Balancing on the Edge: Harnessing Technological Promise in the Shadow of Global Risks
1 - 3 July 2024 | Zurich, Switzerland
This Annual Forum convenes 2,000 central bankers, regulators, policymakers, industry leaders, technologists and investors to address the latest developments in financial technology and the future of finance.
2024 Themes
Decoding Digital Assets
Integrating digital assets with regulated domestic and cross-border payment rails.
Forming Frontier
Tech
Scaling responsible adoption of Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing.
Elevating
ESG
Advancing ESG reporting, benchmarking, and marketplaces through tech platforms.
Manoeuvring Macro-Geopolitical Dynamics
Adapting tech and business strategies for financial institutions to navigate complex macro-geopolitical tensions.
Programme Overview
2024 Speakers
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Alan Lim
Head, FinTech Infrastructure Office, Monetary Authority of Singapore
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Alessandra Perrazzelli
Deputy Governor, Banca d'Italia
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Ashley Lannquist
Digital Finance Expert, International Monetary Fund
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Benjamin Gray
General Counsel, Paxos
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Claudine Hurman
Director of Innovation and Financial Market Infrastructures, Banque de France
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Dante Disparte
Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Global Policy, Circle
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David Newns
Head of Digital Assets, SIX
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Denis Beau
First Deputy Governor, Banque de France
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Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao
Chief Executive Officer, SBI Digital Asset Holdings
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Professor Jan Frait
Deputy Governor, Czech National Bank
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Jo Yeo
Head, Payments Development and Data Connectivity Office, Monetary Authority of Singapore
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Dr Jochen Papenbrock
Head of Financial Technology EMEA, NVIDIA
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Jos Dijsselhof
Chief Executive Officer, SIX
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Laura Deal Lacey
Executive Director, Milken
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Lauren Belive
Head of Public Policy US, Ripple
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Leong Sing Chiong
Deputy Managing Director (Markets and Development), Monetary Authority of Singapore
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Lesley Chavkin
Global Head of Public Policy, Paxos
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Maha El Dimachki
Head, BIS Innovation Hub Singapore Centre
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Marco Bizzozero
Head of International & Member of the Executive Committee, iCapital
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Marion Leslie
Head of Financial Information, SIX
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Marja Nykänen
Deputy Governor, Suomen Pankki (Bank of Finland)
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Mathias Imbach
Co-founder & Group Chief Executive Officer, Sygnum Bank
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Matthias Kroner
Managing Partner, EMEA, Elevandi
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Melvin Deng
CEO, QCP Capital
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Oliver Bussmann
Chief Executive Officer, Bussmann Advisory
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Pablo Hernández de Cos
Governor, Banco de España
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Philippe Brügger
Head of Data and Analytics Center, Bank Division, Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)
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Rahul Advani
Public Policy Director, APAC, Ripple
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Ravi Menon
Former Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore
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Rob Grant
Vice President, Global Public Policy, Ripple
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Sergey Nazarov
CEO and Co-founder, Chainlink
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Sharon Donnery
Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Ireland
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Simonas Krėpšta
Member of the Board, Bank of Lithuania
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Sopnendu Mohanty
Chief FinTech Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore
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Stu Alderoty
Chief Legal Officer, Ripple
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Dr Xuchun Li
Head of AI Development Office, Monetary Authority of Singapore
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Yuval Rooz
CEO and Co-founder, Digital Asset
Alan Lim
Head, FinTech Infrastructure Office
Monetary Authority of Singapore
Alan is the head of the FinTech Infrastructure Office at the Monetary Authority of Singapore. He is responsible for developing Singapore’s digital financial infrastructure and establishing platforms for cross border connectivity. Prior to this, he held various leadership roles in the private sector including managing consulting and development teams across Asia Pacific.
Alessandra Perrazzelli
Deputy Governor
Banca d'Italia
Born in Genoa on 13 August 1961.
Member of the Governing Board and Deputy Governor of the Bank of Italy from 10 May 2019 (Presidential Decree of 3 May 2019). In this capacity, she is also a member of the Joint Directorate of the Insurance Supervisory Authority (IVASS).
She sits on the Supervisory Board of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) of the European Central Bank.
Since 2021, she has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Bambino Gesù children' hospital in Rome and a member of the Advisory Board of the FinTech and InsurTech Observatory of the Polytechnic University of Milan.
She was previously Italy Country Manager for Barclays Bank and sat on the Boards of Directors of Monte Titoli SpA, A2A and ATM (Azienda Trasporti Milanese).
She worked in Intesa Sanpaolo as Head of International Regulatory & Antitrust Affairs and as CEO of Intesa Sanpaolo Eurodesk. She began her career as a lawyer at leading law firms in New York and Brussels, specializing in the fields of banking law, financial services and public utilities.
She is a member of the New York State Bar.
In Italy, she was a founder and chair of Valore D, an association that aims to help propel talented women to corporate management roles. She also founded and directed the Gemma Project, set up to support female talent within the Intesa San Paolo group.
In the course of her career, Alessandra Perrazzelli has received widespread recognition and awards for her work on diversity and inclusion, and for the promotion of technological innovation in the financial industry.
In 1986 she graduated with honours from the University of Genoa with a degree in law. In 1988 she obtained a Master of Laws in Corporation Law from New York University School of Law.
She has been an alumna of the University of Stanford Business School since 2018.
In 2021, she was awarded a Knighthood in the Order of the Merit of the Italian Republic.
Ashley Lannquist
Digital Finance Expert
International Monetary Fund
Ashley Lannquist is a Digital Finance Expert in the IMF's Digital Advisory Unit, focusing on CBDC. She contributes to the IMF's capacity development and analytical papers that aim to support central banks' understanding of CBDC. Prior to the IMF, she led the CBDC work at the World Economic Forum from 2018-2021, including the WEF’s “CBDC Policy-Maker Toolkit.” Ashley has an MBA from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and a BA with honors in Economics and European Studies from Barnard College of Columbia University. Ashley is also a member of the Bank of England’s CBDC Technology Forum, the WEF’s expert community on wholesale CBDC, and American Mensa.
Benjamin Gray
General Counsel
Paxos
Ben Gray is General Counsel at Paxos, a FinTech leader in regulated blockchain and cryptocurrency infrastructure technology. At Paxos, Ben oversees the company’s worldwide legal, compliance, and risk teams and provides executive leadership on company direction and strategy.
Prior to joining Paxos, Ben served as Block, Inc.’s (formerly Square Inc.) Global Chief Compliance Officer and Deputy General Counsel, where he administered the company’s anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing, sanctions, and anti-bribery and corruption compliance programs and advised on Block’s payments and regulatory legal issues. Ben also guided Block’s financial crimes technical function, which included data science and engineering teams. Prior to joining Block, Ben practiced law at Schwartz & Ballen LLP, a Washington, DC based boutique financial services and banking regulatory law firm. At the firm, Ben advised traditional financial institutions, card networks, and fintech Fortune 500 companies on anti-money laundering compliance, licensing, enforcement, policy drafting, reporting, and record keeping. Prior to private practice, Ben worked as a federal financial regulator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in Washington, DC reviewing banks for compliance with federal lending statutes and regulations.
Ben graduated from The George Washington University Law School and Brown University, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. Ben is CAMS certified, a member of the District of Columbia Bar, and a member of the California Bar.
Claudine Hurman
Director of Innovation and Financial Market Infrastructures
Banque de France
Dante Disparte
Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Global Policy
Circle
Dante Disparte is Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy at Circle, responsible for overseeing company strategy, communications, policy and public affairs. Since joining Circle in 2021, his leadership in driving market expansion, regulatory engagement, and more have been integral in furthering the company’s mission to raise global economic prosperity through the frictionless exchange of financial value.
Prior to joining Circle, Dante served as a founding executive of the Diem Association, leading policy, communications, membership and social impact. He also brings two decades of experience as an entrepreneur, business leader and global risk expert, most recently as founder and CEO of Risk Cooperative. He also served as an appointee on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Advisory Council. Currently, he is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Digital Currency Governance Consortium and a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Additionally, he is co-author of “Global Risk Agility and Decision Making” (Macmillan 2016).
He earned a bachelor’s degree from Goucher College, is a PLD graduate of Harvard Business School, and has an MSc in risk management from NYU Stern School of Business. Outside of work, Dante enjoys speaking and commentating, such as in media outlets including Harvard Business Review, Fortune, BBC, Forbes and Diplomatic Courier.
David Newns
Head of Digital Assets
SIX
David Newns was made Head SIX Digital Exchange in October 2021 with a mandate to lead SDX in building the next generation fully regulated digital market infrastructure and establish SDX as a leader in global institutional Digital Assets and Cryptocurrency services. David is an entrepreneur and financial services professional with over 20 years of experience in capital markets. Prior to SDX, he was Senior Managing director at State Street and Global Head of GlobalLink Execution Services. In this role he was responsible for the award winning Currenex and FX Connect independent multi-asset class trading platform businesses. Previously, David was Global Head of Currenex and SwapEx. Before that, he held the roles of Chief Operating Officer for State Street Global Exchange Trading & Clearing and State Street eExchange EMEA. In 2001 David joined Currenex as a founding member of Currenex’s London operation. Before joining Currenex, David held several positions in technical services at MicroStrategy, a leading global provider of enterprise software platforms for business intelligence.
Denis Beau
First Deputy Governor
Banque de France
Denis Beau was appointed Deputy Governor of the Banque de France on 1 August 2017, and was reappointed First Deputy Governor on 12 January 2024.
In this capacity, he was appointed by the Governor of the Banque de France to represent him as Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR) and, with effect from 17 January 2024, he was appointed Chairman of the Observatory for the Security of Payment Means. He is also a member of the Board of the AMF and of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank (ECB). Since 1 January 2023, Denis Beau has been Chair of the ECB's Budget Committee (BUCOM).
His tasks as Deputy Governor include in particular the Banque de France's micro-prudential activities, the cash industry, innovation, the Bank’s branch network activities and the internal management of the institution.
Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao
Chief Executive Officer
SBI Digital Asset Holdings
Fernando is the CEO of SBI Digital Asset Holdings, a company that oversees and operates digital asset-related businesses, under the SBI Holdings umbrella. SBI Digital Asset Holdings aims to transform capital markets and banking value chains to create end-to-end digital asset solutions for financial institutions. Fernando is an open-source software industry veteran with over 20 years of experience across technology innovation and governance, capital markets and digital assets. He holds unparalleled knowledge of the Asian financial services sector from both a business and technical perspective. Fernando started his career in academia where he became deeply involved with the Linux community. This led him to the corporate world with several roles at the Japanese NTT Group. Fernando has held different roles at SBI Group, including Director of SBI VC Trade, CTO of Japannext, CEO of SBI DigiTrust and CEO of SBI Security Solutions.
Professor Jan Frait
Deputy Governor
Czech National Bank
Jan Frait was born on 28 November 1965 in Slavičín. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics at VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava in 1988, where he also completed his postgraduate studies in 1995. The same year he received the Young Economist of the Year award from the Czech Economic Society for his paper Portfolio Model of the Balance of Payments (and its Application to the Czech Republic in 1992–1995). Since 1990, he has lectured at the Economic Faculty of VŠB-TU Ostrava, where he qualified as an Associate Professor in Economics in 1998 and was appointed Professor of Economics in 2002. In 2000 the President of the Czech Republic appointed him as a member of the CNB Bank Board. After his mandate expired in 2006, he stayed with the CNB, working first as an adviser to the Board and later as Deputy Executive Director of the Economic Research Department responsible for financial stability analysis. He became Executive Director of the independent Financial Stability Department in 2010 and of the multi-divisional Financial Stability Department in 2018. In these posts, he represented the CNB on the European Central Bank’s Banking Supervision Committee, among other responsibilities. From 1999 to 2007 he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Czech Economic Society (CSE) and from December 2001 to January 2004 he held the post of CSE President. He has long worked as editor of Finance a úvěr – The Czech Journal of Economics and Finance. He specialises mainly in macroeconomics, financial stability, monetary theory and the international financial system. He has an extensive publication record on these topics in Czech and international journals. He became a member of the CNB Bank Board on 1 July 2022. Jan Frait has served as CNB Deputy Governor since 13 February 2023.
Jo Yeo
Head, Payments Development and Data Connectivity Office
Monetary Authority of Singapore
Jo is a division head at the FinTech & Innovation Group (FTIG) at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Her division, the Payments Development and Data Connectivity Office, is responsible for developing the Singapore payments ecosystem and driving payments development initiatives in addition to the development and implementation of cross-border data connectivity. She has led a number of landmark payments policy and infrastructure projects including Direct FAST, PayNow cross border connectivity linkages with Thailand, India and Malaysia, Project Nexus, SGQR, Payments Council, and the cessation of cheques in Singapore. In her previous role as payments policy lead at FTIG, Jo was the project director for the Payment Services Act.
Prior to joining FTIG, Jo was Assistant General Counsel at the MAS Legal Department. In that role she advised extensively on financial services regulations and free trade agreements. Her private practice experience was at Allen & Gledhill and Amica Law.
Jo graduated from the National University of Singapore with an LLB (Hons) Degree, and was called to the Singapore bar. She has a Master of Laws from University College London, and is a non-practising solicitor of England and Wales.
Dr Jochen Papenbrock
Head of Financial Technology EMEA
NVIDIA
Jochen is Head of Financial Technology EMEA at NVIDIA, the globally leading accelerated computing platform company. He has spent the last 25 years in various roles on the topic of AI and Advanced Analytics in financial services, as a thought leader, implementer, researcher, and ecosystem shaper. He works with executives, data scientists, developers, partners, and communities in the global NVIDIA ecosystem. He also leads up the topics Trustworthy AI, ESG, and Climate Risk in financial services. Jochen is a financial data scientist and received his degree and Ph.D. from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Before NVIDIA he worked as a consultant, entrepreneur, and researcher with asset managers, banks, insurance companies, and central banks.
Jos Dijsselhof
Chief Executive Officer
SIX
Jos Dijsselhof joined SIX in January 2018 as CEO. He holds degrees in computer science and business administration, and has a long track record in international management in the financial sector. He has previously held positions at ABN Amro Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland and ANZ Australia & New Zealand Banking Group in various countries including Hong Kong and Singapore. His most recent role was Chief Operating Officer (2014–June 2017) and CEO ad interim (2015) at Euronext in Amsterdam.
Laura Deal Lacey
Executive Director
Milken
Lauren Belive
Head of Public Policy US
Ripple
Leong Sing Chiong
Deputy Managing Director (Markets and Development)
Monetary Authority of Singapore
Mr Leong Sing Chiong was appointed as Deputy Managing Director for Markets and Development on 1 February 2021. He oversees the Markets & Investment, Development & International, FinTech & Innovation, as well as Sustainability Groups. Prior to this, Mr Leong served as Assistant Managing Director overseeing the Monetary & Domestic Markets Management Department and the Reserves Management Department since June 2018. He also served as Assistant Managing Director of the Development and International Group from 2013-2018.
Mr Leong began his MAS career with the Reserves Management Department in 1993 and served as Staff Assistant to the Managing Director from 1997-1998. In 1999, he joined the Monetary Management Division and was responsible for the implementation of MAS’ monetary policy and money market operations. Thereafter, Mr Leong was appointed Chief Representative of MAS’ London Representative Office from 2002-2004.
Mr Leong spent six years with the International Department from 2004-2010 and was appointed as the Executive Director of Financial Centre Development Department from 2010-2013. Mr Leong is a recipient of the Public Administration Medal (Silver). He holds a B.Sc Economics (Monetary Economics) from the London School of Economics and is married with two children.
Lesley Chavkin
Global Head of Public Policy
Paxos
Maha El Dimachki
Head
BIS Innovation Hub Singapore Centre
Marco Bizzozero
Head of International & Member of the Executive Committee
iCapital
Marco is Head of International at iCapital and a member of the Firm's Executive Committee. In this role, he is responsible for the global expansion and overall development of the Firm's business outside the United States with a focus on EMEA, APAC and LATAM markets. Marco has more than 25 years of international experience in the financial industry and has held senior executive positions in global organizations in wealth management and private equity. He joined iCapital from UniCredit, where he was CEO of Group Wealth Management and a member of the Group Executive Management Committee.
Previously, Marco was with Deutsche Bank for 14 years, including nine years as Head of Wealth Management EMEA and CEO of Deutsche Bank Switzerland and, prior to this, as Global Head of Private Equity for the Wealth Management division. Before joining Deutsche Bank, Marco was Head of Private Equity Secondary Investments at LGT Capital Partners. He started his career with UBS where he held various roles in investment banking and private equity in Zurich, London, and New York. He received a Master of Arts (lic. oec. HSG) from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and has served on the boards of the Swiss Bankers Association, the Association of Foreign Banks in Switzerland, and the Swiss Finance Institute.
He is currently a member of the Advisory Committee of Elevandi, an organization set up by the Monetary Authority of Singapore to foster an open dialogue between
Marion Leslie
Head of Financial Information
SIX
Marion Leslie joined SIX Group in January 2020 as Head Financial Information and a member of the SIX Executive Board. Marion is the representative on the Executive Board for Sustainability and is also a member of the BME Board of Directors and the SIX Digital Exchange Board of Directors. As Head Financial Information, Marion leads the SIX global data business, serving financial institutions worldwide with critical data and insights to support their clients. Leading global businesses and operations at scale, with a strong emphasis on data and technology, are the hallmarks of her career in financial services.
Prior to joining SIX, Marion was Managing Director, Enterprise at Refinitiv (London Stock Exchange) with responsibility for delivering market data, platforms and services to the global financial markets. Marion was named one of the 100 Most Influential Women in European Finance by Financial News in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, was listed as one of Swiss Finance’s Women to Watch in 2022 and was included in the World Federation of Exchanges Women Leaders List 2021. In 2017, she was nominated in the Cranfield University Female FTSE 100 Women to Watch Board Report and in 2014 was the winner of the Award for Achievement at the Women in Banking and Finance Awards.
Marion is on the board of Advance, the leading business association for gender equality in Switzerland. She is Chair of the UK Hydrographic Office, a UK government trading fund, part of the Ministry of Defence.
Marja Nykänen
Deputy Governor
Suomen Pankki (Bank of Finland)
Mathias Imbach
Co-founder & Group Chief Executive Officer
Sygnum Bank
Mathias is a Co-Founder and Group CEO of Sygnum. Prior to Sygnum, he was General Manager at RNT Associates, Mr. Ratan N. Tata’s personal investment platform, which he joined as the first team member. He led multiple venture capital and private equity investments and participated in blockchain and DLT-related equity deals globally. Mathias started his career at Bain & Company where he led advisory projects for private equity funds, family offices and technology companies. He holds a PhD from the University of St. Gallen and a Master of Science from the London School of Economics (LSE).
Matthias Kroner
Managing Partner, EMEA
Elevandi
Matthias Kröner is the Founder and Managing Director of Tradelite Solutions, a company operating at the intersection of video games and the world of finance.
With a distinguished career spanning over 30 years in the financial services industry, Matthias brings unparalleled expertise in innovation leadership and corporate strategy. Prior to his current role, he served as the Founder and CEO of both Fidor Bank and DAB Bank. Additionally, Matthias holds a key position as a Board Member at Elevandi.io, the owner of the prestigious Singapore Fintech Festival. His dedication to shaping the future of fintech and finance is a testament to his commitment to driving innovation and excellence in the industry.
Melvin Deng
CEO
QCP Capital
Melvin Deng is the CEO of QCP Capital, a full suite crypto trading firm and a global leader in the options market. Inspired by the potential of cryptocurrency to disrupt financial services, he left a more than 15 year banking career to join QCP Capital in 2021. As the CEO, Melvin’s vision is to bring the company’s institutional-grade experience, research and infrastructure to the crypto and traditional finance ecosystem. He was previously the Head of Treasury for a global bank in Singapore, responsible for business and balance sheet strategy.
Oliver Bussmann
Chief Executive Officer
Bussmann Advisory
Oliver Bussmann is a globally recognized technology thought leader and driver of large-scale transformation at multi-national organizations and portfolio companies of private equity firms. The Founder and CEO of Bussmann Advisory AG, he advises enterprises and private equity companies looking to stay ahead of the digital disruption curve in the financial services and high-tech industry.
He is a Non-Executive Board Director at Bank of America Europe, BSI Software, AD Ports Group Digital Cluster, Board Chairman at xSuite Group and Advisory Board member of the largest European Asset Manager Amundi and Advisor to the Board of Nationwide and Royal London.
In addition, he also holds important mandates in industry associations, including Board Member at Elevandi as part of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and at ID2020 Digital Identity Alliance. Oliver was Co-founder and former President of the Swiss Crypto Valley Association which is the largest blockchain ecosystem with over 1’000 startups in Switzerland.
From 2013 to 2016 Bussmann was Group Chief Information Officer of UBS, where he successfully led a major Business and IT transformation effort, instituted a new group-wide innovation framework and established UBS as a pioneer in the development of blockchain for use in financial services. Prior to joining UBS Bussmann was Global Chief Information Officer at SAP, where he also spearheaded significant technology transformation and integration of company acquisitions, and before that CIO for North America & Mexico at Allianz. Previous roles have included executive positions at Deutsche Bank and IBM.
Bussmann's achievements and thought leadership have been widely recognized. He was named COO/CTO of the year by Financial News/The Wall Street Journal, European CIO of the Year by INSEAD/CIONET, Top FinTech Influencer to follow by Onalytica, Swiss FinTech Award, received the Elite 8 Award, which is given to the most innovative leaders in technology working in capital markets by Wall Street & Technology Magazine, and has twice been included on the Financial News "FinTech 40" list of innovators shaping the future of finance.
Pablo Hernández de Cos
Governor
Banco de España
Pablo Hernández de Cos is Governor of the Banco de España and member of the Governing and General Council of the ECB. He is Chair of the BCBS, of the Board of Governors of the CEMLA and of the Advisory Technical Committee of the ESRB. He is member of various European and International Committees including the ESRB, the FSB, the BIS Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision and the Advisory Board of the FSI. He is also Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Spanish Macroprudential Authority Financial Stability Board (AMCESFI).
He holds a PhD in Economics (Complutense University, Madrid), a degree in Economics and Business Studies (CUNEF) and a degree in Law (UNED).
Philippe Brügger
Head of Data and Analytics Center, Bank Division
Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)
Rahul Advani
Public Policy Director, APAC
Ripple
Ravi Menon
Former Managing Director
Monetary Authority of Singapore
Mr Ravi Menon served for 36 years in the Singapore Public Service.
Mr Menon was the longest serving Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Under his leadership, MAS implemented effective monetary and macroprudential policies, reformed the financial regulatory framework, strengthened skills development in the financial sector, and developed Singapore into a vibrant centre for green finance and a leading global FinTech hub. MAS was named Central Bank of the Year in 2019 by the UK-based publication Central Banking, which lauded MAS as a “pioneer in creating a framework to facilitate next-generation technological and financial innovation” and noted its coherent supervision as a financial regulator and enviable track record for monetary and financial stability.
As Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Trade & Industry, Mr Menon played a pivotal role in supporting the economy during the global financial crisis and enhancing Singapore’s access to external markets. As Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Finance, he helped to formulate fiscal policies and a framework for spending the income from government reserves.
Mr Menon is currently Chairman of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) APAC Network Advisory Board and a member of the GFANZ Principals Group. He is also a Trustee of the Singapore Indian Development Association, a community self-help group.
Rob Grant
Vice President, Global Public Policy
Ripple
As the Vice President, Global Head of Public Policy, Robert spearheads Ripple’s legislative, regulatory, and policy priorities throughout the world. Robert joined Ripple after spending more than 20 years working in and with governments, having held leadership positions in the United States Senate, the Department of Treasury, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Most recently, Robert led the global policy efforts for the self-driving startup, Cruise, and was a policy executive at the ridesharing company, Lyft. Robert earned his B.A. from the University of Virginia and his J.D. from Tulane University School of Law.
Sergey Nazarov
CEO and Co-founder
Chainlink
Sergey Nazarov is the co-founder of Chainlink, the gateway to onchain finance. As the industry-standard Web3 services platform, Chainlink has enabled trillions of dollars in on-chain transaction volume and is used by the world’s leading financial institutions and blockchain protocols. Chainlink provides global enterprises with a universal gateway to all blockchains and cross-chain interoperability between any public or private blockchain.
Sharon Donnery
Deputy Governor
Central Bank of Ireland
Sharon Donnery was appointed Deputy Governor, Financial Regulation on 1 July 2022. She is an ex-officio Member of the Central Bank Commission and is a member of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank (ECB). As Deputy Governor, Financial Regulation, Sharon is responsible for leading credit institutions supervision; insurance supervision; policy and risk; and prudential analytics and inspections directorates.
Sharon was previously Deputy Governor, Central Banking from 1 March 2016 to 30 June 2022 and was the Governor's Alternate on the Governing Council of the ECB. She is also a member of the General Board of the European Systemic Risk Board having been appointed by the ECB Governing Council in December 2016. Sharon was appointed as co-chair of the Standing Committee on Supervisory and Regulatory Cooperation Open-ended Funds Working Group (OEFWG) in January 2023.
Sharon was Acting Governor from 1 June 2019 to 31 August 2019. She has chaired a number of European Committees including being Chair of the ECB Budget Committee (BuCom), Chair of the ECB High Level Group on Non-Performing Loans (NPLs), Chair of the European Banking Authority's (EBA) Consumer Protection Group and Vice-Chair of the EBA Standing Committee on Consumer Protection and Financial Innovation.
Sharon joined the Central Bank in 1996 as an Economist in the Monetary Policy Division and has held a range of senior positions. From February 2013 to August 2014, she held the statutory position of Registrar of Credit Unions and from April 2014 to May 2016 was Director of Credit Institutions. Prior to joining the Central Bank, Sharon lectured in economics at the National University of Ireland Maynooth.
Sharon holds a B.A. in Economics and Politics and a M.A. in Economics from University College Dublin and a Diploma in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors. In 2019, she was admitted to the Institute of Directors in London as a Chartered Director. In 2020, she was appointed as an Adjunct Professor of Economics at Trinity College Dublin.
Simonas Krėpšta
Member of the Board
Bank of Lithuania
Simonas Krėpšta started his professional career in one of Lithuania’s commercial banks in 2006. In 2008–2019, he worked at the Bank of Lithuania – having started his career there as Economist at the Financial Stability Division, he later held senior positions as Head of the Macroprudential Policy Division of the Financial Stability Department and Director of the Financial Stability Department. For the last couple of years, he chaired the Economic and Social Policy Group of the presidential office, which coordinates economic, financial, innovation, health and social policy issues. Simonas Krėpšta holds an International Executive MBA from the Baltic Management Institute (BMI) as well as Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Economics (Finance and Banking) from Vytautas Magnus University. He also studied at Cracow University of Economics under the Lithuanian-Polish bilateral cooperation agreement. For several years, he worked as a lecturer in Financial Intermediation (Master’s programme) and International Finance (Bachelor’s programme) at ISM University of Management and Economics. Mr Krėpšta also completed his traineeship at the Bank of England as well as deepened his financial knowledge in other internships and trainings. As Member of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania, he is in charge of the field of supervision and the Centre for Digital Excellence.
Sopnendu Mohanty
Chief FinTech Officer
Monetary Authority of Singapore
Sopnendu Mohanty, currently the Chief Fintech Officer at the Monetary Authority of Singapore, is responsible for creating development strategies, public infrastructure, and policies around technology-driven innovation. Mohanty has over two decades of public and private sector experience in technology, operations, digital Finance, and investment strategies.
Mohanty extensively engages with global technology and financial services ecosystems and has championed notable collaborative public goods like API Exchange (APIX), Singapore Fintech Festival, Payment Rails, Data exchange platforms, and experimental programs like Project Ubin. In addition, Mohanty advises many international global advisory bodies on Fintech, Innovation and Inclusion. Within five years of his leadership, Singapore has become a leading global Fintech hub producing unicorns and home to many vibrant fintech companies.
He has co-authored several patented works in the application of digital technology in Finance and won many industry recognitions.
Stu Alderoty
Chief Legal Officer
Ripple
Stuart Alderoty is the Chief Legal Officer at Ripple, overseeing the legal, compliance and regulation departments. Stuart brings more than 30 years of legal experience to the role with expertise in financial services and regulatory affairs. He’s been General Counsel and part of the executive leadership teams at CIT Group and HSBC North America Holdings. Stuart also was Managing Counsel at American Express where he served on the leadership team of the President and CEO of American Express’ Consumer Card Business. Stuart began his career in private practice and was a partner with the international law firm of LeBouef, Lamb, Greene and MacRae where he specialized in complex litigation.
Dr Xuchun Li
Head of AI Development Office
Monetary Authority of Singapore
Dr Li is heading the AI Development Office from the FinTech & Innovation Group in MAS. The mandate of the AI Development Office focuses on promoting the usage of Artificial Intelligence in the Singapore financial sector. It will develop and implement the AI strategy for Singapore financial industry, facilitate industry-wide AI projects within and beyond the financial sector as well as embark on initiatives to develop a sustainable ecosystem that supports the experimentation and deployment of AI-based technologies in the financial sector. Dr Li’s major expertise covers areas such as machine learning, big data analysis, cloud computing, text mining etc. He also has strong commercial software development experience. Before joining MAS, he was a scientist at VISA and UBS. He holds a PhD in machine learning.
Yuval Rooz
CEO and Co-founder
Digital Asset
Yuval is a visionary leader at the intersection of finance and technology. Yuval co-founded Digital Asset in 2014 to fill a gap in the blockchain space, ultimately taking the technology beyond cryptocurrencies and using it to bring greater efficiency to financial services. Under his leadership, Digital Asset has grown from a fledgling start up to a leading enterprise blockchain company whose technology is used by top institutions and market infrastructures around the globe.
With a vision for a world where businesses seamlessly connect regardless of the underlying technology, he is taking Digital Asset to the next level by creating new networks of value that will fundamentally change the future of business and how companies interact. During his tenure, Yuval hired the majority of the company’s executive leadership, established its presence in six countries, and facilitated the acquisition of four tech startups in two years. He has secured more than $300 Million in financing for the company from a range of strategic investors, including leading financial and technology companies Citi, Goldman Sachs, IBM, J.P. Morgan, and Samsung, among others, and more recently, private equity firms 7RIDGE and Eldridge.
Yuval has built trusted relationships with Digital Asset’s clients and partners, growing its customer base threefold. Digital Asset’s customer base includes organizations across financial services, healthcare and insurance, such as BNP Paribas, Broadridge, Cboe, Deutsche Börse, Goldman Sachs, HKEX, HSBC, and Nasdaq, among others. Previously, Yuval managed an algorithmic trading desk at DRW Trading and he launched DRW Venture Capital as a member of the firm’s investment team. He also worked as a developer at Citadel. Yuval is a member of the Digital Asset Markets subcommittee of the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Global Market Advisory Committee. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Global Blockchain Business Council, a leading global industry association for the blockchain technology ecosystem.
He is also a frequent speaker at industry events and is often quoted in well-respected media outlets such as Bloomberg, Financial Times, and the Wall Street Journal, among others, talking about enterprise blockchain in the context of digital assets, market infrastructure, privacy, digital currencies, clearing and settlement challenges, and sustainable finance. Yuval holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is based at the company’s headquarters in New York City.
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