Horacio Barakat is Head of Digital Innovation at Broadridge, leading the development of digital innovative solutions for capital markets. He is also the GM of the company’s DLT Repo platform. Most recently, he was VP of Corporate Strategy and responsible for the development and execution of the company’s blockchain strategy, including principal investment and organic...
Marina Kudryavtseva is Head of Exactpro’s new Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) division established in February 2020. Marina oversees all DLT-related work across the Exactpro projects. She joined the company over a decade ago as a QA engineer, shortly after graduating from the Kostroma State Technological University, and quickly rose through the ranks to become the...
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...
Michael is Research Principal at Chartis Research, with over 25 years of experience across algorithmic trading, market structure research, and quantitative analytics. Before joining Chartis Research, Michael had research and trading roles at TABB Group, Pavilion Global Markets, Credit Suisse, Daiwa Securities, Credit Agricole, and Development Bank of Singapore (DBS). Michael has a PhD in...
Tom Whelan is a Managing Director and the Global Head of Instinet Technology Solutions (ITS), and a member of Instinet’s Global Executive Committee. In this role, Tom drives forward the firm’s strategy and delivery of Instinet’s legendary trading technology and software solutions to buy-side and sell-side clients, including the creation of highly customized infrastructures and...
RJ Weiss is a product specialist on the Workflow Technology team at Virtu Financial. He joined ITG in 2015 prior to the firm’s acquisition by Virtu in 2019. Previously, he spent several years at Eze Castle Software. RJ earned his degree in Geography & Geographical Information Systems from Middlebury College.
Jim Northey, Non-Executive Director, FIX Trading Community, Chair, ISO TC 68 Financial Services Jim Northey currently serves as a director of FIX Protocol Ltd. and the Chair of ISO TC68, the ISO Technical Committee for Financial Services. Jim served as the Global Technical Committee Co-chair for the Americas until his election as an FPL director...
Mark Beeston, Managing Partner and Founder, Illuminate Financial Mark Beeston is Managing Partner and Founder of Illuminate Financial, a thesis-driven venture capital firm investing in enterprise fintech and B2B software companies solving problems across financial services. Illuminate is recognised as a trusted partner to multiple banks and industry strategics. Their portfolio includes Curv (acq. by...
Rob Cranston, Global Head of Equities Product, Liquidnet Rob has worked in product management in electronic trading for over 20 years, accumulating a wealth of knowledge predominately in Equities. In his current role he is responsible for the global diversification and evolution of the Liquidnet equity products. Prior to his time at Liquidnet, Rob was...
Leen Vermeersch, Public Policy Officer, Euroclear Leen is a lobbyist, corporate influencer and strategic storyteller, connector of people and dots, supporter of systemic stability and public policy. She’s a structural optimist with more than 15 years of experience in the world’s largest financial market infrastructure. Leen has about 8 years of experience in managing the...
