huy was a Managing Director at Citi, and previously at the Royal Bank of Scotland and Société Générale. Before banking, he was the CEO of Ukibi, a VC-funded startup in the US. He is a frequent keynote speaker in Europe and Asia, likes to teach and share with students and entrepreneurs, and is regularly quoted in articles on innovation and finance.
He writes the blog Disruptive Finance, is an Entrepreneurship Expert at Oxford Said Entrepreneurship Centre and a Fintech Fellow at the Centre for Global Finance and Technology at Imperial College. He was also a member of ESMA’s Consultative Working Group for financial innovation and a founding member of the Asian SuperCharger, one of the largest Fintech accelerators in Asia.

Benoît Usciati

Head of the Short and Medium-Term Securities Division
(Banque de France)

Benoît has been working for Banque de France for more than 15 years.

He is currently Head of the short and medium-term securities division at Banque de France. This division is in charge of the oversight of the Negotiable European Commercial Paper (NEU CP) market.

Previously, he was successively senior market economist (with a strong focus on monetary policy implementation) and deputy-head of Assets valuation division at Banque de France. Between 2019 and 2022, he also worked for the French Treasury as Regional financial counsellor in the French Embassy in Moscou.

Benoît is graduated from the Ecole Normale Supérieure of Paris-Saclay (2004) and Sciences-Po Paris (2004).

Valeria Vahorovska

Founder and CEO
(Fondy)

Valeria Vahorovska is a serial entrepreneur in FinTech, recognized for scaling her first company from a single market to six across Eastern Europe and Central Asia—culminating in a successful exit in 2024.
Her current venture is reshaping the payments landscape with AI-driven technology, delivering real-time multi-currency transactions and intelligent financial insights to empower small and medium-sized businesses to sell globally.
With over 10 years of startup experience, Valeria’s journey reflects her resilience and deep passion for innovation and inclusivity in finance. She is a proud Ambassador and mentor at the European Women Payments Network (EWPN), a Winning Women Entrepreneur, and has been named one of the Top 50 FinTech Women in the UK.
A mother of three, Valeria actively champions diversity in tech and works to create more opportunities for women in small business and financial leadership.

Stephan von Massenbach

Chief Revenue Officer
(Digitec)

Stephan is the Managing Director (London) and Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at DIGITEC, a specialist provider of FX Swaps and NDF pricing and data solutions, recognised as the market leader with a global client base. With over 20 years of experience in financial services, financial markets and the financial technology sector, Stephan has held several prominent roles, including CEO of Modular Financial Technologies and Director of Modular FX, where he advised financial markets participants and financial services firms on technology and business requirements in electronic trading and risk management.
He has also served as Head of FX eCommerce at Lloyds Bank and Head of FX eCommerce Sales for Europe at J.P. Morgan, where he spent a decade and started his career in the industry.
Stephan's extensive expertise in FX, FX eCommerce and business development has been instrumental in driving DIGITEC's global growth strategy. Under his leadership, DIGITEC has expanded its market presence, particularly in London, where Stephan oversees the company's new office.
He holds a degree in Economics and Statistics from University College London (UCL) and attended executive education at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Virginie Wauquiez

Chief Executive Officer
(Carbon4 Finance)

Virginie Wauquiez is CEO of Carbon4 Finance, an innovative leader in climate and biodiversity data and methodologies. For more than 25 years, Virginie has developed a deep understanding of the financial sector through executive roles in capital markets, structured and asset finance, strategy and risk. From 2011 to 2020, she served as Risk Chief Operating Officer, with responsibilities for risk management, transformation, internal models, stress testing, sustainable finance, and relations with supervisors.
As CEO of Carbon4 Finance, she is a member of numerous working groups (ISR label, Institut de la Finance Durable, Net Zero Data Public Utility, etc), and maintains close relationships with professional associations, regulators, supervisors and government representatives to support the transition towards a low carbon economy. She is also deeply involved in the research and development of methodologies related to climate and biodiversity data and tools.

Hugh Whelan

Head of Liquidity Management & Data Strategy
(SGX)

Hugh Whelan is a experienced financial services executive with a strong track record in building Electronic FX Execution businesses.

In his current role as Head of Liquidity Management & Data Strategy, he is responsible for driving the strategic direction and growth of the liquidity provider client segment and data products within the SGX FX business.

Leveraging his extensive banking background, Hugh is known for his strong commitment to client success, revenue growth, and strategic alignment. He brings a wealth of experience from his tenure at SGX Group ,CME Group, ICAP PLC, Commerzbank, MUFG, Mizuho, Bayern LB and Tokai, making him a highly respected leader in the financial services industry. Hugh Whelan's career reflects his ability to drive business transformation and achieve demonstrable results.

Lawrence Wintermeyer

Chair
(Global Digital Finance)

Lawrence is the Chair of Global Digital Finance (GDF), a global not for-profit promoting fair and transparent markets for digital assets and has held several member association roles including CEO of Innovate Finance UK, board member of the UK personal investment management trade association PIMFA, and a member of the OECD Blockchain Expert Policy Advisory Board. He the CEO of Avrio, a US-based digital financial market infrastructure firm and has held roles chairing and managing alternative investment funds following a career in advisory services in Big4 firms. Lawrence has an MBA, is a regular Forbes and Fintech.TV contributor, and promotes ethical and sustainable finance policies for a transparent, secure, and quality digital future for everyone.