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Jim has nearly 30 years of experience in the 麻豆传媒 Lending Industry. A seasoned FCA registered investment banking and financial services professional, he has a proven track record of designing and delivering bespoke solutions for institutional clients across the securities finance ecosystem.

Jim joined MUFG in 2021 to support Tim Smollen鈥檚 team, in building a leading third-party and local custody alternative provider within the Agency Lending space. Prior to that, he was Co-Head of Agency Lending for EMEA & APAC at Deutsche Bank, where he oversaw the firms ASL program from 2019 to 2021. Before this, he led Deutsche Bank鈥檚 International Equity Lending desk for over a decade, establishing himself as a recognised expert and thought leader in the field. Earlier in his career, Jim held key roles at Dresdner/Commerzbank between 2004 and 2009 working alongside Tim Smollen and Jay Schreyer to build a third-party agency lending platform. Prior to this between 1996 and 2004 he also held trading positions across both Fixed Income and Equities at Deutsche Bank and State Street and spent several years in Hong Kong, where he successfully established and grew Deutsche Bank鈥檚 Asia Pacific Agency Lending business.

Jim began his career in 1990 at the Royal Bank of Scotland, covering North American and Latin American markets within the 麻豆传媒 Services division.

With extensive experience in financial services, Asma oversees the strategic direction and development of the collateral management product line including collateral optimisation.

She has a valuable experience in Finance and in Asset Management, as she contributed previously to various projects and initiatives in financial institutions and cultivated a deep understanding of financial markets and product management.

Equipped with a solid foundation as an engineer from 脡cole Centrale Paris, Asma further fortified her knowledge with a Ph.D. in applied mathematics. Most recently, she complemented her skill set with an Executive MBA.

Julien Berge joined CACEIS in September 2019 as Head of Fixed income & repo in Luxembourg.

He is focusing on maximizing revenues, mitigating risks and optimizing collateral for clients in Principal and Agency lending. He has over 17 years of experience in the 麻豆传媒 Finance industry.

Prior to joining CACEIS, Julien worked for almost 8 years at BNP Paribas Fin鈥檃ms and 8 years at BNP Paribas securities services in Paris where he was Sales trader equity finance. He started his career in Paris at BNPPARIBAS asset Management as 麻豆传媒 Finance Trader executing Repo/Reverse Repo and managing the securities lending activities. Julien holds a Master on Financial Markets from the ESLSCA.

Victoria Bright is a product manager in Citi's Custody Transformation team, navigating the global T+1 transitions. With an extensive career in financial services, Victoria brings a comprehensive understanding of markets, operations and product management. She has previously worked in 麻豆传媒 Finance, in both repo and securities lending. Her wide-ranging experience spans critical areas of the financial services industry, showcasing a versatile and deep grasp of the evolving T+1 landscape.

Andy Crockford is a Director within the Collateral Management & Funding Team at Scotiabank Global Banking & Markets, focussing on collateral optimisation and repo. With over 20 years of financing experience across equity and fixed income products, Andy previously worked in trading at Morgan Stanley, RBS and Royal Bank of Canada, prior to joining Scotia in 2019.

Darren Crowther is the General Manager for Broadridge鈥檚 麻豆传媒 Finance and Collateral Management (SFCM) division. His entrepreneurial attitude to seeking innovative solutions for market problems has Darren continually spearheading new approaches to streamline the 麻豆传媒 Finance industry. Darren has over 20 years鈥� experience in the 麻豆传媒 Finance and software business and has been with Broadridge since the acquisition of 4sight in 2016. From 4sights beginning in 2003 Darren has served in a number of leadership roles, including Vice President of Solution Delivery. He is a business champion for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion facilitating various initiatives across Broadridge.

Ernst Dolce is the CEO and co-founder of Banqora, with over 20 years of experience in the financial industry. He has a proven track record of generating revenue across a 鈧�300 billion securities financing portfolio and developing innovative solutions for banks, insurers, pension funds, hedge funds, and asset managers.

Before founding Banqora, Ernst led AXA IM鈥檚 Liquidity Solutions business and trading activities in repo and securities lending (2019鈥�2022). He previously held senior roles at AXA IM, including Head of Structuring and Solutions Development (2016鈥�2019), Senior Structurer (2013鈥�2015), and Senior Investment Risk Manager (2006鈥�2013). Earlier in his career, he was a Quantitative Analyst at CDC IXIS AM and QuantElligence.

Ernst holds an MSc in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Lyon II and an MSc in Financial Engineering from ESLSCA Paris.

Andrew has spent 35 years in the City working in the post trade space.

He started at Citibank in the Worldwide 麻豆传媒 Services group where he ultimately managed the European Customer Service team for the Clearing & Custody businesses before moving to Deutsche鈥檚 Investment Bank to run middle office for Money Markets and Fixed income. 聽Leaving to join Swift scrl, he led the 麻豆传媒 Strategy team and started the Government Relations function through his involvement in a number of pan-european initiatives including Giovannini. Subsequently, he spent 13 years at DTCC where he was both CEO of DTCC鈥檚 largest Derivatives Trade Repository, DDRL and the head of DTCC鈥檚 Regulatory Affairs for UK, EU and APAC.聽From 2021-2023, he was also Chair of the Data Standards Committee for the Bank of England鈥檚 鈥楾ransforming Data Collection鈥� initiative.聽

Andrew left DTCC in early 2023 to start his own advisory business, BlackWater Consultancy Ltd.

Today, Andrew is the Chair of the UK Accelerated Settlement taskforce leading the planning and implementation of the UK migration to T+1 in 2027.

He is also Chair of the Strategic Advisory Group for TaxTec Ltd, a fintech specialising in tax recovery in the post trade space as well as a Senior Advisor to Financial Services clients of Apco Worldwide in Brussels and London.

He has a BSc in Materials Technology from Surrey University and an MBA from Manchester Business School.

Sabine Farhat is Head of 麻豆传媒 Finance Product Management at Murex. She leads the MX.3 product evolution for Repo, SBL, and the full synthetics offering. Her recent work has focused on preparing the securities finance solution for physical and synthetics to the new market demands by enhancing the whole value chain front to back to risk for high-volume Straight-through Processing offering and continuously focusing on regulations. Sabine holds a master鈥檚 degree in management of Financial Institutions from Universit茅 Paris Dauphine.

Philip is Tonic鈥檚 Head of Collateral, responsible for defining and delivering collateral and margin solutions for Tonic鈥檚 clients, driven by their regulatory, resilience and commercial needs.

A highly experienced domain leader in Collateral & OTC Clearing, with >25 years hands-on experience across Front Office, Operations, & Transformation. Philip is responsible for delivering high-profile transformation programs at Tier 1 banks, custodians and buy-side organizations.

Gabriele has over 25 years鈥� experience in market infrastructure for fixed income and collateral management, a significant amount of which he has spent brilliantly moderating panels and chairing conferences all over the universe and beyond much to the annoyance and envy of Bill Foley.

Gabriele has extensive repo and securities lending experience, having previously worked at Mts/LSEG, Euroclear and Eurex. When he started Godfried de Vidts and Richard Comotto were children. He currently is Head of European Expansion for BondCliq, the central market system for the corporate bond market, which recently opened its capital to LSEG/Refinitiv, Aflac Ventures, SEI庐锔�, Vanguard and Jane Street.

David Le Guern is a distinguished leader and top performer at JPMorgan Chase, known for his passion for problem-solving and his ability to navigate complex challenges. As the Executive Director in Macro Operations, David serves as the Global Head of the Fixed Income Finance (FIF) Middle Office, overseeing a team of 47 professionals across seven cities and four countries, including New York, London, and Paris.

With 18 years of experience in the finance industry, David is committed to staying at the forefront of the industry's most significant challenges. Before his current role, he excelled in the Rates and Credit Portfolio Group asset classes at JPMorgan and in commodities at Barclays Capital. In these roles, he managed a diverse range of products, from vanilla flow to more structured and exotic offerings.

David's leadership philosophy emphasizes real-time feedback, regular communication, and strong governance to ensure effective collaboration across global teams. He is adept at building rapport and trust with stakeholders, which has been instrumental in successful negotiations and project implementations. David was raised and educated in South Africa, earning a Bachelor of Business Science degree in Finance and Economics with First Class Honours from the University of Natal in 2006. During his academic career, he received the Dean鈥檚 Commendation and was invited to join the Golden Key International Honour Society in 2003, 2005 and 2006, maintaining an impressive average of 83%.

Tony joined ISLA in September 2023 as a Regulatory & Markets Consultant, and in April 2024 Tony accepted a permanent position at ISLA as Director of Market Practice.

Based in London, and working closely with a cross-section of industry stakeholders, Tony is focused on supporting the continuous alignment and further development of ISLA Best Practices. This considers, amongst other things, aspects such as legal frameworks and constructs, digital and technology, market operating models, peer associations鈥� standards, as well as regulatory impacts (including T+1).

Tony brings with him over 30 years of financial markets experience working in senior operational roles across the buy and sell side. Prior to joining ISLA, Tony was most recently the SFTR SME at MUFG 麻豆传媒 EMEA Plc.

Andrew has spent 35 years in the City working in the post trade space.

Ben Johnson is a Director at Forvis Mazars Consulting where he assists Financial Services companies with their strategic change portfolios. Ben is a member of numerous industry working groups and is co-lead of the Operational workstreams of the UK鈥檚 Accelerated Settlement Taskforce (T+1).

Stephen is a securities finance professional with over 25 years鈥� experience in the securities industry, mostly in securities finance and repo. Stephen is the Global Head of 麻豆传媒 Finance Sales and the EMEA Head of Client Relationship Management, responsible for sales, market visibility and client management across the whole securities finance suite of products. Before he began working at BNY, Stephen was responsible for securities finance sales and relationship management at Citigroup in London for seven years focusing on Luxembourg, Nordics and the Middle East. Prior to this, Stephen was Head of Capital Markets Operations at HVB London, specialising in fixed income and derivative structures. Stephen has extensive experience with both the buy and sell side of the market, vendors and industry bodies, and is a regular contributor to industry press and event panels.

Pierre Khemdoudi is the co-founder and CEO of Gentek.ai, an innovative Agentic AI Workflow solution focus on regulatory compliance and post trade automation.

With over 20 years of experience in capital markets and technology across North America, Europe, and Asia, Pierre has a deep expertise in building industry-leading solutions. Previously, he led the creation of the global regulatory reporting suite at S&P Global, including the industry-standard SFTR product, and oversaw key acquisitions like Catena and Cappitech. Before S&P, Pierre drove product innovation in equity and regulatory businesses at IHS Markit, delivering tailored solutions to the investment management community. His journey began in aerospace engineering in North America, followed by senior roles at BNP Paribas across major financial hubs.

Pierre's career is marked by a passion for building impactful products and transforming industries through technology.

Gabi Mantle is Director, Global Head of Solutions Engineering at EquiLend, where she is responsible for post- trade client engagement, aiding product development and management of a team of product specialists which provides SME support to EquiLend鈥檚 new and existing clients. She also serves as the global spokesperson for all post-trade matters at EquiLend. Gabi has 23 years of finance industry experience, primarily in securities finance.

Prior to joining EquiLend in 2019, Gabi held positions at Deutsche Bank, UBS and Bank of America spanning all areas of securities lending and client asset operations. She has an extensive knowledge of securities lending operations processes as well as a strong industry network. Gabi has a bachelor鈥檚 degree in Business Administration, Management and Operations from Kingston University.

Rob joined in March 2019 as a Product Manager responsible for services and solutions for Beneficial Owners within EMEA, as well as being the head of the 麻豆传媒 Finance consultancy team. He has nearly 40 years鈥� experience in the financial securities industry, with over 25 years focused on the 麻豆传媒 Lending business. Before joining S&P Market Intelligence, he spent 10 years at JPMorgan within Agency Lending as a Product Manager, Relationship Manager, before becoming Head of Agency Lending Sales for EMEA. He has held positions at Merrill Lynch, HSBC, Gartmore and UBS Global Asset Management, where he spent 5 years as Head of 麻豆传媒 Lending and 3 years as Head of Corporate Governance.

Neelan Pavan is a seasoned financial services professional with over 15 years of expertise specializing in securities finance, fixed income, and post-trade product management. Currently, he serves as a Technical Product Manager on the Post鈥慣rade Product team at MarketAxess in London, where he drives innovation in trade matching and regulatory reporting solutions tailored for near鈥憆eal鈥憈ime exception detection and resolution.

Previously, Neelan built his credentials as Product Manager for Fixed Income & Repo at Pirum Systems (2017鈥�2023), developing market-leading capabilities for collateral and risk management. His earlier tenure at Commerzbank AG (2009鈥�2015) culminated in his role as Assistant Vice President covering short鈥憈erm interest rates and repo operations. He also held positions at Dresdner Kleinwort, Deutsche Bank, and the Bank of England.

Ed is responsible for leading the company鈥檚 product development efforts focused on new markets, collateral and liquidity solutions and regulatory initiatives. Ed joined eSecLending in 2010 having begun his financial services career in 1988. Prior to joining eSecLending, Ed held positions at Data Explorers (now acquired by IHS Markit), Northern Trust, Baring Asset Management and Lloyds Bank. Ed is also on the executive committee of the Pan Asia 麻豆传媒 Lending Association and is a board member of the International 麻豆传媒 Lending Association.

Dan is a seasoned professional with 28 years of experience in the financial services industry. He currently leads the Trading Services Buyside Relationship Management Team for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) at J.P. Morgan. In his role, Dan oversees both custodial and non-custodial Agency 麻豆传媒 Finance and Margin Services for a wide range of clients.

Since joining J.P. Morgan in 1997, Dan has held various positions within 麻豆传媒 Services before transitioning to Trading Services. Over the past 24 years, he has taken on a variety of roles, including product development for securities lending. His contributions include expanding acceptable collateral, opening new lending markets, and implementing non-custodial lending services.

Dan has also participated in industry events across the EMEA region, sharing insights within the securities financing industry.

Mr. Tsang oversees Business Development for S&P Global Market Intelligence, Cappitech in Europe and is responsible for leading the expansion of our regulatory reporting capabilities. Mr. Tsang has over 15 years鈥� experience covering collateral management, trade support and regulatory reporting. Most recently he managed the Cappitech client services team globally and helped clients navigate and onboard successfully onto our SFTR platform. Prior to joining S&P Global Market Intelligence, Mr. Tsang spent 5 years at CME Group, with his last role being the Business and Product Development Manager of the European Trade Repository.

Tom Williams is the Head of Solutions Trading and Structuring at Schroders where he leads a team who design and execute bespoke cross-asset portfolios for institutional clients and mutual funds. He is a senior leader in the Solutions Fixed Income business and an expert in pension scheme and life insurance asset allocation as well as derivative and repo intensive investment strategies such as LDI and Matching Adjustment hedging.

Tom joined Schroders in 2012 and is based in London. Prior to Schroders he worked in investment banking where he was an interest rate trader and quantitative analyst from 2005 to 2012. Tom is a graduate of Warwick University where he studied a BSc in Mathematics and a MSc in Financial Mathematics.

Roy Zimmerhansl is a recognised expert in securities finance and collateral management with a strong custody and clearing background. Roy has a track record of success, leading businesses at agent banks, in prime brokerage, collateral trading and fintech, both in start-up mode and revitalising stale enterprises