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...
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 of simplifying access to financing for SMEs...
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...
Bruce Bland, Head of Electronic Trading Products, ION Group Bruce is Head of Electronic Trading Products at ION Group, bringing more than 28 years of software development experience across algorithmic trading, user interface design, real-time data analytics, data science and AI development. With deep, hands-on trading floor experience spanning both high-touch and low-touch execution, he...
Martijn Rookhuijzen, Senior Supervisor Capital Market Infrastructure department, Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM) Martijn joined the AFM in 2024 after serving a decade in public administration as policy officer in financial markets regulation. Between 2020 and 2024 he was seconded at the European Commission where he worked on the MiFIR review. At the AFM Martijn continues...
Simon Penn, Executive Director, head of Knowledge Network EMEA, UBS Advisory sales within Knowledge Network, covering large institutional multi-asset accounts, macro hedge funds, Global Family Institutional Wealth, and a number of corporate and bank treasury clients. Delivering macro-orientated themes and trade ideas across global markets. Commentary ranges from high-frequency intra-day narrative, through to longer colour...
Hanane Dupouy, Director, Algorithmic Trader, an experienced finance professional, technologist and passionate about Generative AI, LLMs, AI Agents, RAG etc. Hanane has an engineering degree and a specialised master’s degree in finance from French business schools. Hanane managed a team of data scientists and business intelligence professionals in a French bank. Later, Hanane transitioned into...
Deniz Mace-Jones serves as the Global Head of Rates & Credit Product and Electronic Distribution at UBS Deniz is bringing over 15 years of expertise in Fixed Income markets amid an era of rapid electronic transformation. With a deep understanding of evolving trading protocols and dynamic market structures, Deniz plays a pivotal role in shaping...
