2024 speakers
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Past Funds Congress Speakers
David Allen
CEO
StepStone Group Europe Alternative Investments Limited
Julia Backmann
Managing Director, Head of EU Business Legal
Allianz Global Investors
Antonio Barattelli
Head of Unit, Investment Management Unit, Investor Protection and Sustainable Finance Department
ESMA
Lord Gavin Barwell
Senior Advisor
PwC
Patrice Bergé-Vincent
Managing Director
ICI Global
Camille Blackburn
Director – Wholesale Buy-Side
Financial Conduct Authority
Jack Bouroudjian
Chief Economist and Co-Founder
Universal Compute Exchange
Baroness Sharon Bowles
Member of the House of Lords
Leda Braga
CEO
Systematica Investments
Neil Brown
Geopolitical Strategist
CQS (UK) LLP
Veronica Buffoni
Managing Director
Carne Group
Shoqat Bunglawala
Head of Global Portfolio Solutions EMEA & Asia
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Laurent van Burik
Head of Unit
Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF)
Natasha Cazenave
Deputy Secretary General in Charge of Policy and International Affairs
French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)
Miles Celic
CEO
TheCityUK
Albertha Charles
Asset and Wealth Management Leader
PwC UK
Jay Clayton
Former Chairman
Securities and Exchange Commission
Sabina Comis
Global Managing Partner-elect
Dechert LLP
Etienne Comon
Head of EMEA Insurance
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Elizabeth Corley
Senior Advisor
Allianz Global Investors
Cuan Coulter
Head of EMEA
State Street Global Advisors
Brian Coulton
Chief Economist
Fitch Ratings
Chris Cummings
Chief Executive Officer
The Investment Association
Elizabeth Day
Award-winning Journalist, Author and Broadcaster
Bob Diamond
Founding Partner and CEO
Atlas Merchant Capital
John Donohoe
Founder and Group CEO
Carne Group
Susanne van Dootingh
Head of European Regulatory Strategy
State Street Global Advisors
Lyse Doucet OBE
Chief International Correspondent
BBC
Anna Driggs
Director and Associate Chief Counsel, Global Funds Policy
ICI Global
Simon Ellis
Global Head of Client Segments
HSBC Global Asset Management
Michelle Kathryn Essomé
Executive Officer
African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
Sir Jonathan Faull KCMG
Chair of European Public Affairs
Brunswick Group
Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Lecturer and Author
Campbell Fleming
Global Head of Distribution
Aberdeen Standard Investments
Andrew Formica
Chief Executive Officer
Jupiter Asset Management
Fiona Frick
CEO
Unigestion
Lee Fulmer
Head of Innovation
UBS
Michele Gaffo
Global Head of Insurance Coverage
Deutsche Bank Asset Management
Robert Gardner
Co-CEO and Co-founder
Rebalance Earth
Leslie Gent
Managing Director, Head of Responsible Investing
Coutts
Tobias Giesser
Managing Director – Global Co-Head of Structuring
Partners Group
Martin Gilbert
Chairman
Aberdeen Standard Investments
Claire Glennon
Head of Sustainability – UK
Schroders
Will Goodhart
Chief Executive
CFA Society of the UK
Sarah Gordon
Chief Executive
Impact Investing Institute
Former Vice President Al Gore
Co-Founder and Chairman
Generation Investment Management
Jean-Marc Goy
Counsel for International Affairs
Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF)
Tatjana Greil Castro
Portfolio Manager
Muzinich & Co
Andrew Griffith MP
Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister
Darko Hajdukovic
Head of Analytics, Fixed Income and Funds
London Stock Exchange
Bill Hartnett
ESG Stewardship Director
Aberdeen Standard Investments
Dr. Tim Hames
Director General
British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA)
Dr. Margaret Heffernan
Author and CEO
John Herlihy
Vice President EMEA & LATAM
LinkedIn
Professor Julian Hiscox
Chair in Infection and Global Health
University of Liverpool
Joan Hoey
Regional Director (Europe)
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
Sir Chris Hohn
Founder
The Children’s Investment Fund Management
Tai Hui
Chief Market Strategist, Asia Pacific
J.P. Morgan Asset Management
John Ions
Chief Executive Officer
Liontrust Asset Management
Jack Inglis
Chief Executive Officer
Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA)
Dominic Jermey
Director
ZSL
Cathy Jones
Partner
Northill Capital
Jennifer Johnson
President and Chief Executive Officer
Franklin Templeton Investments
Jo Johnson
Member of Parliament for Orpington, former Minister for Transport and Minister for London, former Minister for Universities & Science, former Head of Number 10 Policy Unit and chair of the Prime Minister’s Policy Board
Leo Johnson
Lead Partner of Disruption & Innovation at PwC and Co-presenter of Radio 4 series “FutureProofing”
Meredith Jones
Global ESG Strategy Lead
Aon
Carmel Jordan
CEO
Mercer Global Investments Management Ltd
Natasha Kaplinsky OBE
Broadcaster
Sandy Kaul
Managing Director and Global Head of Business Advisory Services
Citi Global Investor Sales and Relationship Management
Lucy Kellaway
Former Associate Editor
Financial Times
Martina Kelly
Head of Markets Policy
Central Bank of Ireland (CBI)
Colm Kincaid
Director of Securities and Markets Supervision
Central Bank of Ireland
Kimberly LaPointe
Executive Vice President, Head of PGIM Investments International
PGIM Investments
Brian Laureano
Investment Principal and Head of Businesses Development for S3 Credit Solutions
Apollo
Charles Lemon
Partner
Triago
Angelo Lercara
Partner
Dechert LLP
Steven Libby
Asset and Wealth Management (‘AWM’) EMEA Leader, Partne
PwC
Matthieu Lucchesi
Head of Asset Management Regulation and International Affairs Directorate
AMF
Alan Livsey
Lex Research Editor
Financial Times
Angus Lund
Head of Data Science
AKO Capital
Diana Mackay
CEO
Mackay Williams
Diane MacFarlane
Head of Global Fund Services EMEA
JP Morgan
Sherry Madera
Special Adviser for Asia
The City of London Corporation
Bronwen Maddox
Director
Institute for Government
Gurpreet Manku
Deputy Director General and Head of Policy
BVCA
The Rt Hon the Baroness Manningham-Buller
Former Head of MI5, 2002 – 2007
Geoffroy Marcassoli
ESG & Sustainable Finance Partner
PwC
Gary Marshall
Head of EMEA
Aberdeen Standard Investments
Mariana Mazzucato
Professor of Innovation and Public Value at UCL
Director of the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
Grainne McEvoy
Director, Securities and Markets Supervision
Central Bank of Ireland (CBI)
Ryan McNelley
Managing Director
Duff & Phelps
Nick Miller
Head of the Asset Management Department
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
Catherine McGuinness
Chairman of the Policy and Resources Committee
City of London Corporation
Theo Moore
Deputy Managing Director
APCO Worldwide
Dame Helena Morrissey DBE
Head of Personal Investing
Legal and General Investment Management
Kevin Mullen
Head of Markets Policy
Central Bank of Ireland
Gareth Murphy
Chief Risk Officer
Standard Life Aberdeen
Lord Paul Myners
Former Financial Services Secretary in HM Treasury
Mike O’Brien
Non-Executive Director
Carne Group
Andy O’Callaghan
Global Advisory Leader, Asset and Wealth Management
PwC
Mike O’Brien
Non-Executive Director
Carne Group
Shalena O’Connell
VP Operations
MongoDB
George Osborne
Former Conservative Member of the House of Commons
James O’Sullivan
Head of Function – Fund and Firm Authorisations
Central Bank of Ireland
Troy Paredes
Former SEC Commissioner
Joe Parkin
Head of Banks and Digital Channels in the UK
BlackRock
Charlotte Pearce
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Inkpact
Frédéric Pelèse
Deputy Executive Director
French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)
John Pienaar
Former Deputy Political Editor and Presenter of Weekly Westminster Round-up ‘Pienaar’s Politics’
James Pomeroy
Global Economist
HSBC Bank
Olivier Portenseigne
CEO
FundsDLT
David Rae
Head of Strategic Solutions
Russell Investments
Hon. Jacob Rees-Mogg MP
Fiona Reynolds
CEO
Principles for Responsible Investment
Anne Richards, CBE
Former CEO
M&G
Rt Hon John Bercow
Former Speaker of the House of Commons
Emmanuel Roman
CEO
PIMCO
John Romeo
Managing Partner
Oliver Wyman Forum
Rupert Rossander
Head of Legal – EMEA
Invesco Perpetual
Philip Rycroft
Former Permanent Secretary at the Department for Exiting the EU. Now a specialist partner at Flint Global
Emma Ross-Thomas
Brexit Editor
Bloomberg
Suki Sandhu OBE
CEO
Involve
Edwin Schooling Latter
Director of Markets and Wholesale Policy
Financial Conduct Authority
Tobias Schrödel
Live Hacker
Michelle Scrimgeour
EMEA CEO
Columbia Threadneedle
Nilesh Shah
Group President and Managing Director
Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company Ltd
Tom Slocock
Head of International Product Development and Origination
iCapital
Philippe Sourlas
Deputy Secretary General in charge of the Asset Management Department
Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)
Rory Stewart OBE
Former Conservative MP
Rt Hon Gisela Stuart
Former Labour MP
Jayne Styles
CIO
MS Amlin
Diana Tatarchuk
Chief Executive & Investment Officer
Nevé Capital
Robert Taylor
Head of Global Asset Management Regulatory Strategy
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
Howard Trust
General Counsel
Schroders
Mark Tucker
Managing Director
KKR
Laure Villepelet, CFA
Head of ESG and CSR
Tikehau Capital
Phil Wagstaff
Global Head of Distribution
Janus Henderson
Esther Wandel
Head of Division
German Ministry of Finance (BMF)
Carol Widger
Partner
Dechert
Mark Wiseman
Former Chair, Global Investment Committee
Blackrock
Jennifer Wu
Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainable Investing
J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Steven Woolfe MEP
Amanda Young
Chief Sustainability Officer
abrdn
Karen Zachary
CEO
CRUX Asset Management Ltd
Marco Zwick
Director
Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF)
Deborah Zurkow
Global Head of Alternatives
Allianz Global Investors