Neil McDonald serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Moomoo US, a leading retail trading platform known for its innovative approach to wealth management and investment solutions. With over three decades of experience on Wall Street, Neil brings a wealth of expertise in derivatives trading, quantitative analysis, and financial technology to his leadership role. Neil’s distinguished career includes pivotal roles at some of the most...
Americas Trading Conference 2025 Speakers
Thursday 30th October
Andrew Oppenheimer, Head of Business Development at Nasdaq Andrew is Head of Business Development and Strategy for US Equities at Nasdaq. His responsibilities range from account coverage, product, policy and strategic initiatives. Prior to his current role, Andrew headed up product at Nasdaq for US Equities. Before joining Nasdaq in 2017, Andrew worked at KCG as product manager for the ATS and lead its migration...
John Graf leads Equities Market Development at the New York Stock Exchange, where he focuses on advancing the NYSE’s unique market model prioritizing price discovery and stability. He drives client engagement and strategic growth across NYSE’s 5 equity exchanges. John previously held senior roles in sales and product development at the NYSE, helping to shape initiatives among the exchange’s trading participants and technology partners. John...
Peter Wemyss is an Lead Product Manager within the Global Trading and Market Data division at Iress. His primary responsibilities encompass Product leadership and the ongoing evolution of Cloud Connectivity for the OMS, Retail, and Institutional product suites, with a focus on innovation in FIX, API, Third Party Connectivity and Risk Management. Prior to his tenure at Iress, he was at Refinitiv overseeing a project...
Ms. Simmer is an executive vice president and leads global equity trading based in the New York office. She oversees execution across cash equities, equity derivatives, and equity delta one across PIMCO’s global investment platform. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2010, she was a trader focusing on equities, foreign exchange, and preferred securities for Deutsche Bank Asset Management. Previously, Ms. Simmer was a foreign exchange...
Brian Hyndman is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Blue Ocean Technologies, LLC. Previously, Brian was the Senior Vice President of Global Information Services for The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. In this role, he was responsible for the creation and dissemination of valuable information from the quoting and trading in NASDAQ OMX’s trading systems worldwide. Mr. Hyndman oversees various internal teams, including Sales, Product...
Travis Ni is the Head of Equities Trading Americas at GIC. In this role, he oversees all equities trading activities in the region and leads innovations in trading technology and AI development. Travis joined GIC in 2018 as a multi-asset trader, focusing on electronic trading in equities, futures, and FX. In 2022, he expanded his scope to include ECM, cash equities high-touch trading, and equity...
Jean-Marc Nosbusch | Portfolio Manager & Principle | Crescent Bay Capital Management Jean-Marc has established a diverse career path within the finance industry, beginning at JP Morgan in Hong Kong’s Fixed Income Department where he gained foundational expertise in financial markets, trading practices, risk management, and client relations. Transitioning to roles at Macquarie Capital India and Virtu Financial Hong Kong in Asian Electronic Sales &...
Jesse Greif is the Chief Product Officer of OneChronos, based in New York. Before joining OneChronos, Jesse was Head of Product for Goldman Sachs Principal Liquidity Solutions, providing traders & asset managers electronic tools to access Goldman’s internal capital through algorithm & routing offerings for intraday and benchmark liquidity. Before Principal Liquidity Solutions, Jesse was global COO of Goldman’s Equities Systematic Market Making business. Jesse...
Jim Toes has served as President and CEO of Security Traders Association (STA) since 2011. In this role, Mr. Toes maintains STA’s relationship with U.S. regulators and congressional policymakers, advocating for the employees and customers of the financial markets. Under Mr. Toes’ leadership, STA has written more than 50 comment letters on a wide range of issues under the regulatory oversight of the U.S. Securities...
Patrick O’Meara is the Chairman and CEO of Inveniam. He leads the business development efforts and is product manager for the firm’s proprietary and patent-pending transaction platform – Inveniam IO. Inveniam IO is a powerful technology platform that assists financial professionals in digitizing and modeling securities as data not code. Inveniam Capital Partners lays the foundation for digitizing Private Markets at the intersection of Capital...
Anton Katz is the Co-founder and CEO of Talos, the premier provider of institutional digital asset technology and data for trading and portfolio management. Based in New York, Anton is responsible for leading the firm’s strategic initiatives around the world. Talos, now a unicorn, has developed a platform that applies the standards of traditional finance to the digital asset markets and is becoming the primary...
Robert Newhouse is head of Electronic Trading Product Development within Wells Fargo’s Corporate and Investment Banking (“CIB”) Markets division. In that role, Robert leads the design, building, and implementation of electronic trading systems across multiple asset classes including Equities, Foreign Exchange, Rates, and Credit. Before leading Electronic Trading Product Development, Robert served as head of the Quantitative Execution Desk (QED) within Wells Fargo Securities, providing...
Liz Kirby is a Managing Director and Head of Market Structure at Tradeweb Markets, representing the company on matters concerning market structure evolution and associated regulatory change. She is a leading voice for electronic trading in fixed income and derivatives markets. Prior to her current role, Kirby was Head of U.S. Rates Product & Strategy at Tradeweb, where she focused on the development of the...
Bryan Christian, Co-Head of Global Sales at Symphony Bryan Christian is an industry veteran with over 25 years of financial services experience, bringing acute sales acumen to Symphony’s commercial organization. His expertise lies in Equity & Exchange Market Structure, and most recently in with blockchain technology. As head of business development, Byran focuses on the company’s priority growth initiatives, including new markets, segments and client...
Diwa Cody is a Market Structure and Policy Strategist within Jane Street’s Institutional Sales & Trading team. In this role, Diwa analyzes market structure and trading developments across asset classes, and produces market studies for institutional clients. Diwa also uses these insights to make regular contributions to industry market structure and policy discussions. Prior to joining Jane Street, Diwa led US Equities Market Structure and...
Dr. Iro Tasitsiomi is a globally recognized leader at the intersection of quantitative finance, data science & artificial intelligence in capital markets. As the Head of AI & Data Science at T. Rowe Price, she is responsible for the firm’s AI strategy and is instrumental in creating and integrating innovative investment signals with the firm’s fundamental investing approaches. Previously, she held senior leadership roles at Fortune...
George Rosenberger General Manager of NYFIX Broadridge George Rosenberger is responsible for the overall NYFIX business which includes the Order Routing Network, Partnerships and the Post-Trade Matching service. George joined Broadridge through the Itiviti acquisition in 2020 and has been with the Firm since 2015. During his tenure, George has held various roles including Head of Strategy for the Client Connectivity Services business segment.
Rashmi Rao, Senior Business Manager, Investments, L&G – Asset Management, America. Rashmi Rao is a Senior Business Manager, Investments at LGIM America. In her role, she supports the effective management and development of LGIM America’s investment capabilities and is responsible for the oversight of financial planning, expenditure and governance processes. Rashmi joined LGIM America in 2023 as a Business Analyst before taking on her current...
Armando Diaz is CEO of PureStream, an innovative trading venue focused on increasing direct institutional to institutional liquidity discovery by enabling broker algorithmic orders to search, find, and yield more liquidity without self-inflicted price impact. Armando began his career as a Trader for Goldman Sachs and was ultimately promoted to Partner and Co-Head of US Equity Trading. In addition, he served on Goldman Sachs’s Firmwide...
David Kirby is Managing Director, Global Head of Bank and Broker/Dealer Coverage & DTCC Consulting Services Securities Practice at DTCC. Within this role, he leads DTCC’s Global Account Management team within Relationship Management and oversees all top-tier clients across the broker-dealer and custody segment with a focus on expanding relationships across the C-Suite and key decision makers. Previously, David served as Executive Director, Americas Relationship...
Brandon Rym Decoster, Product Management Team Leader, Bloomberg. Brandon “Rym” DeCoster heads product management of Bloomberg’s FIX, SWIFT, and Exchange Connectivity Platform Infrastructure. With 16 years of FIX Protocol experience and a prolific history of speaking on the topic, he is responsible for the ongoing modernization and standardization of FIX across all of Bloomberg’s FIX-enabled enterprise products.
Noel Reyes, Americas Head of Equities Electronic Trading Products, Goldman Sachs Noel I. Reyes is the Americas Head of Equities Electronic Trading Products at Goldman Sachs. He previously held positions at J.P. Morgan, Barclays Capital and Lehman Brothers. Mr. Reyes holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an MBA from the NYU Stern School...
Amol has over 20 years of experience in equity trading product development. He has demonstrated leadership in a wide range of industry roles—from discount brokerage to high-frequency trading platforms, and both buy-side and sell-side. This diverse background gives Amol a unique perspective on market dynamics and trading technology. Amol is currently managing the in-house built global Equity Trading platform and broker connectivity for Capital Group....
Elena Treshcheva, Program Manager, Exactpro Systems Elena Treshcheva is a Program Manager at Exactpro, an independent software testing services provider for financial sector organizations. Elena’s areas of responsibility include QA project management, technical documentation and research. She started her career at Exactpro as a QA analyst focused on post-trade systems and market data processing. Prior to Exactpro, Elena worked in academia and led a research...
Larry Tabb, Head of Market Structure Research, Bloomberg Intelligence Larry Tabb is the Head of Market Structure Research at Bloomberg Intelligence. Currently Larry is building out his research team to develop research and insight on financial markets infrastructure, technology, regulation, trading practices and industry issues. Prior to joining Bloomberg in June 2020, Larry was the Research Chairman of TABB Group, the financial markets’ strategic advisory...
Emiko Kamoda, Co-Chair Americas Regional Committee, FIX Trading Community, Managing Director, Head of Prime Services Digital Strategy, Goldman Sachs. Emiko is global head of Prime Digital Strategy, responsible for delivering solutions to Prime Services clients. In her previous role, she served as chief operations officer of GS Electronic Trading (GSET) globally, where she managed strategic equities initiatives, business metrics and client onboarding. Prior to that, Emiko...
Kevin Houstoun, Board Director, FIX Trading Community, Executive Chairman, Rapid Addition Kevin leads Rapid Addition, a company specialising in Financial services software that delivers high-performance, low-latency electronic trading software. Rapid Addition provides messaging platform that works with FPGA hardware and software to support electronic financial messaging for applications such as price dissemination, order routing, smart order routing, sponsored DMA and many other electronic trading applications....
Jim Kaye, Executive Director, FIX Trading Community Jim has worked in the financial industry for 25 years, mostly in equities electronic trading, market structure and regulatory implementation. He has been involved in FIX in various capacities over most of this period, having served as GSC co-chair for eight years, a director for five and as co-chair of various working groups.