As Head of the Market Infrastructure Development Division at the European Central Bank, Mehdi has been involved in the T2S Programme from its inception. Formerly, he worked for Euroclear and Euronext giving him a practical perspective on key industry issues. Mehdi’s in-depth overview of T2S places him impeccably to provide a unique update on the program progression after wave 1 goes live this July, and prior to the larger wave 2 going live in 2016. Mr Manaa will share thoughts on how you can best navigate the settlement changes, overcome barriers to connection, and benchmark your operational readiness.

Angus brings the perspective of The Investment Association , the second-largest national “buy-side” trade association in the world (and the largest in the EU) by total assets under management of our members: over £5.5 trillion AuM.

He is responsible for the regulatorychanges impacting its Members primarily concerning financial stability,prudential regulation (including remuneration) and derivatives (includingCCPs).

His advocacy of their Members’ interestsconcerning proposed regulation has changed the outcome in several instances.

Angus will be exclusively sharing the impact Category 1 central clearing has had on IA members, and will pinpoint changes that need to be before the next phase.

Michel leads the Division responsible for the settlement and post-trade tasks related with the ECB´s non-standard outright monetary policy and investment portfolios, for the correspondent banking services provided to the EU Institutions, and for the coordination of the Euro Reserve Management Services provided to third country central banks. For all tasks, and irrespective of derogations given to central banks, Michel’s division watches the ongoing regulatory developments, e.g. in order to avoid unnecessary costs to counterparties by not being aligned with technical aspects of the regulations.
His division has implemented new processes, procedures and technology allowing to absorb smoothly the very strong increase in outright purchase business implied by the ECB’s QE Asset Purchase Programmes, reducing operational risk and increasing efficiency.
In the DG Market Operations of the ECB, reflecting the daily interaction with both regulators and market participants, Michel combines a very good view about the need and objectives of financial regulation from the perspective of monetary policy implementation and financial stability, with a very good understanding of the benefits and costs of financial regulation for the financial markets.

Rafael Plata is the Secretary General of the European Association of CCP Clearing Houses (EACH). He represents the common interests of 19 CCPs across Europe in front of public authorities and stakeholders. Recently he coordinated the EACH recommendations for further clarity on EMIR trade reporting requirements. As the representative for CCPs across Europe, he has an indispensable overview of the nature and workings of CCPs, as well as their challenges in the changing post-trade landscape. With CCP Recovery & Resolution currently being drafted, Rafael will be offering thought-provoking insight into the debate as to whether legislation can provide a safety net for a distressed CCP without aggravating the market.

Vincent is in charge of capital markets and risk issues within the EFAMA. He has the opportunity to be both the voice of the European asset management, a key function in the buy-side industry, and the facilitator to information sharing with the industry. Vincent’s previous experience includes creating the capital markets legal unit for BNP Paribas Investment Partners as well as various positions within Euroclear. He has now turned his attention to evaluating the impact MIFID II will have on EFAMA members, and deliberating how best they can prepare for obligations.

John is responsible for the Bank of England’s access to EMIR trade reports and coordinating the uses that the Bank makes of the data. He helps to shape the future of reporting through participation in the CPMI-IOSCO work on harmonising the reporting globally. John is successfully pioneering the increased use of data within the Bank and is currently focused on working with the industry to improve the quality. Having been working on the reporting and use of EMIR trade reports since 2013, John will be exclusively addressing the Clearing & Settlement World audience on advances in using reporting data, and on how the industry can work to improve the quality.

Dr Swinburne was elected as Conservative MEP for Wales in July 2009. Her academic qualifications include a degree in Biochemistry and Microbiology followed by a Ph.D. in medical research and an MBA. A successful career in investment banking has given her in-depth knowledge of the global financial markets, specialising in advisory work for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, including M& A, venture capital investments, mezzanine financing and IPOs.

This, combined with her experience advising businesses in Europe and the US, led to her appointment as Coordinator of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee. Other responsibilities include being a member of the European Economic Area delegation. Dr Swinburne also serves as a Welsh Conservative Party Board Member.

Dr Swinburne has followed closely all of the financial market reform legislation in the EU since being elected and is shadow Rapporteur on the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation (MiFID II) and the Regulation on Benchmarks reform, as well as EMIR concerning central clearing of derivatives and SFTR concerning the reporting of securities financing transactions.

Rainer Riess is Director General of FESE and an Independent Advisor to exchanges and financial services companies with more than 25 years of experience in the global exchange industry. He is a Member of the Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group (SMSG) which provides ESMA with opinions and advice on its policy work. He is also a Senior Independent Director in the Supervisory Board of the Moscow Exchange, heading the Strategy as well Remuneration and Nomination Committees. He served for many years as Vice Chairman of the Board of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and was responsible for the cash market business of Deutsche Börse AG. 

In his tenure at Deutsche Börse he created and managed markets, drove changes in the European corporate governance and accounting practice, financial market regulation and supervision of market player. Major initiatives include running the cash market in a competitive MiFiD environment and financial market crises, the creation of DTB Deutsche Terminbörse / Eurex, developing European primary markets (Neuer Markt, indices, corporate governance and regulation), launch of the Xetra electronic trading system and the CCP as well as the creation of the European ETF and structured products markets. 

He is a Member of the Board of Trustees of several academic and charitable organisations. He holds a Master in Economics from Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University in Frankfurt and received an MBA from the University of Miami as a Fulbright Scholar.

As Managing Director of BlackRock’s Global Government Relations and Public Policy team, Stephen focuses on Global and European public policy issues impacting end-clients. Prior to working for Blackrock, Mr Fisher has significant experience in market policy roles at as the Dutch Banking Association, European Banking Federation, Financial Services Authority and HM Treasury. Stephen and his team at are currently looking closely at CCP recovery and resolution – specifically what measures are required to prevent market aggravation, what course CCP resolution should take, and how risk management practices should be constructed.

Nicole Grootveld-Sandig has joined MN in 2016 as Chief Operations Officer in the asset management division. 

In this role she is responsible for Data management, Fund accounting, Performance Management and Operations. Prior to joining MN she was working as COO of Cardano and with ABN AMRO in diverse managerial roles. 

Nicole graduated at the University of Toronto in 1993 for her Bachelor of Commerce, Finance and Economics and has completed the CFA.

Darryl is responsible for regulatory implementation at SSGA which involves managing a number of projects relating to new regulation, affecting the asset management firm. With MIFID II demanding huge change, Darryl has turned his focus to preparing SSGA for smooth and streamlined implementation. He will be exclusively sharing his insight and tips on how to prepare and implement changes within operations departments for this new and complex reform.

Daniel is currently responsible for Allianz’s compliance culture, including strategic development of the Compliance function, and all aspects of regulatory compliance, which includes leading the Treating Customers Fairly/Sales Compliance Program, Solvency II implementation, and other aspects of prudential and securities regulation. Prior to joining Allianz, Mr. Sandmann was Director at Deutsche Bank in charge of the interaction with regulators globally, including coordination of regulatory audits and of the colleges of supervisors, where he coordinated various regulatory investigations. Daniel’s in-depth experience in high-level regulatory compliance roles best places him offer insights on the impact of financial regulation on financial institutions as a whole. He will be sharing his insight and analysis on the all-star panel considering the impact of regulation on institutions.

As Head of Global Regulatory Development at AXA Investment Managers, Stéphane Janin is responsible for the regulatory affairs covering both interaction of AXA IM with policy-makers and regulators, as well as adaptation of AXA IM to regulatory changes. He will be providing an impeccable insight to our all-star panel on the impact of regulatory cost on trading strategies. Having previously been Head of the International Affairs division at the AFG, a Member of the Board at the International Investment Funds Association, and a Seconded National Expert at the European Commission, Stéphane has long been in the crux of analysing the impact of regulation on financial institutions.

Thijs works as Managing Director Treasury & Trading at APG Asset Management. The APG Treasury & Trading team acts as an internal counterparty and offsets risks as efficient and effective as possible in the market in order to arrange liquidity and achieve best execution for its internal clients. This also allows for centralized counterparty risk- and collateral management. Other than leading the team, Thijs was also responsible for the implementation of a complete new front-to-back derivatives system for treasury and trading activities. He is currently leveraging his extensive experience in asset management for pension funds to tackle the post-trade reforms changing the landscape beyond recognition. Thijs will be revealing the trail-blazing APG approach to central clearing compliance exclusively at Clearing & Settlement World.

Massimiliano leads risk advisory and TQM for Generali Investment Europe where he is proactively broadening and deepening interactions of the risk management team with other departments. Him and his team have recently completed a comprehensive study on using internal measures to mitigate counterparty risk. This has focused on knowledge, behaviors and the psychology of process – the elements of which he will be exclusively sharing at Clearing & Settlement World 2016

Marco Di Palma is Head of Vendor Management EMEA at J.P. Morgan Asset Management. His team’s responsibilities include governance and oversight of the vendors used by the firm within Europe and developing key relationships with financial service vendors to drive through the firm’s strategic objectives. The team is also responsible for contract and commercial term negotiations and perform reviews on service providers.

Having commenced his career in Melbourne, Australia, in 1996, Marco started in the Financial Services Industry with Norwich Union (Aviva). In 1999 he moved to Goldman Sachs Asset Management to work in Investment Accounting and Institutional Relationship Management, where he stayed until 2001. Marco then decided to pursue his career to London, joining a medium sized Wealth Manager in London as COO/CFO. There he had a wide range of responsibilities covering: Finance, Operations, Compliance, Investor Relations, Third Party Relationship Management and Oversight. Marco joined JPMAM in 2010.

Harry is Aviva Investor's Head of Operations Securities Finance working across all global regions with mutli asset-classes. He leads a team that oversees all operational aspects of Aviva Investors covering their 60 billion GBP in lendable assets.Harry is currently focusing on ensuring highly efficient operational workflows relating to trade, settlements, corporate entitlements and fee collection. This has involved implementing a single system from the front end to back office as well as resolving CASS - client money reporting rules. He is heavily involved in securities lending and will be offering his tips on how to approach transformation and the repo market with caution, something he has done successfully to support Aviva’s operations.

David Brown is responsible for derivative operational change at Royal London Asset Management, focusing on infrastructure build for EMIR readiness.. He spearheads the design and management of the operational framework for derivatives including daily OTC reconciliations, in house regulatory reporting and a central clearing operating platform. He has held various operational management positions within Royal London Asset management prior to this, after a lengthy career with JP Morgan. David is representing the crucial buy-side perspective on the panel focusing on access to CCPs, and how industry can overcome a lack of clearing capacity.

Tim is responsible for overseeing all Derivative and Alternative Operational activities across Hermes and thier chosen outsource partners for this business. Tim is also responsible for overseeing the regulatory roadmap in relation to Derivatives within Hermes, ensuring they are compliant with all relevant regulatory requirements. His role also covers interaction with policy-makers, regulatory bodies and trade associations.
Tim has recently introduced a new framework to manage EMIR Risk Mitigation requirements that introduces a higher technology based solution.
Tim has led the Hermes review of the Clearing Obligations and how these may or may not impact on Hermes. He hopes to be able to deliver the views of a smaller asset management firm that isn’t affected by all the Clearing Obligations.

Ricky Maloney has worked at Eurex Clearing since September 2013, he is responsible for Buy Side Clearing Sales & Relationship Management, covering the U.K. and Netherlands. His buy side experience affords him an excellent understanding of the challenges that asset managers, pension funds and the like face due to EMIR and he is able to offer a pragmatic and considerate viewpoint in marrying his clients requirements with the market leading solutions that Eurex Clearing offers.

As a Senior Lawyer in the Legal Department of Insight Investment, Robert Chin manages the legal aspects of Insight’s clearing operations to comply with the new derivatives reforms EMIR and Dodd-Frank, and their equivalents in other jurisdictions where Insight’s clients are located. Robert is currently tackling the legal challenges involved in implementing a central clearing infrastructure across jurisdictions, positioning him to be well versed to share practical tips on how to overcome challenges in reconciling opposing regulatory regimes. He will be presenting his case at Clearing and Settlement World detailing how he has overcome such challenges, and the strategies he has used to do this successfully.

Alan Cameron is responsible for initiating and developing clearing and custody solutions for clients of BNP Paribas Securities Services. He has over 30 years’ experience of securities services in sales, product and relationship management. He holds a MA in Economic History from the University of Edinburgh and is a Chartered Banker. He is a member of AFME’s post-trade board.

Jan is responsible for investment- and risk-controlling, securities accounting, and investment administration, including collateral management at Swiss Life. He is currently in the process of setting up Swiss Life Asset Management to be clearing compliant, using a variation of model structures in different situations, and is working to streamline the operations. He will share these models to help you streamline your operations at Clearing and Settlement World 2015.

As Head Operations at the leading private bank Notenstein Privatbank, Marco Strimer is best placed to offer you insight on how to best implement new reforms under Swiss and other EU financial regulation. Previously, he was in the same position at Bank J. Safra Sarasin in Basle. Before this, Marco Strimer was CEO of SIX x-clear where he expanded the clearing services from SIX Swiss Exchange to also cover the London Stock Exchange and most of the MTF’s in Europe covering various products. His vast experience in regulatory implementation, especially in consolidating reforms under Swiss and other EU financial regulation, makes him a fantastic speaker to guide you on how to create operating models that comply to both rules.

Scott Riley began his career at Merrill Lynch implementing the changes required in order to comply with the UK’s ‘Big Bang’ Financial Services Act of 1986. Scott has been an instrumental part of various start ups. From niche broker dealers all the way through to building new central market infrastructures. Be it ADX in Australia or Chi-X in Europe. Scott has seen and managed the transition from floor trading through to screens. This included closure of a floor presence, bringing all the business ‘upstairs’, joining new electronic markets and being amongst the very first firms to offer and risk manage direct market access in the new electronic trading environment. The pre-curser to the commoditised DMA that is available today. Scott was a founding Director of Chi-X Europe where he was responsible for the Chi-X Post Trade market model and all Post Trade solutions. This included the relationship with Fortis, now ABN Amro, which become known commercially as EMCF, the European Multilateral Clearing Facility. Scott’s long history and experience in the post trade arena has seen him participate on various industry bodies including the European Commission MOG (Monitoring Group) for the implementation of an improved Clearing and Settlement framework. Be it working with the sell side, buy side or central market infrastructure, Scott brings a wealth of post trade experience that can be applied anywhere in the transaction value chain. A market practitioner that has experienced and implemented innovation and proven disruptive technologies always have a place in our industry.

Florian is responsible for the development and execution of blockchain strategies in various organizations in the area of banking, auditing, enterprise resource management, intellectual property management and cross organizational collaboration. He combines both technical and legal expertise to create cohesive and legally compliant use cases for blockchain technology across a wide range of industries.
He has recently introduced blockchain technology as an auditing tool in a major corporation. In another instance, he has helped in building a blockchain based micropayments platform.
Florian is heavily engaged in the global blockchain ecosystem, helping organizations understand how to make use of distributed ledger technology for their own and their whole industry’s benefit.

PJ Di Giammarino has recently served as the Head of Global IT Customer Services at Barclays Capital which supports 10,000 Barclays users across 46 countries placing 1 million support requests per year. Prior to this role, PJ served as the Global IT Chief Operating Officer to set demand and manage IT supply for an IT function the size of a FTSE 200 company. 

Previous to Barclays Capital, PJ spent four years in the management consultancy division of EDS where he built trusted, multi-year relationships with blue-chip CIOs by helping them define how IT could be leveraged to create more value and how to re-engineer their IT Organisations to perform better. PJ also has experience with Booz Allen & Hamilton in Milan, New York and Washington; McKinsey & Co.; and American Management Systems.

Jason Nabi is the Head of EMEA for Paxos. He has over 20 years of business leadership experience at financial and technology firms. Prior to joining Paxos, Jason launched a new business delivering post-trade services at Société Générale and helped the London market establish a focus on blockchain in capital markets post-trade. He has also held leadership roles at Bloomberg, IBM Global Services, BNP Paribas Securities Services and Markit. Jason has qualifications including Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI), Chartered Institute for Marketing (CIM) and he has held a number of FCA controlled functions.

Paul is responsible for the legal agreements surrounding trading in general and central clearing in particular and covering regulatory changes as well as interaction with regulatory bodies and trade associations. 

 He recently set up the legal structures necessary for central clearing back in 2011 and adjusted that to the constantly changing structures used by market participants. 

Paul is heavily engaged in the legal side of the current regulatory development on the topic at worldwide and EU level to make sure that investors’ interests are preserved for the future.

Karen Newton is a Managing Director of Credit Suisse in the Investment Banking division, based in London. She is Head of Global Collateral Management and Client Valuations Reporting for IB Operations and a member of the IB Operations Global Management Committee. Prior to this role, Ms. Newton was responsible for the External Market Initiative Strategy globally within the OTC Operations and also served as Head of OTC Operations in EMEA. Karen is currently preparing Credit Suisse for compliance with bilateral margining rules, and will be sharing key challenges and successes at Clearing & Settlement World for the buy side to follow for mandate Q1 2017.

Swen is responsible for EMEA Core Custody and Cash product management and the business lead for TARGET2-Securities (T2S) program overseeing readiness to manage the ongoing market migration of European CSDs onto the T2S platform and enhance the service and operating model in light of changing market requirements. 

He has recently overseen several initiatives aimed at reduce operational risk and improve client services in the core custody product.

The TARGET2-Securities project is one of the largest initiatives impacting the European securities industry. I joined State Street Corporation in 2015 as a Managing Director responsible for product strategy and implementation of operative changes concerning the TARGET2-Securities platform. I actively engage in regulatory and industry developments affecting the securities services environment.

Kerry is currently overseeing all IT projects run by or involving Front Office IT at Rabobank, with a particular focus on developing an IT infrastructure for clearing. After joining Rabobank in summer 2013 Kerry took over the development of a regulatory reporting system, restarted the development from scratch and delivered the project successfully in time for the EMIR go-live in February. Kerry has within the past 5 years worked on OTC Client Clearing projects at HSBC and BNP Paribas and spent some time as a Technology Lead at LCH.Clearnet. In his varied past he has run sizeable projects from front office to back office and team sizes from 2 to 200.

Gavin is the Head of Europe at Digital Asset, a software company that builds distributed, encrypted straight through processing tools to improve efficiency, security, compliance and settlement speed. Prior to Digital Asset, Gavin spent eight years at LCH.Clearnet, working with participants from across the market to deliver the first clearing service for Foreign Exchange, known as ForexClear. In that role, he was also part of the Executive Committee of the clearing house. Before that, Gavin worked at Citi for fifteen years in a variety of roles spanning FX trading, e-commerce, algorithmic trading, prime brokerage and management. Gavin’s career started in the British Army where he served for eight years as an officer in the Royal Artillery seeing active service in Cyprus, Iraq and Northern Island. Gavin is Chair of the Board of Trustees of the charity Action Breaks Silence, and a founding member of the Women’s Equality Party.

As the Global Head of GBIS Operations at Société Générale, Cécile Bartenieff leads the operations for the firm globally. In her 15 year career with Société Générale, Cécile has held a number of managerial positions within Global Markets, Finance and Operations departments, giving her in-depth expertise of middle and back office issues. As a COO for Global Markets, she managed the relationship with the Operations department, developed Trading Services, and sponsored large transformation projects. She has first hand experience in leading the IAS norms implementation within SG CIB, managing the Equity Derivatives PnL Group and Sales & Trading Middle Offices which she reorganised with the creation of the Product Control Group and Trading Services. Having worked on a number of areas within the business, Cécile has an expert view of how financial regulation has impacted flows between the front, middle and back office globally.

Tina Hasenpusch serves as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at CME Clearing Europe. She is responsible for the ongoing build-out of CME Clearing Europe, continuing to grow the business and work with customers to address their clearing requirements. Hasenpusch previously served as Executive Board Member and Chief Operating Officer of CME Clearing Europe, responsible for managing all daily operations. Prior to this, she held the role of Head of Clearing & Business Development, responsible for the delivery of key strategic initiatives including new product and service launches at CME Clearing Europe. Before joining CME Clearing Europe, Hasenpusch was part of Barclays Investment Bank’s Strategy team in London, and had also worked in the Trading and Clearing Market Development Department of Eurex. Hasenpusch has published academic articles and a book on the economics of clearing. She holds an MBA and a PhD in Banking and Finance from the EBS University in Oestrich-Winkel, Germany.

The initial impetus for founding Abide came from Collin’s desire for a better quality of transaction reporting service than was available when he was the executive responsible for transaction reporting at Schneider Group, where he was Chief Operating Officer. Collin has extensive experience with trade and post-trade processes and technology, from the cutting edge of high-frequency trading to complex post-trade workflows spanning multiple systems and asset classes. He is also well-versed in regulatory compliance for trading and broking firms. 

Before his 10 years at Schneider, Collin worked as a consultant in e-banking security, and prior to that spent several years designing and implementing some of the first global-scale fully-integrated enterprise email system deployments.

Leontien works as Principal risk manager in the Financial Risk Control team of PGGM Investments. Her main responsibilities are the counterparty risk management as well as the balance sheet liquidity analyses for PGGM clients. Furthermore she is an expert in the field of EMIR regulation, central clearing and collateral management. 

Leontien has over 16 years of in experience in financial markets. Before joining PGGM she held the position of Global head of credit risk at Optiver, where Leontien gained 10 years experience in the field of (credit) risk management. 

Until 2003 Leontien worked as financial analyst at Dexia Securities. She started her carreer at MeesPierson Capital Management in 1996 as trainee. 

Leontien studied International Financial Economics at the University of Amsterdam and holds a RBA degree since 2001.

Henry Raschen joined Samuel Montagu, now part of the HSBC Group, in 1989. He carried out a number of European financial reporting and investment analysis roles before moving to HSBC Securities Services. In his current role as Head of Regulatory Engagement at HSS he is responsible for identifying and assessing regulatory and market changes worldwide in order to specify future client services, as well as for liaising with regulators, market infrastructures and other organisations. He was a member of the ECB’s T2S Advisory Group from 2007-2012 and is chairman of the T2S UK National User Group. Mr Raschen is a chartered accountant.

Hermann is a Co-Founder and joint Managing Director of Block Asset Technologies, leading Technology & Research. As chair of the ISITC Europe Academic Forum, Herman has recently been involved in co-creating a framework of standards for testing and implementation of Blockchain DLT projects. This is now an open ISITC initiative and they are in the process of creating a global technical committee. He has also developed the technology roadmap for Block Asset Technologies. 

Having worked both in industry and academic research over the last years, Herman is heavily involved in integrating the technological, business and legal aspects to make this new generation technologies work in industry and will be applying his expertise to the big Blockchain Debate on Day 2 of Clearing & Settlement World.

Lynn has been managing editor of Best Execution magazine since its inception in 2008. In addition to driving the editorial direction of Best Execution, Lynn maintains her freelance status and since 2003 has been contributing to a wide array of publications including Financial News, The Desk, Investments and Pensions Europe, derivsource, Pensions Age, European Pensions, Portfolio Institutional and FTF News in the US.

A native New Yorker, she began her career at Reuters in Chicago and has worked at a variety of publications including Financial World, Financial Director, Financial News and Professional Investor and is now domiciled in London.

Karl Wyborn has spent a majority of his career involved in collateral management and clearing with various institutions. He currently holds the position of Managing Director, Global Head of Sales, at CloudMargin - the world's first cloud-based collateral and margin management solution for financial institutions. Prior to this position, Karl spent 18 years at JPMorgan in both London and Hong Kong where he held regional/global sales roles in the collateral management and clearing businesses.

Simon Puleston Jones is Head of Europe for FIA, the global trade association for the cleared derivatives industry that represents investment banks, commodity brokers, exchanges, clearing houses, energy companies, inter-dealer brokers, principal trading firms and others.

He is also Chairman of the Joint Trade Association Group (a forum of nearly 20 of the leading financial services trade associations), which focusses on Brexit and MiFID II.

Simon was previously CEO of FIA Europe and prior to that headed the European legal coverage for futures and OTC clearing for Barclays, being one of their lead lawyers dealing with regulatory change. Earlier in his career, he worked both in-house and at the law firm Simmons & Simmons, advising investment banking clients on structured finance transactions.

Benjamin is a behavioural finance/decision making specialist who provides expertise to asset managers, hedge funds and sovereign wealth funds on their investment processes, specifically on how cognitive biases impact the investment process and designing the tools and strategies to remove them. Previously, he was a macroeconomist within the BlackRock Investment Institute focusing on long term investable trends and was also responsible for leading the group’s behavioural finance research.

David spearheads the company's business development efforts and has helped to build the firm's impressive blue chip client base including Lloyds Banking Group, HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, RBC, Bank of Montreal and Bank of America. A well-known expert on call matters regulatory, David is a member of ISDA and a regular contributor on a number of industry panels. Prior to joining Message Automation in 2005, David brings nearly 20 years experience in a variety of senior banking roles in the city, most recently as the Chief Operating Officer for Nordea in London. David is a Chartered Accountant and is a qualified Corporate Treasurer.

Paul negotiated and drafted the Swapclear governance and profit-­share with OTCDerivnet (the G14 Banks). Point person for on the ground legal advice and crisis management/support for LCH throughout the Lehmans and MF Global and Cyprus Popular Bank defaults. 

He negotiated and managed the migration of positions and collateral to successor CCPs for the ICE and Liffe markets. Also, Paul led the legal side of the deal to outsource LCH's IT operations to India. Negotiated contracts with Murex and Tata for supply of clearing systems to LCH. He ensured legally sound operational framework for LCH to deal with a default, or other crisis (eg euro break-­up). 

Paul -developed rules and processes to support LCH’s EMIR application. Created Dodd-­Frank LSOC-­compliant client clearing services under LCH’s New York law-­governed FCM rulebook for EnClear (freight) and ForexClear swaps. Negotiated and documented interoperable clearing links, starting with the world's first, between Clearnet and CC&G, for MTS Italy. 

At Clearnet, Paul drafted the harmonised clearing rulebook for the 4 Euronext markets (Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Lisbon) with working groups of local users and liaison with local regulators.

Nigel has 25 years’ experience across the breadth of the financial services landscape. Nigel joined GBST in July 2011 and is now the Strategic Account Manager for EMEA and Asia across the Institutional business managing the existing client community’s usage of the flagship capital markets application, Syn~®. Nigel joined GBST from COR Financial where he joined the start-up in 1998 and worked throughout the firm over a 13 year period to head up the retail funds division and manage the global client base within the post trade division on the buy side. Prior to his experience in the City of London, Nigel worked within the advisory sector of Birmingham’s financial sector which followed a position within Norwich Union’s life, pension and asset management division.