Gaye Anable

Gaye is a Vice President within the Portfolio Solutions team for State Street Global Markets in Australia with a particular focus on investment implementation and execution solutions. Prior to joining State Street, Gaye played a pivotal role at Saxo, leading the Institutional Business in Australia.

With over two decades of experience and a deep understanding of markets, broking and trading technology, Gaye has been instrumental in driving transformative growth for her clients. Her expertise has enabled organisations to achieve tangible business outcomes by leveraging innovative solutions and strategies.

Chan Arambewela

Chan is COO of the National Stock Exchange of Australia (NSX).

Chan’s initial focus was to uplift NSX’s clearing and settlement cycle to harmonise post-trade market practice across all Tier 1 Exchanges in Australia. More recently he has overseen the streamlining of the admissions framework to position NSX as a principles-based listing venue for smaller companies.

Prior to NSX, Chan spent over 15 years across multiple roles at ASX spanning equities, investment products and post-trade services. This included the product ownership for the listing of the first tranche of iShares by Barclays Global Investors and the creation of mFund.

As Convenor of the Australia/NZ Securities Market Practice Group, Chan championed the adoption of ISO messaging to standardise and deliver the flow of corporate action data downstream from ASX as the forerunner to the Corporate Actions STP initiative.

Chan has an MBA from University of Technology (UTS) in Sydney, with a specialisation in Finance and Business IT and is a Fellow, FINSIA.

Michael Barbera

Michael Barbera is the Chief Product Officer - Trading at Iress. Michael has a unique skill set and an impressive track record in the financial markets industry, with over a decade working for the London Stock Exchange before he joined Iress to lead the product vision for financial markets.

Eugene Budovsky

Eugene Budovsky is an electronic equity execution specialist with expertise in sales, trading, connectivity, regulatory compliance, and product development. Eugene's past roles include Head of Equity Execution Platforms at Barrenjoey, and Co-head of Credit Suisse’s AES electronic execution business for APAC. Eugene was previously co-chair of the FIX Australia Working Group.

Eugene has over 17 years of front office experience in Asian equities with roles covering electronic execution, portfolio trading, facilitation, D1 sales and ETF market making.

Robert Capistron

Rob Capistron heads the Virtu Analytics group in APAC and ANZ, which supports Virtu’s multi-asset product suite including pre-trade, real-time, and post-trade analytics. More recently, Rob has been working with clients leveraging Virtu’s Open Technology API platform to more easily access their trading data to run in-depth trading strategy analysis. Prior to Rob’s move to Sydney, he managed Virtu’s Client Services team in both Hong Kong and New York, supporting the global institutional client base where he was heavily involved in the rollout of Virtu’s Algo Wheel reporting offering.

Rob holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Boston College.

Anson Chow

Anson Chow is a member of Jane Street’s Institutional Sales & Trading team. In this role, Anson focuses on growing the firm’s ETF sales initiatives in the Asia-Pacific region.

Anson joined Jane Street in 2019. Previously, he spent 12 years at Deutsche Bank where he worked in Product Development and Sales and Marketing with a focus on institutional client coverage and investor education. While at Deutsche Bank he helped launch DWS Xtrackers’ operations in Asia, participated in expanding its product range on HKEX and SGX, and worked on the project team that delivered the first physical China A-Shares ETF in the US.

Anson holds a BA in Economics from the University of Chicago and an MBA from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. With his work having taken him to over 35 cities in Asia, Europe, and the US, Anson enjoys sharing his experiences across a diverse range of cities and cultures.

Ben Cohn-Urbach

Ben leads ASIC’s Market Infrastructure team within ASIC’s Markets group. His team is responsible for clearing and settlement, securities and derivatives markets, and co-ordinating ASIC's supervisory cyber and operational resilience work. Ben’s portfolio is responsible for the supervision of Australian market licensees and operators, clearing and settlement facilities, Australian derivative trade repository operators, benchmark administrators and credit rating agencies.

Ben has extensive experience at ASIC, including in strategic planning, intelligence and regulatory efficiency. He has held previous roles in the Market Infrastructure and Market Supervision teams, including as Group Senior Manager for Market Conduct in Market Supervision.

Ben previously worked in the United States for the Futures Industry Association, a global trade organisation for the futures, options and centrally cleared derivatives markets, and for the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, focusing on over-the-counter derivatives market reforms. Ben started his career as a supervisor at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority. He has a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) from the University of Sydney and a Masters in Finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Carole Comerton-Forde

Carole has been researching the global exchange industry for over 20 years. Her research in market structure examines how the mechanics of the market, such as regulation and technology, impact prices, liquidity and trader behaviour. Her research focuses on equities markets but spans many geographies including the US, Canada, Europe, Hong Kong and Australia. Her current research interests include high frequency trading, dark pools, fragmentation and the connection between the cost of raising capital and secondary market liquidity. Her research has been published in the top academic finance journals including the Journal of Finance and Journal of Financial Economics.

Carole previously held academic positions at UNSW Business School, Australian National University and University of Sydney, and visiting positions at New York University and the London School of Economics and Political Science. She was also Visiting Economist at the New York Stock Exchange. In addition to her academic role, she has been an economic consultant for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and is an Academic Advisor to the Plato Partnership in Europe. She also consults with market participants, stock exchanges, market regulators around the world.

Dion Cooney

4 Years at AB | 32 Years of Experience

Dion Cooney is a Vice President and Head of Equity Trading APAC. Before joining AB in 2020, he was a managing director at Virtu Financial, heading the Asia Pac Execution Services team in Hong Kong. Prior to that, Cooney was based in Sydney and New York in various roles for Investment Technology Group over a 19-year period. He is a member of the Markets Consultative Panel for the Australian Securities & Investments Commission and a member of Asia TraderForum. Location: Sydney

Mel Cooper

Mel Cooper is an Associate Director, Macquarie Futures, where she brings over 25 years of experience trading financial markets, spanning equities and futures markets. At Macquarie Mel is responsible for the Sales and implementation of Electronic Futures trading and Clearing businesses. Interestingly, Mel commenced her career with Macquarie Futures trading on the open outcry SFE trading floor, reflecting her career evolution and her adaptability to the dynamic landscape of financial markets.

Prior to joining Macquarie, Mel was Director, Electronic Equities Trading at Credit Suisse where she was instrumental in building the number 1 ranked electronic trading desk in the Australian equity market. Before joining Credit Suisse, Mel gained valuable experience in Trading Services division at the ASX where her contributions significantly bolstered the success of ASX’s dark pool, Centre Point.

Beyond her professional accomplishments, Mel is deeply passionate about driving progress for women in financial markets. As a member of Macquarie’s DEI Committee, former Chair of the Credit Suisse Women’s Network, she actively champions gender diversity and equality in the workplace. Mel’s commitment extends to nurturing the next generation of talent, actively engaging in mentoring and recruitment initiatives to showcase the rewarding opportunities within financial markets. Despite demanding professional endeavours Mel finds joys spending quality time with her husband and 3 children. She finds solace in running and excels as a natural networker, effortlessly connecting with peers and forging meaningful relationships within her industry and beyond.

Antoine de Saint Vaulry

Antoine de Saint Vaulry is leading the ETF initiative for CITI in APAC based in Hong Kong.

Antoine started his career in 2001 at Société Générale on the Equity Finance desk in Paris, and moved in 2004 to join the Securities Finance department of Commerzbank in London. In 2010, he relocated to Hong Kong to lead Commerzbank’s Delta 1 and Securities Financing Trading team.

From 2012 onwards, he has been in charge of setting up and developing Commerzbank’s award-winning Asian ETF Market Making platform.

He joined CITI in September 2018, to build and grow Citi’s ETF Market Making capabilities in APAC and globally, as APAC Head of ETF trading.

He recently expanded his remit to cover Sales and Business Development for the ETF initiative across CITI’s different businesses.

With a wealth of knowledge and expertise in equity products, Antoine is a frequent contributor to the ETF world, whether it is speaking at conferences, roundtables and workshops or being quoted in articles around Asia.

Antoine received an MSc in Management from ESSEC Business School in France in 2001.

Adam DeSanctis

Adam DeSanctis is the Head of ETF Capital Markets, Asia-Pacific at Vanguard Australia. In this role, Adam is responsible for the primary and secondary markets of the ETF product suite in the region.

Prior to his current role, Adam was a specialist in Vanguard’s U.S. ETF Capital Markets team. Adam holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a B.A. in Economics from Wesleyan University. He is a CFA Charterholder and a member of the CFA Society of Philadelphia.

Richard Galvin

Richard is the Executive Chairman and CIO of DACM. Richard founded DACM in 2017, bringing with him more than 20 years’ experience working in senior investment banking roles including at JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs. Richard is a thought leader and global commentator on the evolution of digital assets and the long-term investment opportunities in this new asset class. As the Executive Chairman and CIO of DACM, Richard applies unique investment skills to provide sophisticated and institutional investors access to professionally managed digital asset portfolios.

James Giarratano

James Giarratano is Vice President, Head of Sales, Cboe Australia at Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe). With over 20 years of financial services experience across both Buy and, primarily Sell Side, he has worked in New York, Sydney & Hong Kong.

Prior to joining Cboe in 2022, Giarratano held senior roles, leading electronic trading teams across APAC focussing on, product innovation, client coverage and sales. He successfully took leading roles in globally recognised corporate acquisitions, such as the Knight to KCG merger in 2012 and Deutsche Bank’s Global Equities prime finance and execution division’s acquisition by BNP Paribas in 2019/20.

Giarratano graduated cum laude from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst with a BA in Economics and has held professional licenses with FINRA and the SFC.

Kathleen (Kate) Grey

Nearly two decades of B2B across Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB), Financial Services, and FinTech working across Asia, Australia and Japan. From managing private client portfolios and SMSFs at Perpetual Trustees to operationalising the client interface at Natixis APAC for CIB, utilizing technology to enable Traditional Finance has been at the forefront of every role. While at IRESS in Sydney, and as Global Markets at BNP Paribas in Hong Kong, developed a comprehensive understanding of trading, liquidity, and market structure. Volunteered with FIX for close to a decade working to engage exchanges and regulators across Asia.

Her investigations in DLT and DePIN solidified her conviction about the transformative role of blockchain technology in capital markets. Of particular interest is integrating Digital Assets, Tokenization, and DLT solutions with robust valuation methods and clear token utility.

Kathleen currently supports Cryptofinance, Finance, and Management programs at RMIT University.

James Hammond

James Hammond has over two decades of experience in the financial services sector spanning across both Europe and APAC.

As the Vice President of Business Development APAC, he assumes leadership for the ANZ sector and is responsible for developing business strategy and sales performance.

James is also spearheading the delivery of Mottai, a wholly-owned subsidiary of FlexTrade specializing in digital trading solutions that redefine user experience, speed, and customisation.

Before joining FlexTrade, James led Wealth business development at LSEG Australia, where he successfully oversaw the transformation of their local wealth offering, ultimately establishing them as the leading solution provider in New Zealand. Furthermore, he managed the team responsible for developing Wealth Order Management, a pioneering multi-asset trading platform exclusively designed for Wealth Advisors, seamlessly integrated into their flagship Refinitiv Workspace platform.

Joe Kassel

Joe is Head of Implementation & Exposure Management at NSW Treasury Corporation.

Joe started his career as a futures floor trader for BZW in 1990 and has since enjoyed a continuous connection with markets and investments in roles at Bankers Trust, Principal Global Investors, Citi and AMP Capital.

Dylan Kluth

Dylan is the Head of Trading for Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) in the Asia-Pacific region, based in the Sydney office. In this role, he is responsible for the operation and risk of the trading desk, executing trades in the APAC region on behalf of all equity investment teams and managing a team of high-touch and systematic traders. He also manages the Sydney based Portfolio Services Group team, which focusses on portfolio implementation for equities teams in AsiaPac.

Prior to his current role, he was a Portfolio Manager/Analyst on the Global Listed Real Estate team.

Before joining the firm, Dylan was the Global Head of Multi-Asset Trading for AMP Capital based in London.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in economics from Texas A&M University.

Jason Lapping

Jason Lapping is Head of International Equity Trading at Dimensional, overseeing a team of 12 traders located in London, Singapore and Sydney. His focus is on ensuring the firm's execution strategies and technological infrastructure meet the highest standards. Jason joined Dimensional in 2010 and brings deep knowledge and experience of global markets. Prior to Dimensional, Jason spent 14 years at Societe Generale, where he led the equities derivatives division, in London, Paris, Hong Kong and Australia.

Jason holds a Bachelor of Economics in Economics and History from the University of Cape Town.

Jessica Leung

Jessica Leung is a Portfolio Manager at Global X ETFs, responsible for fund management and product development. Jessica works across Global X’s full suite of products including equity, thematic, commodities and fixed income. Prior to joining Global X ETFs, Jessica has worked at BetaShares and Macquarie Asset Management, and has over 10 years of industry experience. Jessica holds a Bachelor of Actuarial Studies and Bachelor of Applied Finance at Macquarie University.

Edward Mangles

Edward Mangles has helped support The FIX Trading Community’s Asia Pacific committee for over 20 years, playing a key role in promoting institutional trading standards and FIX adoption across the region, and facilitating cross-industry collaboration. In March 2009, Edward was appointed Asia Pacific Regional Director for the FIX Trading Community, and works closely with the buyside, sellside, regulator, exchange and technology provider members of the institutional trading community to support efficient trading.

Amanda Mark

Amanda leads MIntegrity, a specialist regulatory risk and compliance consulting firm celebrating over a decade of empowering financial integrity. With a deep understanding of the fast-paced regulatory landscape, Amanda and her team help financial firms, market participants, and exchange operators navigate their obligations effectively.

MIntegrity's expertise spans crucial areas such as pre- and post-trade surveillance reviews, remediation programs, and independent compliance reports. Amanda's unique background combines hands-on industry experience with regulatory insight gained during her tenure at ASIC's Market & Participant Supervision division, where she played a key role in developing and implementing significant market reforms.

Prior to MIntegrity, Amanda amassed over 20 years of leadership experience in investment banking at institutions like UBS and Morgan Stanley. This blend of practical industry knowledge and regulatory acumen makes her a sought-after advisor in today's complex financial environment.

MIntegrity is part of the Complii Group (ASX:CF1), an ASX-listed group offering a comprehensive ecosystem of solutions for capital markets participants.

Rob Nash

Rob joined ASX in 2018, bringing 30years of experience from a range of roles across Investment Banking firms UBS, JP Morgan and Credit Suisse. In Funds Management, Rob has worked in a portfolio management and trading roles for some of Australia’s largest equity fund managers. At ASX, Rob is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with Equity market participants and stakeholders. Rob has a Masters in Applied Finance from University of Technology.

Murrough O’Brien

Murrough is Head of Cboe BIDS APAC. He is responsible for spearheading the expansion and growth of BIDS Trading across the region.

In his previous role at Cboe Australia, Murrough was Head of Institutional Sales, responsible for growing the institutional footprint of the firm’s Australian operation as well as managing existing Institutional and market making participants. Cboe Australia is a cutting-edge securities and derivatives exchange, which has transformed the Australian investment market through a focus on customers, innovation and value.

Murrough has worked in the industry for over 20 years in New York, London and Sydney and has a broad depth of experience in electronic trading, block trading, market micro-structure, algorithmic trading and technological innovation within equities markets. Prior to Cboe Australia, he ran Liquidnet Australia and before that Head of Electronic Execution for Australia and NZ at Citigroup where he helped steer the franchise through the market integrity rule changes that allowed multiple markets in Australia.

Yemi Oluwi

Yemi has over 20 years' experience in financial markets, specialising in electronic trading. At NSX he is responsible for the operation of the market and the technology strategy of the NSX, and its implementation to deliver business objectives. Roles prior include providing solution analysis and FIX expertise for ASX and implementing electronic trading solutions for Deutsche Bank and UBS.

Michael Prendiville

Michael Prendiville was born & raised in Perth, Western Australia & is the youngest of 11 children. Michael attended the University of Western Australia (U.W.A.) where he received a degree in Economics. Michael went on to have a successful career in International Banking & Finance, working in Singapore, Hong Kong & London. Michael then turned his focus to running a fixed income & currency Hedge Fund. Michael has since built a successful Investment Management business, JellyC, which has operations in Perth, Sydney, Singapore, Bahamas & the Cayman Islands. Michael has expertise in asset allocation, portfolio optimisation & risk management. Michael also Founded TAF Capital which is a trustee business. Michael is a Responsible Person under AFSL 425925. In 2023 Michael was appointed as a Strategic Advisor to the U.W.A. Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Research Center. Michael is a Director of the Iona Presentation Foundation where he oversees the Finance Committee. Michael is passionate about keeping the oceans clean & sustainable living. Michael enjoys cold water swimming, tennis, golf & reading Jack Reacher novels.

David Rabinowitz

David Rabinowitz is Head of Global Index Analytics and Asia Pacific Market Structure.

David started his career at SBC Warburg in 1997, where he assisted in designing and implementing Warburg's European Equity Research database. After a brief stint at Paribas, he moved to Hong Kong to rejoin UBS Warburg Dillon Read in 2000, as a member of the award-winning Asian Quantitative Analysis team. David then moved on to the Asian Portfolio Trading team between 2004 and 2008 before leading the Asian electronic trading desk over the past decade, managing the rollout and expansion of UBS' DMA and Algorithmic strategy platform throughout Asia. David relocated in 2018 to Sydney where he continues to oversee regional market structure and emerging market access, driving exchange and regulatory trading initiatives whilst concentrating on building benchmark and bespoke beta solutions for global clients.

Jimmy Redbourn

Jimmy Redbourn is the Head of Electronic Trading for the Asia Pacific region at Instinet, and is based in Singapore. In this role, he is responsible for leading and growing the electronic trading business across Asia, offering Instinet’s advanced technology-driven strategies to its institutional, hedge fund, quant, and broker dealer client base. With more than 20 years of experience in the industry, and 13 of those years based in Asia, Jimmy previously served as the Head of Electronic Executions Client Service at CSLA.

He began his career in Equity Derivatives at UBS in London before moving to Equity Sales Trading at Renaissance Capital, with a transfer to Hong Kong to open their Asia base. Jimmy’s switch to Electronic Trading Coverage came with Barclays Capital in early 2015. He holds a BSc Degree in Applied Economics from the University of Plymouth, UK.

Robert Risk

Rob has over 25 years experience in both ETF and derivative markets having worked previously in trading and market making roles for Susquehanna and Citibank. He has also spent several years working in the funds management industry having worked for Denning Pryce Funds Management as a Portfolio Manager and as Head of Market Risk and Trading. As a Business Development Manager at Susquehanna, Rob works closely with the ETF and options market making desks and is assisting with the expansion of the business into other markets in the Asia region.

Brandon Tai

Brandon Tai is Head of Markets Development for NZX. Based out of Wellington New Zealand, Brandon manages the commercial and strategic relationship with Trade and Post Trade clients across the NZX market ecosystem.

Brandon also leads a number of strategic initiatives across the exchange business such as the development of the exchanges midpoint orderbook NZX Dark, enhancements to the NZX post trade landscape and is leading the industry engagement on the relaunch of the NZX equity derivatives products. Brandon has extensive experience in the New Zealand financial markets, having previously worked in roles across NZX commercial, regulatory and operational divisions.

Cat Turley

Over the last 20 years, Cat has established a reputation as an expert in the use of data and analytics for algorithmic trading, trading performance analysis and market microstructure analysis. ExeQution Analytics designs and delivers innovative analytic platforms that provide bespoke client analysis, enable enhanced clarity on the impact of trading decisions and identify actionable insights to improve trading outcomes.

Lisa Wade

Lisa is the CEO of DigitalX. DigitalX is a blockchain financial company innovating at the frontiers of Web3.0. with a sustainable focus via a commitment to the WEF ESG and Stakeholder Capital framework and RegTech innovations such as Drawbridge.

Lisa has over 30 years of experience in the finance industry including co-founding Australia's first Low Carbon Fund in 2007 and Change Investment Management in 2009. As a proven pioneer of the socially responsible and impact investment industry, she has established a reputation for driving superior investment returns from the economic opportunity of the transition to a low carbon economy.

Lisa is also an ambassador for Earth Hour and Al Gore's Climate Reality Leaders initiative as well as a Mentor for AYP and current holder of the Blockie for Gender and Diverse Blockchain leader of the year - as an out member of the LGBTI+ community Lisa is an advocate and example of equality in action.

Lisa passionately believes investors should no longer have to compromise their values for their investments and with technology and de-fi will be able to truly align their values to their investments. She is also using new technologies to promote equity and equality across financial landscapes via her work exploring the tokenisation of impact.

Lisa has multiple years experience managing international portfolios in both De-fi and trad-fi assets. During her career Lisa has been a Director at Citigroup where she specialised in arbitrage and derivatives and Head of Digital innovation and sustainability at NAB. Lisa is an experienced trader with an in-depth understanding of pricing and investing in derivatives and financial products. In her role as head of Community Assets at Bendigo Bank Lisa specialised in developing financial structures to facilitate the acceleration of impact investment, including community micro-grid investment models, co-founding the Bright Energy fund, an early stage investment in Future Super and co-creating RARI - Australia’s first responsible investment ETF.

Lisa has a Bachelor of Business majoring in accounting and finance. In 2011 Lisa completed a Post-Graduate certificate in Shariah Compliant Investing at LaTrobe University, Melbourne.

Guy Warren

Guy joined ITRS in July 2014 as CEO and brings more than 25 years’ experience in financial services and technology businesses.

Guy had previously been a customer of ITRS, using Geneos to improve the availability of the real-time systems when he was COO of FTSE Group. He has also managed a financial services product business as the EVP & General Manager of Misys Banking, a leader in the core banking solutions market. Guy has a strong background in large blue chip organisations and more recently working with private equity backed companies. Earlier in his career, he was the CEO of Logica UK, a large professional services company.

Jarrod Yuster

As Pico's Chairman, Founder and CEO, Jarrod defines the company vision and leads the executive team on business strategy and execution. His responsibilities include interacting with clients and investors, reviewing and discussing product innovation and global expansion, and ensuring organizational stability. Most importantly, Jarrod is committed to listening to clients, a core principle responsible for Pico’s growth.

Jarrod has over 20 years of experience in institutional trading. Prior to founding Pico, Jarrod served as Global Head of Electronic Trading at Merrill Lynch, where he oversaw the business from its inception and was responsible for sales, trading, risk, execution service, product development and quantitative analytics for these products worldwide. Before working on Wall Street, Jarrod worked as a product engineer and conducted semiconductor research at Intel.

Jarrod is a member of the Yale School of Engineering Leadership Council and serves on the Operating Board for the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (CITY), providing mentorship to Yale student entrepreneurs. Jarrod holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Yale University and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University.