Fintech 2024
Afore Consulting’s 8th Annual FinTech and Regulation Conference will take place on Tuesday, 30 January 2024, with a full-day programme.
This will be a virtual event bringing together senior policymakers and industry representatives from across Europe and beyond.
Speakers
Nickolas Reinhardt
Director
Afore Consulting
Andreia Jones Rodrigues
Head of Payments and FinTech Practice
Afore Consulting
Jean-Paul Servais
Chair International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), Chair Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA)
José Manuel Campa
Chair European Banking Authority
EBA
Michiel Hoogeveen
Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur on FiDA
Mattias Levin
Deputy Head of Digital Finance Unit
DG FISMA
Ondrej Kovarik
Member of the European Parliament, Shadow Rapporteur on FiDA
Simonas Krėpšta
Member of the Board
Bank of Lithuania
Joris Hensen
Founder and Co-Lead, API Program
Deutsche Bank
Maximilian Harmsen
Partner and Germany Digital Payments Lead
PwC
Aoife Houlihan
VP Government Engagement
Visa
Mairead McGuinness
European Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability and Capital Markets Union
Christopher Hartley
Chief Executive Officer
Custodia Technology
Rupert Schaefer
Chief Executive Officer, Director Strategy, Policy and Control The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
BaFin
Jan Ceyssens
Head of Digital Finance Unit
DG FISMA European Commission
Ansgar Koene
AI Ethics and Regulatory Leader
EY Global
Tony Sio
Head of Regulatory Strategy and Innovation
Nasdaq
Barry West
Head of Applied Innovation & Research Abu Dhabi Global Markets
ADGM
Verena Ross
Chair European Securities and Markets Authority
ESMA
Jonathan May
Chief Executive Officer
Lloyd’s Europe
Peter Kerstens
Advisor for Technical Innovation and Cybersecurity
DG FISMA European Commission
Carlo Comporti
Commissioner
Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB)
Ulrich Bindseil
Director General of Market Infrastructure and Payments European
Central Bank
Ralf Roth
Managing Director, Digital Assets Team
BNY Mellon
John O’Neill
Managing Director
Global Head of Digital Assets Strategy (HSBC)
Fabian Astic
Managing Director, Global Head of DeFi and Digital Assets Moody’s Investors Service
Allison Parent
Executive Director
Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA)
Petra Hielkema
Chair
European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
Alex Wenham
Digital Asset Product & Strategy Lead
Bloomberg LP
George Theocharides
Chair
Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman of Risk Standing Committee (RSC) of ESMA
Gerry Cross
Director, Financial Regulation, Policy and Risk Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), Chair of the ESA’s Joint Sub-Committee on DORA Implementation
Rossen Naydenov
Cybersecurity Officer
European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)
Kris Lovejoy
Global Security and Resiliency Practice Leaders
Kyndryl
Phil Venables
Chief Information Security Officer
Google Cloud
Christopher Giancarlo
Senior Counsel Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Former Chairman US Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Caroline D. Pham
Commissioner
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Alexandra Jour-Schroeder
Deputy Director General
DG FISMA European Commission
Faryar Shirzad
Chief Policy Officer
Coinbase
Burkhard Balz
Member of the Executive Board
Deutsche Bundesbank
Nicholas Tabor
Deputy Assistant Secretary
International Financial Markets US Department of Treasury
Diana Carrasco
Head
Digital Pound Bank of England
Kevin Mole
Head of Global Digital Assets
Western Union
Hartwig Gerhartinger
Global Head of Regulatory and Government Affairs
Paysafe
Elie Beyrouthy
Chair
European Payments Institutions Federation (EPIF)
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