Peter Jastreboff, Vice President Client Services, Talos A seasoned financial services veteran, Pete is an exceptional global technology leader with expertise in Cash Equities and Listed Derivatives covering algorithmic trading, alternative liquidity venues and co-location / HFT solutions. He has over 25 years of experience with Fixed Income – FX, Rates, Credit – trading and...
Rob Gaskell, Founder and Partner, Appold Appold is an independent advisory company in the blockchain industry. The company assists institutions and corporates to access solutions and opportunities across the Web3 sector, incorporating blockchain technology, decentralised finance (DeFi) and tokenisation. Prior to establishing Appold, Rob was a co-founder of 2030 and President of the Pillar Project....
Adam McCarthy, Markets Reporter, The Block Adam Morgan is a reporter covering cryptocurrency, financial markets, and economics – anything from price movements, earnings reports, and inflation to the U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate decisions and everything in between.
Dr Robert Barnes, Strategic Advisor Dr Robert Barnes, Chartered FCSI(Hon), is an exchange expert of 32 years in financial markets, serving as CEO of successful trading venues, Turquoise (2013-2022 – awarded Outstanding Equities Trading Venue 2021) & UBS MTF (2010-2013, while at UBS 1994-2013) and Co-CEO BPX (2023-2025) achieving FCA authorisation in 2025. Chairman (2004-2009) of...
Alex Andronov, Managing Director, Global Head of Business Development, HSBC Alex Andronov is the Global Head of Business Development for HSBC’s Global Research division. Alex led the implementation of their MiFID II programme and helps to ensure clients are making the most of their award-winning research. He also leads data and digital innovation for Global...
Matt Sanderson, Co-head of EMEA Sales Trading, Bank of America Matt is co-head of EMEA High Touch Sales Trading for Bank of America, based in London, with a focus on institutional accounts. Matt joined the bank on the internship program in Madrid before transferring to London in 2008 to begin his permanent role on Sales...
Dermot Dunphy, Head of EMEA Equities Dealing, M&G Dermot has been at M&G since 2001. He previously traded global equities and equity related products. Since the implementation of a desk in Asia since 2021 he concentrates on EMEA and the Americas. He has developed and runs the TCA product and analysis for the equities desks....
Grégoire Blanc, Global Head, Capital Markets, Amundi Grégoire Blanc is the Global Head of Capital Markets at Amundi. He leads a team of experienced professionals focused on helping investors better understand ETF execution and liquidity, and assisting them in achieving the best possible outcomes when trading Amundi ETFs. Mr Blanc has fifteen years’ experience in...
About FlexTrade Systems Sell-Side Trading Solutions: FlexTrade Systems is a global financial technology firm that aims to boost trading efficiency by simplifying the complexities of today’s trading workflows by providing a unified, open-architecture multi-asset sell-side trading platform. FlexTrade achieves this by underpinning cutting-edge, API-rich technology with highly-specialized service and support for high touch and low...
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...
