Björn Hagströmer, Professor of Finance, Stockholm University & Visiting Research Economist, Riksbank Björn Hagströmer is a Professor in the Finance section at Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University, and a Visiting Research Economist at Sveriges Riksbank (the Swedish central bank). He received his PhD in 2010 from Aston University, Birmingham, UK. Björn’s research interest is...
Profile Category: Nordic 2026 - Speaker
Jimmy Kvarnström
Jimmy Kvarnström is Executive Director of Markets at Finansinspektionen, Sweden’s financial supervisory authority. In his role, he leads the supervision and regulatory development of Sweden’s capital and securities markets. This includes oversight of securities firms, fund management companies and financial market infrastructures for trading, clearing and settlement, as well as market conduct, transparency and consumer...
Hayley McDowell
Hayley McDowell, Head of European Market Structure, RBC Capital Markets Hayley is Head of European Market Structure at RBC Capital Markets. She joined the firm in 2021 after almost seven years working as a Senior Journalist and then Editor of London-based buy-side trading publication, The TRADE. Hayley’s focus at RBC is to provide timely insights...
Felix von Bahr
Felix von Bahr, Head of Nordic Sales, EU Equities an Derivatives at Nasdaq In his role as head of Nordic sales for equities and equity derivatives Felix is working closely with the key stakeholders of the Nordic trading community to understand their needs and develop the Nordic equity markets. Felix have spent the last 10...
James Baugh
James Baugh, Managing Director, Head of European Market Structure, TD Securities James joined TD Execution Services in 2021 as Head of European Market Structure and has been instrumental in helping to develop its liquidity strategy. Prior to this, he spent five years at Citi as European Head of Market Structure and 11 years at London...
Henrik Falk
Henrik Falk, Head of Trading at Swedbank, overseeing risk taking in Credits, Rates, FX and Equity derivatives. Prior to this role he was responsible for the Rates trading business. Henrik has more than 10 years of experience in various trading and capital market roles at Swedbank, Morgan Stanley and Pareto Securities.
Hanno Klein
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...
Sajana Karunagaran
Sajana Karunagaran, Market Analyst, Aquis Exchange PLC Sajana is a Market Analyst in the Aquis Exchange product and project management team. She is a Business, Finance & Management graduate from the University of East Anglia, and joined Aquis Exchange PLC in 2020. Sajana is currently preparing for the CISI Introduction to Securities and Investment exam.
Ignatius John
Ignatius John, Vice President, Broadridge Financial Solutions Ignatius John, considered by many to be an IT visionary, is recognized as a pioneer in the use of the FIX Protocol for post-trade. As Global Trading Strategist at asset manager AXA Rosenberg, Ignatius implemented a complete post-trade solution in 2008 using the FIX Protocol. This accomplishment was...
Markus Mild
Markus Mild, AVP, Government Relations, Nasdaq Markus Mild is an AVP in Government Relations, bringing over 15 years of industry experience across derivatives and cash trading, as well as risk management. Prior to his current role, Markus spent ten years at Nasdaq within Regulatory Policy and Compliance, contributing to market structure and regulatory initiatives. He...









