Athina Trika, CFA, Equity Execution Sales at Kepler Cheuvreux Athina is a senior financial markets professional with 15 years of experience in institutional sales, market structure, and trade execution. She currently works in Execution Sales at KCx. She previously, held roles at the London Stock Exchange Group, where she developed deep expertise in market infrastructure, liquidity, and execution. Athina holds a Master’s degree from London...
Nordic Trading Conference 2026 Speakers
Thursday 28th May
Speakers
Björn Hagströmer, Professor of Finance, Stockholm University & Visiting Research Economist, Riksbank Björn Hagströmer is a Professor in the Finance section at Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University, and a Visiting Research Economist at Sveriges Riksbank (the Swedish central bank). He received his PhD in 2010 from Aston University, Birmingham, UK. Björn’s research interest is centered on financial market structure, with applications to asset pricing,...
Christian Kjær, Senior Vice President & Head of Liquid Markets, ATP Christian Kjær is Senior Vice President and ATP’s Head of Liquid Markets, an in-house risk balanced multi-asset investment team with overall responsibility for the liquid part of ATP’s investment portfolio. He is a member of the investment committee, the committee for social responsibility and the corporate governance forum within ATP. Christian has previously held...
Daniel Kristiansson, Stewardship and Corporate Governance Specialist, Alecta Daniel joined Alecta in 2023 as a specialist in governance and stewardship. He is leading Alecta’s work on governance, nomination committees and voting policy. Alecta is a mutual occupational pension fund, and among the largest pension funds in Northern Europe. The larger part of assets is managed in-house in an active and fundamental approach, with equity investments...
Elin Wiker, Market Strategist at Avanza Bank Market Strategist at Avanza with a background in financial journalism and equity analysis. Elin spent several years as a host at EFN Ekonomikanalen and as an analyst at Humle Fonder.Today, she focuses on market insights and communication for the Swedish investment community. And she is a true Gen Z.
Erik Einerth, Senior Expert of Capital and Derivatives Markets, SSMA With over 35 years of financial market experience, Erik currently holds the position of Senior Expert of Capital and Derivatives Markets at SSMA. This role follows Erik’s work as Senior Business Development Manager and Regulatory Affairs Officer at Swedbank. Erik has also had 20 years of trading experience as a derivatives market maker and equity...
Erik Golrang, Head of Equities at SEB Currently Head of Equities at SEB. Background as Head of Equity Research SEB and Head of Equity Research Nordea.
Felix von Bahr, Head of Nordic Sales, EU Equities an Derivatives at Nasdaq In his role as head of Nordic sales for equities and equity derivatives Felix is working closely with the key stakeholders of the Nordic trading community to understand their needs and develop the Nordic equity markets. Felix have spent the last 10 years at Nasdaq, prior to that he served as a...
Florian Stasch, Executive Board Member, RULEMATCH Europe Florian Stasch is an Executive Board Member at RULEMATCH, a financial market infrastructure provider in trading, clearing, and settlement of digital assets, based in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. RULEMATCH was built to meet the highest standards of banks, securities firms and their institutional clients. Florian brings over 25 years of capital markets experience, having held roles at BNP Paribas,...
Hanno Klein, FIX Technical Director and Global Technical Committee Co-Chair, FIX Trading Community, Founder and Senior Standards Advisor, FIXdom Hanno Klein works as an independent consultant specialised in the standardisation of electronic interfaces and is the founder of FIXdom – “The Wisdom of FIX” in Germany (April 2019). Previously, he has worked for more than 20 years at Deutsche Börse Group that provides the technology for...
Hayley McDowell, Head of European Market Structure, RBC Capital Markets Hayley is Head of European Market Structure at RBC Capital Markets. She joined the firm in 2021 after almost seven years working as a Senior Journalist and then Editor of London-based buy-side trading publication, The TRADE. Hayley’s focus at RBC is to provide timely insights on key market structure and regulatory developments to clients and...
Helena Wedin, Head of ETF/ETP Europe at Nasdaq Helena Wedin is Head of ETF/ETP Europe at Nasdaq, based in Stockholm, with more than 30 years of experience across financial markets, trading technology, and exchange operations. She has held leadership roles spanning exchange‑traded products, market design, trading and post‑trade infrastructure, and market‑technology advisory. As part of her current role, she focuses on the evolution of digital asset markets, including...
Henrik Falk, Head of Trading at Swedbank, overseeing risk taking in Credits, Rates, FX and Equity derivatives. Prior to this role he was responsible for the Rates trading business. Henrik has more than 10 years of experience in various trading and capital market roles at Swedbank, Morgan Stanley and Pareto Securities.
Henrik Husman, President of Nasdaq Helsinki & VP, Head of European Cash Equities at Nasdaq Inc. Henrik Husman has served as President of Nasdaq Helsinki since 2016 and as Vice President of Cash Equities at Nasdaq European Markets since 2008. He previously served as Deputy CEO of Nasdaq Helsinki from 2008 to 2016. Prior to that, he held several executive positions at Nasdaq and its...
Ignatius John, Vice President, Broadridge Financial Solutions Ignatius John, considered by many to be an IT visionary, is recognized as a pioneer in the use of the FIX Protocol for post-trade. As Global Trading Strategist at asset manager AXA Rosenberg, Ignatius implemented a complete post-trade solution in 2008 using the FIX Protocol. This accomplishment was highlighted in a leading industry journal on Trading, and was...
James Baugh, Managing Director, Head of European Market Structure, TD Securities James joined TD Execution Services in 2021 as Head of European Market Structure and has been instrumental in helping to develop its liquidity strategy. Prior to this, he spent five years at Citi as European Head of Market Structure and 11 years at London Stock Exchange, where as Head of Equity Sales he was...
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.
Jimmy Kvarnström is Executive Director of Markets at Finansinspektionen, Sweden’s financial supervisory authority. In his role, he leads the supervision and regulatory development of Sweden’s capital and securities markets. This includes oversight of securities firms, fund management companies and financial market infrastructures for trading, clearing and settlement, as well as market conduct, transparency and consumer protection. Jimmy Kvarnström has extensive experience from senior leadership roles...
Josefin Nilsson, CEO and Co-founder of Inovi AB MSc Student in Finance and Economics at Karlstad University. CEO and Co-founder of Inovi AB, an AI-driven equity analysis platform providing market analysis through financial data and news flow integration. Experience roles as a Macro Analyst at Karlstad Finance Group, Vice Chair of Unga Aktiesparare (Young investors) Värmland, and Mortgage Specialist at SBAB.
Magnus Lilja, Head of Private Banking at Avanza 30 years of experience from financial markets covering Equities, FX, Fixed Income, Credits, Distressed Debt, and Emerging Markets. Magnus serves as Head of Avanza Private Banking with +40 000 clients and AUM of EUR 45 bln. Prior to Avanza he held several senior leadership positions with SEB Markets globally.
Markus Mild, AVP, Government Relations, Nasdaq Markus Mild is an AVP in Government Relations, bringing over 15 years of industry experience across derivatives and cash trading, as well as risk management. Prior to his current role, Markus spent ten years at Nasdaq within Regulatory Policy and Compliance, contributing to market structure and regulatory initiatives. He also served at Finansinspektionen (the Swedish FSA) as a Senior...
Matthew Coupe, Co-Chair EMEA Regional Committee, FIX Trading Community & head of Fixed Income sales and product EMEA for Susquehanna Matthew Coupe is head of Fixed Income sales and product EMEA for Susquehanna, he was formally global head of cross asset market structure, based in London. He advises on the future market structure, forms the advocacy position of the markets division on areas of market...
Moa Lidman, Strategy & Transformation Specialist at Swedbank & Vice Chair of Unga Aktiesparare (Young Investors) Moa Lidman is a Strategy & Transformation specialist at Swedbank, working in the intersection of technology, customer behaviour and financial innovation. Passionate about empowering the next generation of investors, she also serves as Vice Chair of Unga Aktiesparare (Young investors), the largest youth investment organisation in the Nordics.
Øivind Amundsen, CEO at Euronext Oslo Børs Øivind Amundsen has more than 23 years of professional experience at Oslo Børs. In 2020, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Euronext Oslo Børs and Member of the Managing Board of the Euronext Group. Prior to this appointment, he served as Executive Vice President responsible for Primary Markets and Legal Affairs. Amundsen’s previous experience includes serving as...
Per Haldén, Senior PM and Head of Multi-Asset portfolios at Ruth Asset Management Per Haldén is a senior PM and Head of Multi-Asset portfolios at Ruth Asset Management. He is responsible for portfolio strategy as well as the internal and external management of the company’s Multi-Asset funds. Before joining Ruth AM, Per held positions at Max Matthiessen Värdepapper and Skandia Liv Kapitalförvaltning. He holds an...
Sajana Karunagaran, Market Analyst, Aquis Exchange PLC Sajana is a Market Analyst in the Aquis Exchange product and project management team. She is a Business, Finance & Management graduate from the University of East Anglia, and joined Aquis Exchange PLC in 2020. Sajana is currently preparing for the CISI Introduction to Securities and Investment exam.
Sami Kinnala, Head of Trading at ELO Mutual Pension Sami Kinnala is Head of Trading at Elo, a Finnish pension investor, responsible for trade execution across asset classes. With a background spanning both technology and finance, he brings a systems‑oriented approach to trading operations and infrastructure. Having started his career in IT, Sami focuses on pragmatic development of trading processes and technology, with an emphasis...