Featured speakers
Hosted by
Karin Keller-Sutter
Federal Councillor & Head of the Federal Department of Finance, Switzerland
Ryan Hayward
Managing Director, Digital Assets
Barclays
Ryan is based in London and heads up Digital Assets globally at Barclays. Ryan setup the DA team in 2024, which is responsible for digital asset strategy, governance and the establishment of new asset, money and tokenisation initiatives across the bank. Prior to that, Ryan was one of the founding team members of the Barclays Principal Investments team in 2018 and led Barclays Strategic Investment activities across Europe and Asia.
Ryan joined Barclays in 2011 as an M&A advisor in the investment bank and moved to the Strategy and Corporate Development team in 2013, where he acted as a principal in originating and executing M&A transactions.
Prior to Barclays, Ryan was at Nevsky Capital, a $7bn long/short equity asset manager, where he covered a range of sectors including oil & gas, chemicals and agriculture and before that worked at Deutsche Bank as a corporate finance advisor in the Industrials practice across Europe.
Ryan holds a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Oxford and an MA (Oxon) from the University of Oxford.
Speaking at
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5:05–5:45pmTue 23 JunForum StageKongresssaal, Level 1Open
Blueprint for Digital Assets
On-Chain Settlement: The Infrastructure for Atomic Finality
Forum StageKongresssaal, Level 1Open
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Emanuel VilaDirector, Strategy and Innovation, CEO OfficeCLS Services
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Isadora ArredondoVice President, Global PolicyHedera
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Ryan HaywardManaging Director, Digital AssetsBarclays
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Sébastien Van CampenhoudtDirector, Innovation & Digital Assets, Tokenized Cash LeadEuroclear
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Tim WaySenior Director, Global Banking Initiatives LeadFireblocks
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Laura NavaratnamUK Policy LeadCrypto Council for InnovationModerator
About this session
The promise of blockchain settlement has always been atomicity - simultaneous exchange of asset and payment, with finality in seconds rather than days. Live pilots from major exchanges, custodians, and correspondent banks are proving the technology works; the harder challenge is rebuilding the legal frameworks, operational workflows, and legacy infrastructure that surround it. This session examines what it genuinely takes to move from today's T+1 standard to a world where settlement is instantaneous, global, and always on.
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