Tom is responsible for the implementation of OTC derivatives reform at the FCA. He has previously worked at HM Treasury on various European and financial services policy issues and at the European Commission as an economist, focusing on UK growth and fiscal issues. Whilst at the Commission, Tom co-edited a book on the causes and consequences of the financial crisis in the UK. At Clearing and Settlement World, Tom will offer you clarity on the next steps you need to take to achieve EMIR compliance.

As the Head of Credit, Market and Operational Risk in the Regulation Department of the European Banking Authority, Lars Jul Overby is responsible for developing regulation in the areas of credit, market and operational risk and working on securitisation, covered bond and market infrastructure. His focus thereby gives him an insightful  overview on the implications of new post trade reforms on market structure. Later this year, the EBA will publish a final technical standard on non-centrally cleared OTC derivatives, which will implement the globally agreed rules, as well as deliver technical standards on the requirements put on CSDs. Lars will be giving an exclusive presentation on these technical standards, and the general regulatory framework which the industry will have to adopt.

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.

Michel M. Stubbe is Head of the Financial Operations Services Division within the Directorate General Market Operations of the European Central Bank since 1 September 2011. In this and previous functions, he followed the structural developments that affect the functioning of the financial markets and may be of relevance for the Eurosystem’s monetary policy implementation, its central bank financial services and its investment business. Michel will be offering his expert overview in an all-star panel discussing the economic and financial impact of regulation on the European financial system.

Paul Bedford has been at the Bank of England for 12 years, nearly half of which has been spent working on market infrastructure.  His current role involves leading a team of risk experts tasked with examining the adequacy of UK CCPs’ margin models and stress-testing methods.  Prior to assuming this position, Paul led the Bank of England’s work to reduce risk in CCPs’ payment arrangements and contributed extensively to the regulatory technical standards that support EMIR as well as wider policy initiatives affecting CCPs in the UK and internationally. His career has also encompassed work on wholesale payment systems, policy responses to the TBTF problem in the banking sector and the institutional framework for resolving sovereign debt crises, as well as a spell at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. Paul is expertly placed to discuss the placement of systemic risk relating to CCPs, their recovery and resolution, and how regulation is changing post-trade decision making.

Roger Cogan joined ISDA as European Policy Director in December 2006. Mr. Cogan manages and coordinates ISDA’s engagement with regulators at national and EU level on public policy issues of concern to ISDA. Prior to joining ISDA, Mr. Cogan spent six years at Hill & Knowlton Brussels, where he headed the Financial Services Public Affairs Practice. In this role he worked with a variety of clients, including investment banks, inter-dealer brokers, rating agencies, insurance companies and credit card companies. He has also worked at Amcham EU (the EU lobbying arm of the American Chamber of Commerce in Brussels), in the European Parliament and in the European Commission.

As CEO of FIA Europe, Mr Puleston Jones represents the views of 170 firms involved in the exchange-traded and centrally-cleared derivatives markets and key regulatory authorities. Previously he headed the European legal coverage for Futures and OTC Clearing for Barclays and was one of the lead lawyers dealing with regulatory change. Simon’s current focus is on the impending MIFID 2 obligations, liaising with institutions and authorities to define requirements and prepare FIA members. He will be representing these views on the panel covering operational transparency.

Giuseppe is responsible for Trading and Market Infrastructure within the Markets Policy Division at the Central Bank of Ireland, which covers clearing, settlement, and trading venues. He also represents the Central Bank in ESMA Post Trade Standing Committee, where he was heavily involved in the drafting of EMIR technical standards, ESAs Task Force on Financial Infrastructure, technical standards for non-centrally-cleared derivatives under EMIR, OTC Regulatory Forum, and IOSCO Standing Committee 2 on secondary markets. He is a technical advisor to the Department of Finance for the CSD Regulation and Shadow Banking dossiers for the 2013 Irish Presidency of the European Council. Giuseppe is currently focusing on impending collateral mandates on non-centrally cleared derivatives, assessing the impact on the market. He will be giving an exclusive presentation at Clearing & Settlement World outlining how the industry can best manage operations under new collateral requirements.

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.

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.

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. 

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 Regulatory Change at M&G Investments, Adam oversees the Regulatory Change Portfolio. Adam has been involved in a number of publications panels on many aspects of the EMIR Regulations and their impact on the buy side, and most recently on the topic of Regulatory Change. Having dealt with regulatory change for a number of years, he is an expert in managing change internally and has a fantastic insight into how buy side firms can organise themselves to deal with the continuing influx of regulatory reform.

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.

Daniel is responsible for the OTC Derivatives and Collateral team for UBS Global Asset Management and has held the various positions within the department for the past 7 years. He is responsible for the change within the team driven by both business demand and regulatory requirements, together with the daily management process. Daniel will be representing the buy side perspective. Prior to UBS, Daniel has held roles within Syndicated lending operations at Goldman Sachs, Barclays and J.P.Morgan.

Anja Kleefsman is highly involved with the impact of the regulatory changes for pension funds especially concerning risk and collateral management. At PGGM, she has held various positions including heading a team in the Portfolio Administration department, a Front Office position in the Treasury team, as well as responsibilities for day to day cash and risk management. A background in both back office and front office with a pension fund focus means she will be offering a fascinating viewpoint on how the impending CCP Recovery and Resolution initiative could impact this subsection of the buy-side. n initiative could impact this subsection of the buy-side.

Thomas is currently heading the Settlement team of Nordea Investment Management AB. He settles security trades across more than 70 different markets with 30+ different custodians on behalf of Funds, Institutional clients and Private banking clients including pending and fail management. He is also responsible for FX, Security lending, System setup of clients, brokers and new markets. Thomas’s business handles the operational side of MiFID related legal reporting. Regarding legal reporting, Thomas has recently been deeply involved in implementing data controls and the renewal of our SLA with our service provider to align the expectation and quality in preparation for new regulatory requirements. Previously, as Head of Fund Accounting Thomas impressively had to report to several public authorities and has seen a lot of the same basic data being collected and provided in different formats to several stakeholders over the course of his career.

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.

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.

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.

Peter is an experienced regulatory change professional working as a consultant in the regulatory change portfolio within M&G Investments. His area of expertise is guiding regulatory projects from horizon through to delivery. During the last three years with M&G he has worked across a variety of regulatory initiatives, ranging from EMIR and T+2 Settlement to, most recently, a settlements reform programme guiding the delivery of both CSDR and T2S. From a settlement reform perspective, Pete will play a key role at M&G in maximising the implementation efficiencies when moving the requirements of the different initiatives into delivery. He will be sharing his top tips on how to best implement CSDR and T2S at Clearing and Settlement.

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.

As Head of Post-Trade Strategy and Market Infrastructure and EMEA Cash Equity Operations at Barclays, Murray is responsible for all Middle Office activity in the equity division and has been driving the program of change in regard to regulatory reformation. With Wave 1 of  T2S going live in Summer 2015, Murray’s focus has been on preparing for the wave of change, and will be sharing his practical experience on this topic.

As the Global Head of Market Advocacy within Global Transaction Banking at Deutsche Bank covering all products, Angus is currently heavily focusing on CSDR, looking at it’s practicality and  infrastructural impact. His previous appointments include post trade strategy and operations roles at Morgan Stanley and Cit, giving him a wealth of experience on sell side specific issues. Angus will be sharing his latest experience on the CSDR topic.

As a Principal Business Analyst Director for IT in the Corporates and Markets division of Commerzbank, Tony is currently the Lead IT BA on the MiFIR programme for Commerzbank's Investment Banking unit, and is looking at preparation measures, especially in relation to additional reporting requirements and the use of big data. He has over 20 years experience in IT in the City at Kleinwort Benson, Dresdner Bank and now Commerzbank. In recent years, he was the lead IT BA working in different projects like Rates Client Clearing with LCH, DFA Reporting, DFA Mandatory Clearing with ICE Clear Credit LLC and EMIR Reporting. He will share his vast experience on such post trade IT projects at Clearing and Settlement World 2015.

As Vice President in the Market Advocacy team within Global Transaction Banking of Deutsche Bank, Polina is responsible for regulatory advocacy of the bank in relation to EU funds regulations, prudential regulations and European Capital Markets Union. As a member of numerous industry bodies and regulatory committees, she will be bringing her expert insight on CMU and the impact it might have on Deutsche Bank's post-trade infrastructure and operations.

Ewen is responsible for ensuring Nomura Operations understand the interal and external impact of forthcoming regulations. This involves ensuring the implementation of regulatory change is undertaken effectively, and internal and external stakeholders are aware of the resulting future shape of the market. Ewen has a wealth of experience managing collateral on a global scale, for Fixed Income, FX & Fund operations. He has recently turned his focus to Nomura’s regulatory reporting, and the complexity of reconciling trades under disparate yet overlapping regulation. He will be providing the critical sell side perspective to the panel discussing methods to improve trade reporting processes and achieve rapid reconciliation. 

Ben van der Velpen manages post-trade securities harmonisation and standardisation initiatives of behalf of ING. He is a member of the T2S Corporate Actions Sub Group, Corporate Action Joint Working Group as well as the Global Securities Market Practice Group for Corporate Actions. Next to this he is also co-chairing the Central and Eastern Europe Market Implementation Group with regards to the Market Standards for Corporate Action Processing. Ben’s current focus is on T2S wave 1, evaluating the adaptation process and lessons learnt before wave 2 as part of the T2S National User Group and the Working group Settlement, Clearing & Asset Servicing. He will be sharing his expert insight on the panel deliberating Wave 1 successes and failures.

Kazimierz Sycz is in charge of the risk solutions line at SLIB, a leading securities software provider. Specialising in counterparty risk in clearing and settlement, and with background in both economics and IT, Kazimierz provides insight into how to measure, monitor, and mitigate the post-trade risk on client counterparties, and within market infrastructures.

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.

Massimiliano’s career is being dedicated since the very beginning to support investment decisions evolving within the assets management industry, by covering roles of increasing responsibility inside complex and competitive organizations across different locations in Italy and abroad. He’s professional experience began in 1999, as equity analyst, contributing financial analyses covering listed companies and producing business case studies for Italian Institutional asset management companies. Those studies were being used internally by equity portfolio managers to support their investing activities. During that period he had the opportunity to meet the top management of listed companies and the sell side financial analysts of the main international brokers. Since April 2002, he joined the Risk Management department of Generali Investments with a change of role that coincided with the implementation phase of enhancements to the Risk Management System in use to monitor the risk return profile of MtM funds under management. At the end of the project he became responsible of the unit focused on the implementation of processes for the evaluation (pricing) of financial assets. During the same period he coordinated both the validation of pricing models and the monitoring of the pricing activities being performed by more operational units. During 2007 he moved to Paris (France) to become the head of Risk Management of the French branch of Generali Investments, since then, before being merged into Generali Investments Europe, together with its Italian and German peers, Generali Investments France was yet an active manager of financial assets on behalf of French, Belgian, Portuguese and Spanish insurance companies. Through that role Massimiliano had the opportunity to contribute to develop a financial risk management department aligned with group policies within a local context in which the Risk Management was traditionally been perceived as very close to an Internal Control function, if not for its more quantitative biased approach. During the period spent in France Massimiliano had the opportunity to proactively at broaden and deepen the interactions of the Risk management with other departments: research (Macro, Micro and Quantitative) and the Front Office European leaders of asset classes’ management (Sovereign, Corporate, and Equity Derivatives). In 2012 he returned to Italy to take the responsibility of the Risk Factor Analysis within Generali Investments Europe, the captive Asset Management Company of Generali Assicurazioni. Massimiliano is now Head of Risk Advisory within the same organization.

Alan’s career in the Securities industry spans 25 years holding senior positions in both tier one and non-tier one banks as well as C level roles within the Correspondent clearing space. Alan recently led the Post Trade Strategy team within Barclays Operations. His responsibilities covered Regulatory & Industry change as well as looking at Utility opportunities both internally & externally for the bank. Alan’s team also led the T2S program for Barclays which included the Investment Bank, Corporate & Wealth businesses. Alan is now Managing Principal in the Capital Markets Practice at Capco leading the post trade advisory team. His areas of focus are advising on strategy, regulatory change, operating model impact assessments & technology disruption.

Ian Jack joined GBST as CEO of its UK Capital Markets business in September 2015. His position oversees the growth of GBST’s Syn~ platform for use in the financial industries’ back- and middle-office, in addition to launching new initiatives and client development. Mr Jack started his career at Logica plc developing payments and clearing & settlement products for the international banking market. He has since held roles at Radianz and Colt Technology, servicing both the front- and back-office. Prior to joining GBST, Mr Jack spent 7 years at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Based in New York, Mr Jack was Global Head of NYSE’s Infrastructure Business, comprising its high speed trading network and data center facilities. During his tenure there, Mr Jack oversaw the expansion of its network to a multi-market extranet, launched colocation facilities in London and New York and integrated the business into the Intercontinental Exchange, which acquired NYSE in 2013.

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.

Dan Davies is a former equity analyst, now working as Senior Research Advisor for Frontline Analysts, the global research outsourcing company. He has worked in the financial services industry for 20 years, starting his career at the Bank of England and moving on to Cazenove, Credit Suisse and BNP Paribas, among other companies. He is a graduate of Oxford University and the London Business School.

As a Director of BCS Consulting, Gavin has responsibility for helping the firm’s clients respond to changing regulatory demands. He is involved in assessing the impact of new regulations, defining requirements, and delivering associated operations and technology change. Over the last two years he has been heavily involved with EMIR at a major investment banking client and now has responsibility for the firm’s MiFID II related services and engagements. Gavin has over 25 years’ experience as a consultant in banking operations and technology and has led many large change programmes that span new business initiatives, systems integration, process improvement and regulatory change.

Jocelyn functionally leads Global Equities Product ownership for Operations at SGICB. His role encompasses Agency, Principal and Synthetic Equities. His responsibilities consists in monitoring operational performances whilst leading structural transformations for the purpose of improving the quality of service, reducing cost and controlling the operational risk in line with SGCIB’s strategy

Joshua Brown is Business Development profession responsible for helping drive and build Bloomberg’s STP solutions/ services including a global post-trade multi-asset class matching solution. Joshua is responsible for Broker Dealer relationships, along Global Fund Administrators and Outsourcers. Joshua started his career fresh out of leaving Brentwood School at Omgeo, where he worked his way up from a Migration Consultant, Broker Dealer Account Management and New Business Development. Joshua has been involved in Bloomberg’s broker dealer working groups as well as a regular attendee of both SIFMA/AFME.

Steven Kelly is a Product Manager for Bloomberg responsible for helping develop Bloomberg’s STP solutions/services including a global post-trade multi-asset class matching solution. Steve is also responsible for developing partnerships with industry participants. Prior to Bloomberg, Steve served as a Vice President for Goldman Sachs where he held various Operations roles including client relationship management, Securities middle office manager and T+1 settlement program manager. Previously, Steve worked at Morgan Stanley where he was responsible for re-engineering the broker dealer’s global trade completion process. Steve also managed the global trading operations team for Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Steve started his career at Scudder, Stevens & Clark as a quantitative analyst for the Growth & Income portfolio management team. Throughout his career, Steve has been actively involved in various industry associations and working groups where he has held leadership roles in automating the trade life cycle. Steve has been actively involved in The FIX Trading Community, SIFMA and ISITC. Steve earned his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) credential and is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts.

Camille McKelvey joined Trax in May 2014 as a Commercial Manager to develop the firm’s post-trade matching product offering. Prior to this, Ms. McKelvey was Senior Vice President at Citigroup Global Markets from 2011 to 2014, where she oversaw outsourced operations and managed process re-engineering. Ms. McKelvey previously worked in cash and repo market operations at Morgan Stanley and Barclays Capital. Camille studied Russian & French at University College London.

Mark Kelly has been working in the financial services sector in London and New York since 1990, and has occupied senior Audit and Compliance positions in Salomon Brothers, Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital. For the past six years he has worked as a compliance auditor and consultant, advising UK firms on how to implement technology solutions which comply with regulatory requirements. He specialises in addressing the particular needs of those caught by the MiFID reporting requirements and in helping firms to meet their EMIR obligations. Mark has a BA and PhD from the University of Durham and during his career has gained professional qualifications in Internal Audit, Computer Audit and Financial Services Compliance. Mark is the Director of Professional Services at Abide Financial Limited, who are a UK Approved Reporting Mechanism for MiFID, an RRM for Remit and offer a hub service for EMIR trade reporting, routing client transaction reports to Trade Repositories. Abide has helped dozens of financial services firms to comply with the EMIR regulations, since mandatory trade reporting began in February 2014.

Following a range of roles in Software Development, Dealing Room Support and Project management starting in 1988, Mauricio founded BCC Group back in 2003. From 2007 he focused the company on developing a vendor agnostic Market Data Messaging Platform based on Solace Systems Appliances together with investment banks. After 4 years of testing and redesign with joint forces from Solace Systems and Tier 1 Investment Banks BCC Group released FMDP which, as a result got certified by Bloomberg for connection to their data.

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.

Tony joined GFT in 2014 with over seventeen years of investment banking experience gained in line, change and programme management roles running operational and IT teams. Tony previously worked for a niche consultancy, where he spent five years as Head of Post Trade Operations and was responsible for business development, target market identification, leading bid teams/assignments and building the internal post trade operations team expertise. Prior to that role, Tony spent four years at KPMG/Atos as a Principal Consultant. Tony has also held positions as the Head of Reconciliations, Head of Loans and Director of FX IT, as well as working in teams within Equity Derivatives, Fixed Income and Treasury functions. Tony has run a wide range of complex assignments ranging from business process modelling to implementing complex derivatives trading systems in multi asset trading environments.

Senior analyst at Aite Group in charge of post-trade technology coverage including collateral management practices and technology deployment. Reports scheduled for 2014 include a five-part series on collateral management and optimisation practices in the post-Dodd Frank and EMIR environment, benchmarking both buy-side and sell-side investment, and the technology vendor community. Regular speaker on topics including clearing and settlement, post-trade focused regulation, data standards, data management, and collateral at events including Sibos, TradeTech,and FIMA. Ten years of experience in tracking financial technology developments in the capital markets sector, with a particular focus on regulatory developments and standards.