Valentina Lorusso is a Policy Officer at ESMA Valentina Lorusso is a Policy Officer in the Markets and Digital Innovation Department at the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), where she works on the development of EU regulatory policy with a focus on market structure. Since joining ESMA in 2018, she has contributed to key...
Mike Roffey is Head of European Credit at Tradeweb, overseeing wholesale activity across Developed and Emerging Markets Credit bonds. In his role, Mike works closely with both buy- and sell-side clients to deepen engagement, enhance execution outcomes, and support the continued evolution of electronic credit trading. He also leads the evolution and adoption strategy of...
VinTech Innovation Technology Limited supports financial institutions as they move from isolated AI pilots to practical, controlled adoption. Our team brings long experience in financial services technology, including broker-dealer operations, and we focus on improving what firms already run rather than replacing it. In practice, that means bringing key data together under governance, using AI...
JONNY HUNTINGTON | Para-Athlete and Boundary Breaking Explorer Jonny is an elite endurance athlete, explorer, stroke survivor and motivational figure who, in January 2025, became the first person with a disability to ski solo and unsupported to the South Pole. While serving as an officer in the British Army in 2014, Jonny had a stroke...
Tilda Woodard, Command Leadership and Management, Britannia Royal Naval College. Tilda is a former RAF helicopter pilot with extensive operational experience flying Search and Rescue and Support helicopters. Her career included a three-and-a-half-year exchange with the Royal Navy Commando Helicopter Force, operating across Bosnia, the Middle East, the United States, and the Caribbean from multiple...
Stephen Morrow, COO at Options IT Stephen Morrow is Options’ COO and is responsible for overseeing the firm’s key strategic accounts and global operations. Stephen was previously Vice President of the Exchange Solutions division at NYSE Technologies, NYSE Euronext’s commercial technology division. Previous to this, he held the position of Managing Director for the Exchange...
Mark Kepeneghian, Founder and CEO of Lise As Founder and CEO of Lise, Mark Kepeneghian is dedicated to modernizing market infrastructures in Europe. Through Lise, he is developing a unified infrastructure integrating both trading (MTF) and settlement (CSD) functions. This project aims to create the first natively tokenized stock exchange, operating 24/7, with the goal...
Roland Chai, EVP & President European Market Services, Nasdaq Roland Chai is EVP and President of European Market Services, responsible for Nasdaq’s multi-asset trading, clearing, listings, and market services businesses across Europe, including Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania stock exchanges. Prior to leading European Market Services, Roland was the head of Nasdaq’s...
Petros Kyliakoudis, Lead Trading Research and Analytics, Baillie Gofford Petros Kyliakoudis leads Trading Research and Analytics at Baillie Gifford, where he is responsible for advancing execution analytics, data governance, and evidence-based decision frameworks across global trading activities. His work focuses on transforming trading analytics into a strategic, institutional capability through rigorous data quality, automation, and...
Jon Jenkins, Founder of VOCSET Jon is the founder of VOCSET, a startup specialising in Voice Automation and AI for the Commodity sector. He has also consulted on trading architecture and transformation at Cargill, Julius Baer, Invesco amongst others. Jon was part of the founding team at TradingScreen (now TSI) in the early 2000’s where...
