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Stockholm 2023 - About Our Speakers

Learn more about the industry experts featured at this year's event

Mikko Andersson

Mikko Andersson
CIO
Scila

Mikko Andersson is the Chief Information Officer of the Stockholm based fintech company Scila that provides tools for market surveillance, risk, and AML with customers in Europe, North America, Asia, and the MENA region. Andersson has 20 years of experience in regulated industries including as a founder of a financial engineering company, a hedge fund, a proprietary trading company, a chemical regtech company, and an online pharmacy. He holds a MScEng Physics degree from the Royal Institute of Technology including studies at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule in Zürich and a MSc Business and Economics degree from the Stockholm School of Economics."

Isabelle Boutin

Isabelle Boutin
European Head of Clearing
J.P. Morgan

Isabelle Boutin is EMEA Head of the Derivatives Clearing Sales team at J.P. Morgan. Her team is responsible for selling clearing services to institutional clients for ETD and OTC derivatives, as well as intermediation services for FX products. She has over 20 years’ experience in the industry, having worked at various roles in sales, account management and technology development for J.P. Morgan in New York, London and Paris where is based now.

Stuart Bailey

Stuart Bailey 
Vice President of Clearing Policy & Operations 
FIA 

Stuart Bailey is Vice President of Clearing Policy and Operations at FIA where he runs FIA’s Operations Committee as well as working closely with FIA’s CCP Risk Committee, e-Trading Committee and European Regional Advisory Board.  Prior to joining FIA, Stuart was Director of Risk at ICE Clear Europe for 10 years.  Stuart has also worked as a market risk manager at Mizuho International and as risk analyst at LCH.  Prior to working in the City Stuart served in the British Army before gaining degree in International Finance & Capital Markets.   

Nicoletta Giusto

Nicoletta Giusto
an Independent Member of the CCP Supervisory Committee and Director for Central Counterparties (CCPs)
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)

Nicoletta Giusto is an Independent Member of the CCP Supervisory Committee and Director for Central Counterparties (CCPs) at the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)

In 1987 she joined Consob to work at the General Secretariat to the Board and subsequently at the International Relations Office. In 1998 she joined the European Commission where she was employed at the Securities Markets Unit of DG Internal Market and Financial Services until 2001. In 2002 and 2003 she was Pre-Accession Advisor at the Romanian Securities Commission (EU funded Phare Project). Afterwards, she returned to Consob and was appointed Head of the International Relations Office in 2006.

She has been involved in several international working groups and activities, including peer reviews at IOSCO and FSB level. Even before joining ESMA she followed closely and took part in various ESMA activities including by chairing several Standing Committees such as the Investment Management Standing Committee, the Post-Trading Standing Committee and the Market Integrity Standing Committee. 

Nicoletta Giusto graduated in Law at the University of Genoa (Magna cum Laude) and achieved a Master in Law & Economics of the EU at the University of Rome La Sapienza.

Andreas Gustafsson

Andreas Gustafsson
Senior Vice President and General Counsel Europe
Nasdaq

Andreas Gustafsson is Senior Vice President and General Counsel Europe Nasdaq and manages the group that provides legal and regulatory support for Nasdaq's European regulated entities including Exchanges, CCPs, CSDs and investment firms.

He also oversees the Trading and Issuer Surveillance department, which monitors members and issuers on the Nordic Exchanges, in compliance of EU regulations, and covers all major governmental policy directives in Europe.

Andreas has been with Nasdaq since 2005 and previously was with the Swedish FSA, in which he was involved in European policy working groups such as MiFID. He is the Chairman of Nasdaq Stockholm AB, member of the Listing Committee and Swedish Corporate Governance Code. 

Sara Mitelman Lindholm

Sara Mitelman Lindholm
General Counsel
SSMA

Sara Mitelman Lindholm holds the position as general counsel for the Swedish Securities Markets Association (SSMA) which represents the interests of banks and investment firms active on the Swedish securities market. Sara is a member of the consultative working group to ESMA’s Investor Protection & Intermediaries Standing Committee (IPISC CWG). She is active in the work of the European Banking Federation (EBF), the European Forum of Securities Associations (EFSA) and the Nordic Securities Association (NSA), with a particular focus on MiFID II/MiFIR-related issues. Prior to joining the SSMA, Sara worked at the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority as well as with a private law firm.

Daniela Peterhoff

Daniela Peterhoff 
SVP, President Clearing & Head Market Platforms Strategy 
Nasdaq

Daniela Peterhoff serves as Senior Vice President, President of Clearing and Head of European Markets Strategy at Nasdaq. She is responsible for running the operations of Nasdaq Clearing, future proofing the business and liaising with customers, regulators and other key stakeholders. This includes all aspects of the business covering Products & Services, Technology, Operations and Risk. Daniela also leads strategic planning and M&A activities for our Market Platforms division. 

Before joining Nasdaq, Daniela worked for close to twenty years in the market infrastructure industry, first in Trading and Clearing Market Development at Eurex and then as a Senior Partner at Oliver Wyman. During her time at Oliver Wyman, Daniela was instrumental in building and leading the Global Market Infrastructure business, the European Corporate & Institutional Banking practice, the Northern European market as well as European strategy development. Her work spanned Strategy, Risk & Regulatory, Operations, Technology and M&A work for banks, the buy-side, PE firms and market infrastructure providers. 

Daniela earned an MBA and a PhD in Business Administration from European Business School near Frankfurt. 

Bruce Savage 

Bruce Savage 
Head of Europe 
FIA 

Bruce is the Head of FIA in Europe, which is the leading global trade organisation for the futures, options and centrally cleared derivatives markets, with offices in London, Brussels, Washington and Singapore.  Bruce joined FIA in August 2019 and previously worked at Deutsche Bank for 21 years in a variety of front office roles, most recently as the Head of Regulatory Affairs and Market Structure in the Listed Derivatives and Markets Clearing business. Bruce also served on the FIA Board and European Regional Advisory Board as the Deutsche Bank representative. Before joining Deutsche Bank, Bruce worked for the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) in the Market Supervision department for 4 years. He received his Law Degree (LLB Honours) and Diploma in Legal Practice from Dundee University, Scotland. He is based in London. 

 

Corinna Schempp

Corinna Schempp 
Head of EU Policy & Regulation 
FIA

Corinna Schempp is FIA’s Head of EU Policy & Regulation, responsible for developing and implementing the association's political and regulatory engagement strategy in the EU and UK in close coordination with FIA senior policy staff. Leading FIA's Brussels office, she is also involved in evaluating pending legislation, surveying the impact of legislation on the organisation and its membership and developing responses to legislation.  

Schempp joined FIA in September 2014 from LCH.Clearnet Limited where she was a Senior Regulatory Advisor in the Compliance & Regulation team.  Prior to joining LCH.Clearnet in May 2011, Schempp was the Legal and Regulation Manager at EDX London, a derivatives exchange and joint venture between the London Stock Exchange and Sweden’s OMX AB. 

Schempp is a dual qualified lawyer, holding a post-graduate diploma in European Union law from King's College London, as well as law degrees from Germany and the UK.


 
Bjørn Sibbern

Bjørn Sibbern
President, European Market Services
Nasdaq

Bjørn Sibbern is President, European Market Services. In this role, he works closely across all of Nasdaq’s European Markets teams to deepen the relationships between Nasdaq and institutional and main street investors, broker dealers and regulators in the region. 

With over a decade of experience at Nasdaq, Bjørn has emerged as an influential leader within Nasdaq and the broader industry. Prior to his current role as President, European Market Services, he was Executive Vice President for Global Information Services (GIS), based in New York City. He has also previously led Nasdaq’s Global Commodities business, while also serving as President of the Nasdaq Copenhagen Exchange.  

In an earlier role, Bjørn managed the company’s Nordic Cash Equities and Derivatives Markets. Bjørn’s proven track record in business-building and his ability to foster and grow valuable client relationships positions Nasdaq to further evolve its European business through best-in-class industry partnership and collaboration, product development, and geographic expansion to deliver greater value for all clients.

Sibbern brings experience from both sides of the transaction business as he has held leading positions at Nordic broker firms and covered diverse leading positions at the Nordic exchanges.

Before joining the company, Sibbern was Head of Trading at Stocknet Norway and CEO at E*TRADE Bank Denmark. While President of the Nasdaq Copenhagen exchange, Sibbern also served on the board of the Committee for Corporate Governance under the Danish Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs.

Sibbern holds an Executive MBA, a Diploma in Business Administration and an MSc in Economics & Business Administration and Law from Copenhagen Business School.

Jacob Westermark

Jacob Westermark 
Head of Client Clearing, Collateral and CLS services 
Swedbank AB

Jacob Westermark is the Head of Client Clearing, Collateral and CLS services at Swedbank AB. He has over a decade of experience in counterparty risk, collateral management and derivatives clearing in the Nordic region. He holds a Master of Science degree in business administration from Linköping University. 

During the weekend, he likes to spend time with his wife and children but also tries to get in a round of golf whenever he can.

Gabriel Vimberg

Gabriel Vimberg
Head of the Clearing Business
SEB

Gabriel Vimberg is Head of Derivatives Clearing at SEB, managing the client clearing offering in Futures & Options as well as OTC clearing to SEB’s institutional clients. Gabriel has been with SEB since 2000, holding various positions within the post-trade services and has been heading SEB’s clearing offering since 2015. 

 

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