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Hosted by
Karin Keller-Sutter
Federal Councillor & Head of the Federal Department of Finance, Switzerland
Andrei Pustelnikov
Senior Manager, Wholesale experiments and international projects
Bank of England
Andrei Pustelnikov leads the Bank of England’s work on wholesale payments experimentation, exploring how emerging technologies such as tokenisation and distributed ledger technology are reshaping financial markets and the role of central banks.
He has extensive experience working at the intersection of technology and policy at the Bank of England, leading collaborations to design products, policies and experiments in fintech and payments. Previously, Andrei was an Advisor at the BIS Innovation Hub, leading international projects on financial innovation.
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12:00–1:30pmTue 23 JunGFTN InsightsRoundtable Room 3, Ground FloorOpen
Blueprint for Digital Assets
Agorá - How Moving Money Matters
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Andrei PustelnikovSenior Manager, Wholesale experiments and international projectsBank of England
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Audrey MetzgerDirector of Innovation & Financial Market InfrastructuresBanque de France
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Holger NeuhausHead of Market Innovation & IntegrationEuropean Central Bank
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Louise JohnstonDirector, Government Affairs & PolicyMastercard
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Marianne ZentriegenHead of Payment JourneysPostFinance AG
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Masashi WatanabeManaging Director, Head of Digital AssetsMUFG Bank, Ltd.
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Michael ZimmertHead of Banking Operations AnalysisSwiss National Bank
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Nick KeriganManaging Director, Head of InnovationSwift
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Rene MichauGlobal Head, Digital AssetsStandard Chartered
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Sabih BehzadHead of Digital Assets & Currencies TransformationDeutsche Bank AG London
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Tim MoncrieffManaging Director of Visa Payments & Currencycloud & VP, Strategic Initiatives & Execution, Visa DirectVisa
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Zou XiaonanExecutive Director, Group Digital Assets; Head of Digital Assets, Group TreasuryUBS
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Jessica RenierManaging Director & Head of Digital FinanceInstitute of International Finance (IIF)Moderator
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Morten BechCentre Head - SwitzerlandBIS Innovation HubModerator
About this session
Project Agorá tests the hypothesis that a multi-currency settlement mechanism that leverages tokenization and programmability could mitigate inefficiencies and frictions in cross-border payments, making them faster, more transparent and safer.
To examine this, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the Institute of International Finance (IIF) combined forces to convene seven central banks and over 40 international financial institutions to test the tokenization of commercial bank deposits and central bank reserves on a unifying ledger. The roundtable will bring together Project Agorá public and private sector participants to reflect on the project and lessons learned.
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10:00–11:30amWed 24 JunGFTN InsightsRoundtable Room 2, Ground FloorOpen
Blueprint for Digital Assets
Tokenized Financial Markets: Advancing Trust, Integrity and Compliance
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Alan LimDirector & Head, Financial Infrastructure & Artificial Intelligence OfficeMonetary Authority of Singapore
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Andrei PustelnikovSenior Manager, Wholesale experiments and international projectsBank of England
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Jakub LesniowskiHead Digital Asset Platform and RiskUBS
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Jennifer LassiterManaging Director, Head of Digital Assets for Europe & AmericasStandard Chartered
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John O'NeillManaging Director, Digital Assets & Currencies, CIBHSBC
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Marco KesslerHead Product and Business Development for Digital AssetsSIX Group
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Marcos ViriatoChief Executive Officer & Co-FounderParfin
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Prof. Rolf H. WeberProfessorBlockchain Center, University of Zurich
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Sang Hyuk LimVisiting EconomistBank for International Settlements (BIS)
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Yasuo YamanakaDirector, Strategic Innovation LeadEuroclear
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Raunak MittalAdvisorBIS Innovation Hub Singapore CentreModerator
About this session
Tokenization is reshaping wholesale payments, foreign exchange, and securities. As adoption grows across platforms and jurisdictions, it introduces fragmentation, operational complexity, and coordination challenges that may affect liquidity, settlement certainty, and systemic stability.
This roundtable will examine the governance, control frameworks, and cross-border coordination needed to ensure trust, integrity, and resilience in tokenized financial markets. It will explore practical approaches to embed compliance, interoperability, and accountability, advancing trust in tokenization, and enabling it to scale.
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