
Spotlight on: Artificial Intelligence
Deep dive into Artificial Intelligence’s potential for enhancing efficiency, improving risk management and providing better customer experience in the financial services industry while highlighting the need for ensuring fair, ethical, accountable and transparent use of these technologies.
Featured Artificial Intelligence Speakers
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Calissa Aldridge
Senior Executive Leader – Market Supervision
Australian Securities & Investments Commission
Calissa Aldridge
Senior Executive Leader – Market Supervision
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Calissa Aldridge
Senior Executive Leader – Market Supervision
Australian Securities & Investments Commission

Dr Christian Westermann
Head of AI & Data Transformation
Zurich Insurance Company
Dr Christian Westermann
Head of AI & Data Transformation
Christian is the Head of AI & Data Transformation at Zurich. He is a technology enthusiast who has worked on ESA and NASA space missions in the 90ies. In the early 2000s he started his career in consulting, where he spent 17 years, supporting many large companies on their technology journey towards data and AI-driven innovation, in financial services, healthcare, pharma and industrial manufacturing. His mission at Zurich is to drive the AI transformation in the most significant business areas of the company.

Dr Christian Westermann
Head of AI & Data Transformation
Zurich Insurance Company
Christian is the Head of AI & Data Transformation at Zurich. He is a technology enthusiast who has worked on ESA and NASA space missions in the 90ies. In the early 2000s he started his career in consulting, where he spent 17 years, supporting many large companies on their technology journey towards data and AI-driven innovation, in financial services, healthcare, pharma and industrial manufacturing. His mission at Zurich is to drive the AI transformation in the most significant business areas of the company.

Christiane Hoppe
Head Competence Center AI
Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)
Christiane Hoppe
Head Competence Center AI
Christiane is heading the AI competence center at FINMA since 1 June 2022. She has over 20 years experience in pricing, trading and risk management in large international banks and 4 years as a co-founder of an AI start-up company.

Christiane Hoppe
Head Competence Center AI
Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)
Christiane is heading the AI competence center at FINMA since 1 June 2022. She has over 20 years experience in pricing, trading and risk management in large international banks and 4 years as a co-founder of an AI start-up company.

Clara Durodié
Chief Executive Officer
Cognitive Finance Group
Clara Durodié
Chief Executive Officer
Clara Durodié is a leading technology strategist specialising in the governance and business application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the financial services industry.
Clara advises boards, regulators and governments on best practices in the adoption, selection, and implementation of AI systems. She also mentors fintechs on product development and works with data scientists to design human-centric AI.
A former asset management professional, Clara authored “Decoding AI in Financial Services” the first book on the business and governance of AI , writes a popular weekly DecodingAI® Board Briefing, hosts a biweekly podcast DecodingAI®, and founded Cognitive Finance Institute® – the pre-eminent AI learning platform for financial services professionals.

Clara Durodié
Chief Executive Officer
Cognitive Finance Group
Clara Durodié is a leading technology strategist specialising in the governance and business application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the financial services industry.
Clara advises boards, regulators and governments on best practices in the adoption, selection, and implementation of AI systems. She also mentors fintechs on product development and works with data scientists to design human-centric AI.
A former asset management professional, Clara authored “Decoding AI in Financial Services” the first book on the business and governance of AI , writes a popular weekly DecodingAI® Board Briefing, hosts a biweekly podcast DecodingAI®, and founded Cognitive Finance Institute® – the pre-eminent AI learning platform for financial services professionals.

Daniela Schackis
Deputy Director General
European Central Bank
Daniela Schackis
Deputy Director General
Daniela Schackis is Deputy Director General in Banking Supervision at the European Central Bank. The Directorate General SSM Governance & Operations (DG-SGO) ensures the efficient decision-making process of the Supervisory Board and its structures. DG-SGO acts as gatekeeper for new players entering the market (banks, shareholders, board members), withdraws banking licenses and investigates alleged breaches of prudential regulations. DG-SGO leads the digitalisation, integration, training, and knowledge management in Banking Supervision. Daniela joined the ECB in July 1998. She held various positions in Human Resources, Risk Management and Statistics and has always been a promoter of innovative and data-driven ways of working. Prior to the ECB, she worked at Eurostat. Daniela holds a master’s degree in economics from the University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.

Daniela Schackis
Deputy Director General
European Central Bank
Daniela Schackis is Deputy Director General in Banking Supervision at the European Central Bank. The Directorate General SSM Governance & Operations (DG-SGO) ensures the efficient decision-making process of the Supervisory Board and its structures. DG-SGO acts as gatekeeper for new players entering the market (banks, shareholders, board members), withdraws banking licenses and investigates alleged breaches of prudential regulations. DG-SGO leads the digitalisation, integration, training, and knowledge management in Banking Supervision. Daniela joined the ECB in July 1998. She held various positions in Human Resources, Risk Management and Statistics and has always been a promoter of innovative and data-driven ways of working. Prior to the ECB, she worked at Eurostat. Daniela holds a master’s degree in economics from the University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.

Dea Markova
Managing Director
Forefront Advisers
Dea Markova
Managing Director
Dea is Managing Director and Digital Assets practice lead for Forefront Advisers, a boutique Brussels and London-based political intelligence and risk firm. Her team forecasts and scrutinises the critical emergent political and regulatory risks affecting digital assets, digital payments, and artificial intelligence in the EU and UK.
Dea moved into this role, having led private sector EU advocacy campaigns in digital finance, crypto-assets regulation and AML, as Europe drafted its seminal regulatory framework in these areas.
Prior, Dea was part of the FinTech and Innovation Group of the MAS, responsible for market differentiating infrastructure for innovation initiatives. Dea spent 10 years in London, as an adviser on financial regulation in the 2008 re-regulation period as well as Head of Programmes for Innovate Finance, the UK FinTech trade association.
Dea is an affiliate with the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance and Evaluation Committee Member for IFSCA, Gujarat, India. She holds MSc in Financial Regulation from the LSE, and speaks Spanish, Russian, Bulgarian and Portuguese

Dea Markova
Managing Director
Forefront Advisers
Dea is Managing Director and Digital Assets practice lead for Forefront Advisers, a boutique Brussels and London-based political intelligence and risk firm. Her team forecasts and scrutinises the critical emergent political and regulatory risks affecting digital assets, digital payments, and artificial intelligence in the EU and UK.
Dea moved into this role, having led private sector EU advocacy campaigns in digital finance, crypto-assets regulation and AML, as Europe drafted its seminal regulatory framework in these areas.
Prior, Dea was part of the FinTech and Innovation Group of the MAS, responsible for market differentiating infrastructure for innovation initiatives. Dea spent 10 years in London, as an adviser on financial regulation in the 2008 re-regulation period as well as Head of Programmes for Innovate Finance, the UK FinTech trade association.
Dea is an affiliate with the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance and Evaluation Committee Member for IFSCA, Gujarat, India. She holds MSc in Financial Regulation from the LSE, and speaks Spanish, Russian, Bulgarian and Portuguese

Jessica Rusu
Chief Data, Information & Intelligence Officer
Financial Conduct Authority
Jessica Rusu
Chief Data, Information & Intelligence Officer
Jessica joined the FCA as Chief Data, Information and Intelligence Officer in June 2021.
As CDIIO, Jessica is leading the transformation of the FCA’s ability to analyse and use the data, intelligence and information we receive to effectively oversee the 50,000 firms we regulate. Jessica is building and evolving our relationship with big tech companies, fintechs and the wider data science community.
Jessica was the Chief Data Officer of Chetwood Financial limited, a digital native, start-up bank, where she spearheaded the use of machine learning. Before moving into fintech, Jessica was Senior Director of Finance & Analytics at eBay in Europe where she built out their advanced analytics and customer insight function.
She previously worked in credit analytics at Ford Motor Company and Stress Testing at GE Capital. Jessica has a degree from Penn State University in Management Science and Information Systems and an MBA from University of Michigan. More recently, she completed the Oxford Said Business School’s Artificial Intelligence programme.

Jessica Rusu
Chief Data, Information & Intelligence Officer
Financial Conduct Authority
Jessica joined the FCA as Chief Data, Information and Intelligence Officer in June 2021.
As CDIIO, Jessica is leading the transformation of the FCA’s ability to analyse and use the data, intelligence and information we receive to effectively oversee the 50,000 firms we regulate. Jessica is building and evolving our relationship with big tech companies, fintechs and the wider data science community.
Jessica was the Chief Data Officer of Chetwood Financial limited, a digital native, start-up bank, where she spearheaded the use of machine learning. Before moving into fintech, Jessica was Senior Director of Finance & Analytics at eBay in Europe where she built out their advanced analytics and customer insight function.
She previously worked in credit analytics at Ford Motor Company and Stress Testing at GE Capital. Jessica has a degree from Penn State University in Management Science and Information Systems and an MBA from University of Michigan. More recently, she completed the Oxford Said Business School’s Artificial Intelligence programme.

Dr Jochen Papenbrock
Head of Financial Technology EMEA
NVIDIA
Dr Jochen Papenbrock
Head of Financial Technology EMEA
Jochen is Head of Financial Technology EMEA at NVIDIA, the globally leading accelerated computing platform company. He has spent the last 20 years in various roles on the topic of AI 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. At NVIDIA he also leads up the global topics Trustworthy AI and Sustainable Finance / Environmental 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 well-known asset managers, banks, insurance companies, and central banks. Jochen is a specialty chief co-editor at Frontiers Journal ‘AI in Finance’. He has published on AI and quantitative finance in Journal of Financial Data Science, Journal of Investment Strategies, Financial Markets and Portfolio Management, Quantitative Finance, Applied Financial Economics, Frontiers Journal of AI in Finance, and Journal of Network Theory in Finance.

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 20 years in various roles on the topic of AI 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. At NVIDIA he also leads up the global topics Trustworthy AI and Sustainable Finance / Environmental 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 well-known asset managers, banks, insurance companies, and central banks. Jochen is a specialty chief co-editor at Frontiers Journal ‘AI in Finance’. He has published on AI and quantitative finance in Journal of Financial Data Science, Journal of Investment Strategies, Financial Markets and Portfolio Management, Quantitative Finance, Applied Financial Economics, Frontiers Journal of AI in Finance, and Journal of Network Theory in Finance.

Karmela Holtgreve
Director General Strategy and Innovation
Deutsche Bundesbank
Karmela Holtgreve
Director General Strategy and Innovation
Karmela Holtgreve is Director General Strategy and Innovation at Deutsche Bundesbank and responsible for numerous digititalization activities, the development of the BISIH Innovation Hub at the Eurosystem site, and the digital agenda of the entire bank. She has been at the Bundesbank since 2012, where she was part of the G20 management.
Before that, Karmela Holtgreve worked for Hering Schuppener or Dow Jones News, among others. Karmela Holtgreve studied political science and law at the Goethe University in Frankfurt and the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Karmela Holtgreve
Director General Strategy and Innovation
Deutsche Bundesbank
Karmela Holtgreve is Director General Strategy and Innovation at Deutsche Bundesbank and responsible for numerous digititalization activities, the development of the BISIH Innovation Hub at the Eurosystem site, and the digital agenda of the entire bank. She has been at the Bundesbank since 2012, where she was part of the G20 management.
Before that, Karmela Holtgreve worked for Hering Schuppener or Dow Jones News, among others. Karmela Holtgreve studied political science and law at the Goethe University in Frankfurt and the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Nicolas Brügger
Deputy Head of Capital Markets & Infrastructure
State Secretariat for International Finance
Nicolas Brügger
Deputy Head of Capital Markets & Infrastructure
Nicolas Brügger is Deputy Head of Capital Markets & Infrastructure at the State Secretariat for International Finance (SIF). He leads the Swiss government’s work on several topics in the area of digital finance such as AI, Open Finance, stablecoins and other Fintech matters. He also represents Switzerland's interest in multilateral bodies.

Nicolas Brügger
Deputy Head of Capital Markets & Infrastructure
State Secretariat for International Finance
Nicolas Brügger is Deputy Head of Capital Markets & Infrastructure at the State Secretariat for International Finance (SIF). He leads the Swiss government’s work on several topics in the area of digital finance such as AI, Open Finance, stablecoins and other Fintech matters. He also represents Switzerland's interest in multilateral bodies.

Pier Luigi Culazzo
Chief Data Officer
Standard Chartered Bank
Pier Luigi Culazzo
Chief Data Officer
Pier Luigi Culazzo is the Group Chief Data Officer at Standard Chartered Bank and a member of the bank’s Group Operations Management Team.
Pier is responsible for developing, coordinating and implementing the Group Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) strategies supporting the business innovation plans and to capture new opportunities, especially related to the bank sustainability agenda in helping consumer and partners to reduce their C02 emissions.
In terms of governance, he is responsible to make sure the bank organise, use and treat its data correctly and in adherence with the current regulations, facilitating a consistent adoption and implementation of standards and policies and constantly working to improve the overall Data Quality across the organization.
Prior to joining Standard Chartered Bank, Pier was at Visa where he was the Head of Digital Identity, Data Products and Data Science and the Executive Sponsor for the company’s Diversity & Inclusion employee group. Prior to Visa, he held several leadership roles in Operations and Finance for General Electric in different countries around the world.

Pier Luigi Culazzo
Chief Data Officer
Standard Chartered Bank
Pier Luigi Culazzo is the Group Chief Data Officer at Standard Chartered Bank and a member of the bank’s Group Operations Management Team.
Pier is responsible for developing, coordinating and implementing the Group Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) strategies supporting the business innovation plans and to capture new opportunities, especially related to the bank sustainability agenda in helping consumer and partners to reduce their C02 emissions.
In terms of governance, he is responsible to make sure the bank organise, use and treat its data correctly and in adherence with the current regulations, facilitating a consistent adoption and implementation of standards and policies and constantly working to improve the overall Data Quality across the organization.
Prior to joining Standard Chartered Bank, Pier was at Visa where he was the Head of Digital Identity, Data Products and Data Science and the Executive Sponsor for the company’s Diversity & Inclusion employee group. Prior to Visa, he held several leadership roles in Operations and Finance for General Electric in different countries around the world.

Dr Prag Sharma
Global Head of Artificial Intelligence
Citigroup
Dr Prag Sharma
Global Head of Artificial Intelligence
Appointed to the role in February 2021. Prag leads Citi’s Global Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence (“AI CoE”). The AI CoE enables Citi to use Artificial Intelligence in a way that supports Citi to innovate responsibly by ensuring appropriate levels of governance and risk management across the entire organization. The purpose of the AI CoE is to set standards and policies for AI and develop best practices, support infrastructure and tooling and enable state-of-the-art AI design, development and use at Citi across all its businesses.
Prior to this role, Prag led Citi’s Innovation Lab's Emerging Technologies Group. The focus of the group was on developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain-related thought-leadership and strategy, internal and client-facing partnerships, business development & lead-generation, information dissemination, R&D and engineering activities.
Prag has enjoyed a 15-year career which includes hands-on management experience in R&D and experimental design & development with emerging technologies in both business and academic environments with start-ups and multinationals.

Dr Prag Sharma
Global Head of Artificial Intelligence
Citigroup
Appointed to the role in February 2021. Prag leads Citi’s Global Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence (“AI CoE”). The AI CoE enables Citi to use Artificial Intelligence in a way that supports Citi to innovate responsibly by ensuring appropriate levels of governance and risk management across the entire organization. The purpose of the AI CoE is to set standards and policies for AI and develop best practices, support infrastructure and tooling and enable state-of-the-art AI design, development and use at Citi across all its businesses.
Prior to this role, Prag led Citi’s Innovation Lab's Emerging Technologies Group. The focus of the group was on developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain-related thought-leadership and strategy, internal and client-facing partnerships, business development & lead-generation, information dissemination, R&D and engineering activities.
Prag has enjoyed a 15-year career which includes hands-on management experience in R&D and experimental design & development with emerging technologies in both business and academic environments with start-ups and multinationals.

Roman Regelman
Chief Executive Officer, Securities Services & Digital
BNY Mellon
Roman Regelman
Chief Executive Officer, Securities Services & Digital
Roman Regelman is Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Securities Services and Digital. He is a member of BNY Mellon’s Executive Committee.
Securities Services includes Asset Servicing and Issuer Services, which comprises the Corporate Trust and Depositary Receipts businesses. As CEO of Securities Services, Roman focuses on product strategy and development to accelerate the transformation of Securities Services into a more data- and analytics-led business. He is responsible for driving end-to-end delivery of solutions to our Asset Servicing and Corporate Trust and Depositary Receipts clients.
As Head of Digital, Roman sets the direction for the firm’s digital future and drives investments in our digital capabilities, including data management, analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotics.
Prior to joining BNY Mellon, Roman took on senior leadership roles that spanned Chief Operating Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Head of Transformation and Head of Customer Journeys. He was a partner and managing director of Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he co-led its Financial Institutions Digital business and led Customer Journey, North American Financial Institutions Operations and Lean Practices. At BCG, he ran numerous financial institution and service company transformations, including end-to-end customer journeys, process digitization, Agile, restructuring technology and operations. Prior to BCG, he worked at Booz and Company, Bain & Company, NerveWire/Wipro, Mitchell Madison Group, One Core, GTE/BBN and Gazeta Distribution.
Roman earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from St. Petersburg State Technical University, St. Petersburg, Russia and a Master of Business Administration from Olin Graduate Business School at Babson College, Wellesley, Mass. He is a recognized author and thought leader on digital and financial services industry topics.

Roman Regelman
Chief Executive Officer, Securities Services & Digital
BNY Mellon
Roman Regelman is Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Securities Services and Digital. He is a member of BNY Mellon’s Executive Committee.
Securities Services includes Asset Servicing and Issuer Services, which comprises the Corporate Trust and Depositary Receipts businesses. As CEO of Securities Services, Roman focuses on product strategy and development to accelerate the transformation of Securities Services into a more data- and analytics-led business. He is responsible for driving end-to-end delivery of solutions to our Asset Servicing and Corporate Trust and Depositary Receipts clients.
As Head of Digital, Roman sets the direction for the firm’s digital future and drives investments in our digital capabilities, including data management, analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotics.
Prior to joining BNY Mellon, Roman took on senior leadership roles that spanned Chief Operating Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Head of Transformation and Head of Customer Journeys. He was a partner and managing director of Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he co-led its Financial Institutions Digital business and led Customer Journey, North American Financial Institutions Operations and Lean Practices. At BCG, he ran numerous financial institution and service company transformations, including end-to-end customer journeys, process digitization, Agile, restructuring technology and operations. Prior to BCG, he worked at Booz and Company, Bain & Company, NerveWire/Wipro, Mitchell Madison Group, One Core, GTE/BBN and Gazeta Distribution.
Roman earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from St. Petersburg State Technical University, St. Petersburg, Russia and a Master of Business Administration from Olin Graduate Business School at Babson College, Wellesley, Mass. He is a recognized author and thought leader on digital and financial services industry topics.

Sandra Ro
Chief Executive Officer
Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)
Sandra Ro
Chief Executive Officer
Sandra is a proponent for ‘human-centric tech’.From investment banking and currency markets to blockchain technology, she is an early investor and advocate of cryptocurrencies and digital assets. She currently serves as the CEO of the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), the world’s largest leading Swiss-based non-for-profit association with more than 500 institutional members, 231 ambassadors, across 109 jurisdictions and disciplines.
In 2019, she was appointed as the Senate representative of the New York State Digital Currency Task Force, and serves on the AIFC Fintech Council (Kazakhstan), World Economic Forum’s Digital Currencies Governance Consortium, International Securities Services Association’s DLT & ISO Standards, GI Trust FATF Travel Rule Standards Task Force (South Korea), GBBC’s Global Standards Mapping Initiative, Blockchain for Climate (BxC) Board, Salesforce’s Web3 Advisory Board, Filecoin Foundation Advisory Board, and UN World Food Programme Innovation Accelerator Advisory Council.Sandra was a founding member of many of the earliest blockchain associations including Hyperledger Foundation, The Linux Foundation, the Post Trade Distributed Ledger Group (PTDL) and the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA).
She is a frequent guest lecturer at universities discussing topics from fintech to data privacy and harnessing emerging technologies to solve real world problems and has testified in front of governments including the U.S. Senate Committee - Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry, UK House of Lords, Economic Affairs Committee, European Parliament, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, in both closed door and public forums.
Whilst at CME Group, she headed FX & Metals Research & Product Development and founded a new business unit, Digitization. Sandra and her team created the CME CF Bitcoin pricing index and reference rate, CME Bitcoin Futures, and post trade, clearing and settlement solutions as well as filing the first set of crypto derivatives patents with the USPTO. Sandra was one of the corporate digital asset pioneers to recognize the potential of this technology and its many applications; she presented at one of the first CFTC Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) on the potential of blockchain technology on February 23, 2016. Previously, she was a London-based derivatives banker at Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank in the foreign exchange and interest rate markets.
Sandra holds a M.B.A. in Finance and Accounting from London Business School, studied Computer Science at Columbia University, School of Continuing Studies and earned a double B.A. degree from Yale University in History (Military) and Studies in the Environment.

Sandra Ro
Chief Executive Officer
Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)
Sandra is a proponent for ‘human-centric tech’.From investment banking and currency markets to blockchain technology, she is an early investor and advocate of cryptocurrencies and digital assets. She currently serves as the CEO of the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), the world’s largest leading Swiss-based non-for-profit association with more than 500 institutional members, 231 ambassadors, across 109 jurisdictions and disciplines.
In 2019, she was appointed as the Senate representative of the New York State Digital Currency Task Force, and serves on the AIFC Fintech Council (Kazakhstan), World Economic Forum’s Digital Currencies Governance Consortium, International Securities Services Association’s DLT & ISO Standards, GI Trust FATF Travel Rule Standards Task Force (South Korea), GBBC’s Global Standards Mapping Initiative, Blockchain for Climate (BxC) Board, Salesforce’s Web3 Advisory Board, Filecoin Foundation Advisory Board, and UN World Food Programme Innovation Accelerator Advisory Council.Sandra was a founding member of many of the earliest blockchain associations including Hyperledger Foundation, The Linux Foundation, the Post Trade Distributed Ledger Group (PTDL) and the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA).
She is a frequent guest lecturer at universities discussing topics from fintech to data privacy and harnessing emerging technologies to solve real world problems and has testified in front of governments including the U.S. Senate Committee - Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry, UK House of Lords, Economic Affairs Committee, European Parliament, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, in both closed door and public forums.
Whilst at CME Group, she headed FX & Metals Research & Product Development and founded a new business unit, Digitization. Sandra and her team created the CME CF Bitcoin pricing index and reference rate, CME Bitcoin Futures, and post trade, clearing and settlement solutions as well as filing the first set of crypto derivatives patents with the USPTO. Sandra was one of the corporate digital asset pioneers to recognize the potential of this technology and its many applications; she presented at one of the first CFTC Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) on the potential of blockchain technology on February 23, 2016. Previously, she was a London-based derivatives banker at Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank in the foreign exchange and interest rate markets.
Sandra holds a M.B.A. in Finance and Accounting from London Business School, studied Computer Science at Columbia University, School of Continuing Studies and earned a double B.A. degree from Yale University in History (Military) and Studies in the Environment.

Sergio P. Ermotti
Group Chief Executive Officer
UBS Group AG
Sergio P. Ermotti
Group Chief Executive Officer

Sergio P. Ermotti
Group Chief Executive Officer
UBS Group AG
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Urban Angehrn
Chief Executive Officer
Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority
Urban Angehrn
Chief Executive Officer
Urban Angehrn (1965) has been FINMA’s CEO since 1 November 2021. In this role he is responsible for the operational management of FINMA.
From 2015 to 2021 Urban Angehrn was a member of the Executive Committee and Group Chief Investment Officer of Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich). In this role he was responsible for the Group’s entire investment portfolio as well as for the sustainability strategy and for the operations, including digitalisation, in investment management. In addition, from 2016 he was a member of the Board of Directors of Zurich Life Insurance Company, most recently serving as Chairman, as well as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Zurich Insurance Group Swiss Pension Plan from 2015.
From 2007 to 2015 Urban Angehrn was Head of Alternative Investments at Zurich, prior to that Head of Strategy Implementation and prior to that Regional Investment Manager Europe. Before that, from 2005 to 2007 he worked as Head of Allocation & Strategy in Asset Management at Winterthur (now AXA), from 1999 to 2005 at Credit Suisse First Boston in Fixed Income Derivatives Marketing and from 1994 to 1999 at JP Morgan in Fixed Income Sales and Derivatives Marketing.
Urban Angehrn holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from Harvard University and a Master of Science in theoretical physics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH).
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Urban Angehrn
Chief Executive Officer
Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority
Urban Angehrn (1965) has been FINMA’s CEO since 1 November 2021. In this role he is responsible for the operational management of FINMA.
From 2015 to 2021 Urban Angehrn was a member of the Executive Committee and Group Chief Investment Officer of Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich). In this role he was responsible for the Group’s entire investment portfolio as well as for the sustainability strategy and for the operations, including digitalisation, in investment management. In addition, from 2016 he was a member of the Board of Directors of Zurich Life Insurance Company, most recently serving as Chairman, as well as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Zurich Insurance Group Swiss Pension Plan from 2015.
From 2007 to 2015 Urban Angehrn was Head of Alternative Investments at Zurich, prior to that Head of Strategy Implementation and prior to that Regional Investment Manager Europe. Before that, from 2005 to 2007 he worked as Head of Allocation & Strategy in Asset Management at Winterthur (now AXA), from 1999 to 2005 at Credit Suisse First Boston in Fixed Income Derivatives Marketing and from 1994 to 1999 at JP Morgan in Fixed Income Sales and Derivatives Marketing.
Urban Angehrn holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from Harvard University and a Master of Science in theoretical physics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH).
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Urban Angehrn
Chief Executive Officer
Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority
Urban Angehrn
Chief Executive Officer
Urban Angehrn (1965) has been FINMA’s CEO since 1 November 2021. In this role he is responsible for the operational management of FINMA.
From 2015 to 2021 Urban Angehrn was a member of the Executive Committee and Group Chief Investment Officer of Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich). In this role he was responsible for the Group’s entire investment portfolio as well as for the sustainability strategy and for the operations, including digitalisation, in investment management. In addition, from 2016 he was a member of the Board of Directors of Zurich Life Insurance Company, most recently serving as Chairman, as well as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Zurich Insurance Group Swiss Pension Plan from 2015.
From 2007 to 2015 Urban Angehrn was Head of Alternative Investments at Zurich, prior to that Head of Strategy Implementation and prior to that Regional Investment Manager Europe. Before that, from 2005 to 2007 he worked as Head of Allocation & Strategy in Asset Management at Winterthur (now AXA), from 1999 to 2005 at Credit Suisse First Boston in Fixed Income Derivatives Marketing and from 1994 to 1999 at JP Morgan in Fixed Income Sales and Derivatives Marketing.
Urban Angehrn holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from Harvard University and a Master of Science in theoretical physics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH).
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Urban Angehrn
Chief Executive Officer
Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority
Urban Angehrn (1965) has been FINMA’s CEO since 1 November 2021. In this role he is responsible for the operational management of FINMA.
From 2015 to 2021 Urban Angehrn was a member of the Executive Committee and Group Chief Investment Officer of Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich). In this role he was responsible for the Group’s entire investment portfolio as well as for the sustainability strategy and for the operations, including digitalisation, in investment management. In addition, from 2016 he was a member of the Board of Directors of Zurich Life Insurance Company, most recently serving as Chairman, as well as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Zurich Insurance Group Swiss Pension Plan from 2015.
From 2007 to 2015 Urban Angehrn was Head of Alternative Investments at Zurich, prior to that Head of Strategy Implementation and prior to that Regional Investment Manager Europe. Before that, from 2005 to 2007 he worked as Head of Allocation & Strategy in Asset Management at Winterthur (now AXA), from 1999 to 2005 at Credit Suisse First Boston in Fixed Income Derivatives Marketing and from 1994 to 1999 at JP Morgan in Fixed Income Sales and Derivatives Marketing.
Urban Angehrn holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from Harvard University and a Master of Science in theoretical physics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH).

Raffael Maio
Chief Strategy Officer
NetGuardians
Raffael Maio
Chief Strategy Officer
NetGuardians CSO & Co-Founder, Raffael Maio is primarily responsible for securement of financing as well as business development in Asia. In 2020, he played a key role in securing CHF 17 million in the company’s third round of financing. He is a keen entrepreneur who, along with Joël Winteregg, is the co-founder of NetGuardians. On the technology side, Raffael brings several years’ experience in security software engineering, in environments ranging from a Silicon Valley start-up to a multinational product security company. In terms of business development, he is adept at both innovative and traditional models. He has a degree in Software Engineering as well as an EMBA.

Raffael Maio
Chief Strategy Officer
NetGuardians
NetGuardians CSO & Co-Founder, Raffael Maio is primarily responsible for securement of financing as well as business development in Asia. In 2020, he played a key role in securing CHF 17 million in the company’s third round of financing. He is a keen entrepreneur who, along with Joël Winteregg, is the co-founder of NetGuardians. On the technology side, Raffael brings several years’ experience in security software engineering, in environments ranging from a Silicon Valley start-up to a multinational product security company. In terms of business development, he is adept at both innovative and traditional models. He has a degree in Software Engineering as well as an EMBA.

Sopnendu Mohanty
Chief FinTech Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Elevandi
Sopnendu Mohanty
Chief FinTech Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Elevandi
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 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.

Sopnendu Mohanty
Chief FinTech Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Elevandi
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 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.

Stephanie Wickihalder
President
Swiss Fintech Innovations (SFTI)
Stephanie Wickihalder
President
Ecosystem Believer | Partnership Enabler | Thought Leader | People Connector

Stephanie Wickihalder
President
Swiss Fintech Innovations (SFTI)
Ecosystem Believer | Partnership Enabler | Thought Leader | People Connector

Yannic Kilcher
Chief Technology Officer
DeepJudge
Yannic Kilcher
Chief Technology Officer
Yannic has a PhD in Machine Learning from ETH Zurich. In his free time, he runs the world's largest YouTube channel on the topic of AI research.

Yannic Kilcher
Chief Technology Officer
DeepJudge
Yannic has a PhD in Machine Learning from ETH Zurich. In his free time, he runs the world's largest YouTube channel on the topic of AI research.
Programme

Yannic Kilcher
Chief Technology Officer
DeepJudge
Yannic Kilcher
Chief Technology Officer
Yannic has a PhD in Machine Learning from ETH Zurich. In his free time, he runs the world's largest YouTube channel on the topic of AI research.

Yannic Kilcher
Chief Technology Officer
DeepJudge
Yannic has a PhD in Machine Learning from ETH Zurich. In his free time, he runs the world's largest YouTube channel on the topic of AI research.

Yip Kah Kit
Adviser
BIS Innovation Hub
Yip Kah Kit
Adviser

Yip Kah Kit
Adviser
BIS Innovation Hub

Yves Longchamp
Head of Research
SEBA Bank
Yves Longchamp
Head of Research
Yves Longchamp is Managing Director, Head of Research at SEBA Bank. His professional career has taken him from the Swiss National Bank to the world of crypto-currencies via major banks and asset managers. Market finance, investment strategy and macroeconomics are the research topics that mark out his career. Before joining SEBA Bank, Yves worked a Chief Economist and Chairman of the Investment Committee of Ethenea Independent Investor, FX strategist at Pictet & Cie, and UBS and Senior Economist at the Swiss National Bank.

Yves Longchamp
Head of Research
SEBA Bank
Yves Longchamp is Managing Director, Head of Research at SEBA Bank. His professional career has taken him from the Swiss National Bank to the world of crypto-currencies via major banks and asset managers. Market finance, investment strategy and macroeconomics are the research topics that mark out his career. Before joining SEBA Bank, Yves worked a Chief Economist and Chairman of the Investment Committee of Ethenea Independent Investor, FX strategist at Pictet & Cie, and UBS and Senior Economist at the Swiss National Bank.
26 June, Monday
1:40pm - 2:10pm
The AI Revolution: Transforming Finance with Intelligent Automation
Forum Stage
Speakers

Clara Durodié
Chief Executive Officer, Cognitive Finance Group

Daniela Schackis
Deputy Director General, European Central Bank
Moderator

François Candelon
Managing Director & Senior Partner; Global Director, BCG Henderson Institute
The AI Revolution: Transforming Finance with Intelligent Automation
Forum Stage
Speakers

Clara Durodié
Chief Executive Officer, Cognitive Finance Group

Daniela Schackis
Deputy Director General, European Central Bank
Moderator

François Candelon
Managing Director & Senior Partner; Global Director, BCG Henderson Institute
Date: 26 June
Time: 1:40pm - 2:10pm
Location: Forum Stage, The Circle Convention Center
27 June, Tuesday
1:00pm - 1:40pm
Breaking New Ground with Generative AI: Project MindForge
Forum Stage
Speakers
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Gary Kazantsev
Head of Quant Technology, Bloomberg

Dr Jochen Papenbrock
Head of Financial Technology EMEA, NVIDIA

Dr Prag Sharma
Global Head of Artificial Intelligence, Citigroup
Moderator

Sopnendu Mohanty
Chief FinTech Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Elevandi
Breaking New Ground with Generative AI: Project MindForge
Forum Stage
This session will deep-dive on the opportunities of Generative AI for the financial services sector while shedding light on how financial centres can better leverage this technology. In this session, a panel of industry experts will examine the various applications of generative AI in portfolio optimization, customer service, and personalised financial services. Attendees will have the opportunity to gain valuable insights into best practices for ensuring data privacy and security when implementing generative AI solutions in their organisations.
Speakers
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Gary Kazantsev
Head of Quant Technology, Bloomberg

Dr Jochen Papenbrock
Head of Financial Technology EMEA, NVIDIA

Dr Prag Sharma
Global Head of Artificial Intelligence, Citigroup
Moderator

Sopnendu Mohanty
Chief FinTech Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Elevandi
Date: 27 June
Time: 1:00pm - 1:40pm
Location: Forum Stage, The Circle Convention Center
27 June, Tuesday
10:00am - 12:00pm
Responsible AI in Finance: Navigating the Ethics of Generative AI
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Speakers

Andy Walters
Senior Fintech Analyst, Bank of England

Calissa Aldridge
Senior Executive Leader – Market Supervision, Australian Securities & Investments Commission
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Gary Kazantsev
Head of Quant Technology, Bloomberg

Jeffery Yong
Principal Advisor, Bank for International Settlements

Kirsten Rulf
Partner & Associate Director, Boston Consulting Group

Dr Li Xuchun
Head of AI Development Office, Monetary Authority of Singapore

Musa Parmaksiz
Group Data Science and Analytics Lead, UBS

Pier Luigi Culazzo
Chief Data Officer, Standard Chartered Bank

Dr Prag Sharma
Global Head of Artificial Intelligence, Citigroup

Sameer Gupta
Managing Director, Chief Analytics Officer, DBS Bank
Chair & Moderator
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Chair:
Marcus Lim
Assistant Managing Director (Banking & Insurance), Monetary Authority of Singapore

Moderator:
Irene Liu
Managing Director, Digital Regulatory, Risk and Compliance, Accenture
Responsible AI in Finance: Navigating the Ethics of Generative AI
Roundtable Room
The rapid advancement of AI technology has enabled the financial industry to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and improve customer experiences. However, the use of AI in finance also presents a number of challenges, particularly around responsible use. Recent hype around ChatGPT, a large language model that demonstrated an ability to generate coherent and realistic text, has reminded the public of the importance of responsible AI use.
Issues such as algorithmic bias, model hallucinations, lack of transparency, and potential for misuse have led many to question the ethical implications of AI in finance. As a result, financial regulators, global banks, and AI technology providers have been increasingly focused on ensuring that AI is used in a responsible and ethical manner. To address these concerns, a roundtable discussion is being organized to bring together financial regulators, global banks, and generative AI technology providers. The roundtable will focus on three main areas: 1) financial regulators' views on responsible AI, 2) banks' challenges and risks of AI implementation, and 3) how to use generative AI in a responsible manner.
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Speakers

Andy Walters
Senior Fintech Analyst, Bank of England

Calissa Aldridge
Senior Executive Leader – Market Supervision, Australian Securities & Investments Commission
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Gary Kazantsev
Head of Quant Technology, Bloomberg

Jeffery Yong
Principal Advisor, Bank for International Settlements

Kirsten Rulf
Partner & Associate Director, Boston Consulting Group

Dr Li Xuchun
Head of AI Development Office, Monetary Authority of Singapore

Musa Parmaksiz
Group Data Science and Analytics Lead, UBS

Pier Luigi Culazzo
Chief Data Officer, Standard Chartered Bank

Dr Prag Sharma
Global Head of Artificial Intelligence, Citigroup

Sameer Gupta
Managing Director, Chief Analytics Officer, DBS Bank
Chair & Moderator
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Chair:
Marcus Lim
Assistant Managing Director (Banking & Insurance), Monetary Authority of Singapore

Moderator:
Irene Liu
Managing Director, Digital Regulatory, Risk and Compliance, Accenture
Date: 27 June
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Location: Roundtable Room, The Circle Convention Center
27 June, Tuesday
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Artificial Intelligence in Finance: Market Transformation and Policy Considerations
Hosted by Swiss Secretariat for International Finance and Forefront Advisors + Powered by
Speakers

Dr August Benz
Member of the Executive Board, Swiss Bankers Association (SBA)

Christiane Hoppe
Head Competence Center AI, Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority

Dr Christian Westermann
Head of AI & Data Transformation, Zurich Insurance Group

Clara Durodié
Chief Executive Officer, Cognitive Finance Group

Jessica Rusu
Chief Data, Information & Intelligence Officer, Financial Conduct Authority

Dr Jochen Papenbrock
Head of Financial Technology EMEA, NVIDIA

Karmela Holtgreve
Director General Strategy and Innovation, Deutsche Bundesbank
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Lukasz Kubicki
Head of Supervisory Technology Section, European Central Bank

Professor Miriam Buiten
Assistant Professor of Law and Economics, University of St.Gallen & CERRE

Dr Prag Sharma
Global Head of Artificial Intelligence, Citigroup

Raffael Maio
Chief Strategy Officer, NetGuardians

Ryosuke Ushida
Chief Fintech Officer, Financial Services Agency Japan

Stephanie Wickihalder
President, Swiss Fintech Innovations

Yannic Kilcher
Chief Technology Officer, DeepJudge
Featured Guest & Moderators
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Featured Guest:
Brando Benifei
Member of the European Parliament, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament

Moderator:
Dea Markova
Managing Director, Forefront Advisers

Moderator:
Nicolas Brügger
Deputy Head of Capital Markets & Infrastructure, State Secretariat for International Finance
Artificial Intelligence in Finance: Market Transformation and Policy Considerations
Roundtable Room
Artificial Intelligence in Finance: Market Transformation and Policy Considerations
Developments in the field of AI are fast and already changing the world as we know it. The financial sector, which is used to working with a large amount of standardised data, is no stranger to these changes. This roundtable will focus on the implications of AI for financial market participants and regulators.
Part 1: The first part of the roundtable will address current developments, especially those that may be relevant to the financial sector. Participants will also look into the crystal ball and talk about the potential structural shifts that may unfold as a result of the rise of AI in the financial sector.
Part 2: The second part of the roundtable will be dedicated to exploring the challenges posed by AI from a regulatory perspective. Policy topics such as financial stability, liability and consumer protection will be covered.
Part 3: The third part will focus on the use of AI by financial market participants and authorities in the regulatory and supervisory context, i.e. RegTech and SupTech. With the rapidly increasing capabilities of AI, new possibilities are emerging in these fields.
Hosted by Swiss Secretariat for International Finance and Forefront Advisors + Powered by
Speakers

Dr August Benz
Member of the Executive Board, Swiss Bankers Association (SBA)

Christiane Hoppe
Head Competence Center AI, Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority

Dr Christian Westermann
Head of AI & Data Transformation, Zurich Insurance Group

Clara Durodié
Chief Executive Officer, Cognitive Finance Group

Jessica Rusu
Chief Data, Information & Intelligence Officer, Financial Conduct Authority

Dr Jochen Papenbrock
Head of Financial Technology EMEA, NVIDIA

Karmela Holtgreve
Director General Strategy and Innovation, Deutsche Bundesbank
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Lukasz Kubicki
Head of Supervisory Technology Section, European Central Bank

Professor Miriam Buiten
Assistant Professor of Law and Economics, University of St.Gallen & CERRE

Dr Prag Sharma
Global Head of Artificial Intelligence, Citigroup

Raffael Maio
Chief Strategy Officer, NetGuardians

Ryosuke Ushida
Chief Fintech Officer, Financial Services Agency Japan

Stephanie Wickihalder
President, Swiss Fintech Innovations

Yannic Kilcher
Chief Technology Officer, DeepJudge
Featured Guest & Moderators
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Featured Guest:
Brando Benifei
Member of the European Parliament, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament

Moderator:
Dea Markova
Managing Director, Forefront Advisers

Moderator:
Nicolas Brügger
Deputy Head of Capital Markets & Infrastructure, State Secretariat for International Finance
Date: 27 June
Time: 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: Roundtable Room, The Circle Convention Center