Fintech 2022

6th Annual FinTech and Regulation Conference: 8-9 February 2022, Brussels

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Speakers

Anne Keane

Anne Keane

Director
Afore Consulting
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Anne Keane
Director
Afore Consulting

Anne co-founded Afore Consulting in 2007. She has been in Brussels for 20 years and is a trained barrister, called to the Bar of England and Wales by The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple. She oversees the running of the company. Having worked in the EU institutions, she also advises on engagement, strategy and campaigns.

Anne is Irish and has an MA in European Studies in European law, economics and politics from the University of Limerick. She also speaks French and German.

Nickolas Reinhardt

Nickolas Reinhardt

Director
Afore Consulting
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Nickolas Reinhardt
Director
Afore Consulting

Nickolas co-founded Afore Consulting in 2007. Over a career of 20 years, he has come to be regarded as one of the most influential financial services consultants in Brussels. Previously, he ran the global regulatory practice at a public affairs company. He has extensive experience in all areas of financial services and competition policy. He trained and worked as a merchant banker in Hamburg.

Nickolas has an MA in History and Politics from the Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel and has also studied and lectured at the University of Limerick and Queens University, Belfast. He speaks German, English and French.

Vincent Van Peteghem

Vincent Van Peteghem

Deputy Prime Minister & Minister
Finance Belgium
Ceu Pereira

Ceu Pereira

Payment Team Leader - Retail Payments strategy, Retail Payments Unit
DG FISMA European Commission
Marius Jurgilas

Marius Jurgilas

Member of the Board Bank of Lithuania
Elie Beyrouthy

Elie Beyrouthy

Chair of European Payment Institutions Federation (EPIF) and Vice President, European Government Affairs American Express
Hartwig Gerhartinger

Hartwig Gerhartinger

Vice President Group Regulatory & Governmental Affairs
Paysafe
Gary Kazantsev

Gary Kazantsev

Head of Quant Technology Strategy
Bloomberg
Daniel Trinder

Daniel Trinder

Senior Policy Advisor
Afore Consulting
Ulrich Bindseil

Ulrich Bindseil

Director General Market Infrastructure and Payments European Central Bank (ECB)
ECB
Christina Papaconstantinou

Christina Papaconstantinou

Deputy Governor
Bank of Greece
José Fernandez da Ponte

José Fernandez da Ponte

Senior Vice President Blockchain, Crypto and Digital Currencies PayPal
Tobias Tenner

Tobias Tenner

Head of Digitalisation
Bundesverband Deutscher Banken
Raphael Auer

Raphael Auer

Head BIS Innovation Hub Eurosystem Centre Bank for International Settlement (BIS)
Burkhard Balz

Burkhard Balz

Member of the Executive Board
Deutsche Bundesbank
Jose Manuel Campa

Jose Manuel Campa

Chair of the European Banking Authority
EBA
Jan Ceyssens

Jan Ceyssens

Head of Digital Finance Unit
DG FISMA European Commission
Stasys Jakeliūnas

Stasys Jakeliūnas

Member of the European Parliament
Ravi Bhalla

Ravi Bhalla

Head of Innovation Department UK
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
Jeff Brown

Jeff Brown

Senior Vice President and Head of Schwab Office of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs
Charles Schwab
Yorick Naeff CEO BUX

Yorick Naeff CEO BUX

CEO
BUX
Ondřej Kovařík

Ondřej Kovařík

Member of the European Parliament
Peter Kerstens

Peter Kerstens

Advisor Technological Innovation & Cyber Security
DG FISMA European Commission
Tsvetelina Penkova

Tsvetelina Penkova

Member of the European Parliament
Mark Nelsen

Mark Nelsen

Senior Vice President Product and Solutions
Europe Visa
Elena Antognazza

Elena Antognazza

Vice President Digital
Europe & Russia CIS Western Union
Duncan Olby

Duncan Olby

Leading Wallet and Payments
International Markets Apple Pay
Sean Fleming

Sean Fleming

TD Minister of State Department of Finance with responsibility for Financial Services
Credit Unions and Insurance Ireland
Christoper Woolard

Christoper Woolard

Leader
EY Global Regulatory Network (GRN)
Faryar Shirzad

Faryar Shirzad

Chief Policy Officer
Coinbase
Marco Santori

Marco Santori

Chief Legal Officer
Kraken
Christina Segal-Knowles

Christina Segal-Knowles

Executive Director for Financial Markets Infrastructure
Bank of England
Marcel Haag

Marcel Haag

Director Horizontal Policies
DG FISMA European Commission
Valerie Szczepanik

Valerie Szczepanik

Director of the Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology (FinHub) Office U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Mairead McGuinness

Mairead McGuinness

European Commissioner for financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
Gerassimos Thomas

Gerassimos Thomas

Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union
European Commission
Emmanuel Givanakis

Emmanuel Givanakis

CEO
Abu Dhabi Financial Services Regulatory Authority
Li XuChun

Li XuChun

Head and Deputy Director of Artificial Intelligence Division, FinTech & Innovation Group
Monetary Authority of Singapore
Luciano Brincat

Luciano Brincat

Senior Manager
FinTech Supervision, Malta Financial Services Authority
Audrey Plonk

Audrey Plonk

Head of Digital Economy Policy Division, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation
OECD
Tony Sio

Tony Sio

Head of Marketplace Regulatory Technology
Nasdaq
Petra Hielkema

Petra Hielkema

Chairperson of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) and FinTech Champion, IAIS
Axel Voss, MEP

Axel Voss, MEP

Rapporteur on AI in the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in the Digital Age European Parliament
Uwe Klapproth

Uwe Klapproth

Risk Management Division, responsible for Technology Risk and Business Continuity Euroclear
Steven Maijoor

Steven Maijoor

Executive Director
De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB)
Verena Ross

Verena Ross

Chair
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
Lukas Repa

Lukas Repa

Senior Policy Officer, Digital Innovation and Blockchain Unit
DG CONNECT European Commission
Morton Linnemann Bech

Morton Linnemann Bech

Head BIS Innovation Hub Centre Switzerland Bank for International Settlement (BIS)
Paul Maley

Paul Maley

Global Head of Securities Services and Regional Head of Corporate Bank UK & Ireland Deutsche Bank
Björn Storim

Björn Storim

European CEO
BNY Mellon
Ondřej Kovařík

Ondřej Kovařík

Member of the European Parliament
Kirston Winters

Kirston Winters

Managing Director Chief Risk Officer
OSTTRA
Robert Ophèle

Robert Ophèle

Chairman
Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)
Jean-Paul Servais

Jean-Paul Servais

Chairman of the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) and Vice Chair of IOSCO
Thomas Kurian

Thomas Kurian

CEO
Google Cloud
Sylvie Goulard

Sylvie Goulard

Deputy Governor
Banque de France
Rahul Prabhakar

Rahul Prabhakar

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Treasury’s Office of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection (OCCIP)
Alexandra Jour-Schroeder

Alexandra Jour-Schroeder

DG FISMA European Commission
Deputy Director General

Sponsors

Highlights

Panel on the EU’s approach to payments regulation: what we can learn from Fintech regulation

Industry fireside chat: “Reaping benefits from technology while mitigating potential risks”

Panel on Future of Digital Identity and Digital Finance

Policy fireside chat

Keynote speech: “Fintech in Belgium and Europe: towards consumer based opportunities and solutions”

Keynote: “Digital finance: Time for a paradigm shift in our approach to regulation and supervision?”

Panel on the EU’s approach to payments regulation: what we can learn from Fintech regulation

Fireside on EU AI Policy

Changing landscape, changing supervision: preserving financial stability in times of tech revolution

Keynote speech: “Payment services at a crossroads”

Fireside chat

Panel on Effective risk management: leveraging the cloud, AI & data

Fireside chat on global and domestic perspectives

Closing Keynote – The International Dimension of FinTech regulation

Keynote: “The digital transformation in Asset Management”

Keynote speech: “Keeping on track in an evolving digital world”

Keynote: ‘Taxation in the Digital Age’

Panel on the Value of crypto assets & stablecoins: CBDC vs private solutions

 

Panel on Challenging the traditional financial services distributional models?

Panel on tokenisation and digital solutions for an effective CMU

Keynote speech: “Supervision in a fast-paced digital world’’

Panel on Central Bank Digital Currencies and Digital Euro

Panel discussion on PSD2 review

Fireside chat at Executive level on current market developments

Panel discussion on The Future of Payments (Instant Payments CBDC and open banking)

Opening remarks by Elie Beyrouthy, Chair of EPIF

Keynote – Eero Heinäluoma MEP