Gavin Wells

Head of Europe
Digital Asset Holding

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.

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DAY 2 – 15TH NOVEMBER

Wednesday, October 11th, 2017

14:15 Fire-Side Chats: The post-trade application of a distributed ledger: How can this innovative technology be commercialised for the benefit of your middle and back office operations?

Hear 3 exclusive interviews with pre-selected leading innovators shaking up the market, who will drill down into their progress in providing tangible solution for the post-trade market.

Drilling down into the practicalities of a distributed ledger: Where will it add the most value: -

- Real-time settlement?

- Transparency and flexibility in KYW documentation?

- Eliminating counterparty risk?

- More efficient reconciliation, confirmation and trade matching?

Transforming Blockchain from a pipeline dream to a reality: How far away is the industry from a commercial application?
Mapping the future of day to day post-trade operations: How will a compression of the trade lifecycle work in practice?
Critical success factors going forward: What will be required from industry participants and regulators for a post-trade distributed ledger to become fit for use?

Interviewee 1: Gavin Wells, Head of Europe, Digital Asset Holdings

Clearing and Settlement World 2016 (past event)

Gavin Wells

DAY 2 – 15TH NOVEMBER

14:15 Fire-Side Chats: The post-trade application of a distributed ledger: How can this innovative technology be commercialised for the benefit of your middle and back office operations?

15:00 ‘Live’ Q&A: Live Post your questions on the mobile app to leave no stone un-turned!