Prof. Danuta Hübner, European Parliament

Danuta Hübner was the first Polish EU Commissioner, first for Trade and subsequently for Regional Policy.

She is a Professor of Economics, and has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2009. Currently, she is a member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs – for which she was recently appointed as the Rapporteur on the review of the regulatory framework for investment firms and market operators (MiFID II, MiFIR and EMIR) –  as well as for the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and the Committee for International Trade. She is also a member of the Delegation for Relations with the US.

Before joining the European Parliament, she was the chief negotiator for Poland’s membership of the OECD, and Executive Secretary of the European Economic Commission with the rank of Deputy Secretary General at the United Nations.

In Poland she lead the Office of the Committee for European Integration and Minister of European Affairs, overseeing the process of Poland’s accession to the European Union.

Tom Duggan, Deputy Director, Securities and Markets, HM Treasury

Tom leads the Securities and Markets team at HMT, with responsibility for capital markets, the trading of financial instruments, financial markets infrastructure, market conduct and issues around LIBOR transition. Prior to this, Tom headed up the Prime Minister’s G7 and G20 office in the Cabinet Office. Tom has held various other positions, including as an adviser to the Executive Director at the IMF and World Bank in Washington DC from 2012-2015, and other HMT roles.

Greg Yanco, Executive Director, Markets, Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC)

Greg has primary responsibility for ASIC’s Markets group. In this role, he oversees the Market Infrastructure, Market Supervision, Corporations, Financial Reporting and Audit, Governance and Registered Liquidators teams and works closely with the Markets Enforcement team. Greg’s areas of responsibility also include cyber security, ESG and crypto assets. The Markets group is focused on improving the effectiveness of Australia’s capital markets. It also supports efficient capital raising, investment, and risk management. Additionally, Greg oversees ASIC’s work to regulate corporations, auditors of disclosing entities, registered company auditors and registered liquidators.

Greg has more than 30 years of experience and extensive experience in financial market development, regulation and supervision. Before joining ASIC, he was the CEO of AXE ECN Pty Limited. Previously Greg was the manager of institutional and wholesale markets at the Australian Stock Exchange where he implemented equity market structure changes and managed the operations of the market surveillance and investigations units.