Scott Riley

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.