Bob spent his banking career with Morgan Grenfell and Merrill Lynch and was EMEA Chairman of Merrill Lynch between 2003 and 2009. Between 2006 and 2009 he was a member of the Court of the Bank of England. He is a past member of the Takeover Panel, the FSA's Senior Practitioners Panel and was the FSA's nominated representative on the Council of European Securities Regulators Market Consultation Panel.

He led a group of industry Chairman and Chief Executives to author a report on the competitiveness of London as a global financial centre ?London, Winning in the Decade Ahead? and chaired the Green Investment Bank Commission. Since leaving banking, he has chaired and invested in a number of Fintech companies. Bob was instrumental in the creation of TheCityUK and has been on its advisory board since its formation.

The Blockchain Industry in the UK Landscape Overview names Charles as a “leading influencer in blockchain”. He is part of teams working on investing and setting standards for emtech in the UK, Europe and the US.

At CMS he is part of the firm’s specialist crypto and digital assets team. He is a Board Advisor of Cointelligence Fun, Holistic AI and Hedgehog Hedgehog - Easy
investing in real-world assets.

He has worked on transactions worth over $5bn funding fintech platforms; on over 65 NFT projects; for more than 250 cryptoasset clients; including global exchanges, blockchain gaming and play-to-earn projects, DeFi and Web3 platforms; crypto and digital assets investment & M&A; tokenisation projects for debt, equity and alternative assets.

He is Editor and Co-author of Artificial Intelligence Law and Regulation (Edward Elgar, 2022).

He writes a monthly column in the crypto pages of City AM.

David is an Associate Director at Global Counsel. Before joining GC he worked for the UK trade body for the banking, payments and finance sectors leading on engagement across payments, innovation and cryptoassets from a public policy and regulatory engagement perspective in the UK, EU and internationally.

David has also previously worked in the Payments and Fintech team for the UK finance ministry, advising on international engagement, trade policy, payments and fintech. Previously David also worked for a global think tank.

At Global Counsel, David works in the Financial Services practice across the EU and UK, with a wide focus across financial services but a particular specialism on payments, fintech and digital assets. David works with senior leaders in many GC clients to deepen and develop their engagement with public policymaking.

Dianne is a Remote Payment Channels threat lead UK Finance working closely with financial institutions and other sectors to close vulnerabilities beyond the perimeter of the banks. Dianne primarily engages with companies outside the sector to encourage and foster collaborative initiative to protect mutual customers.

Prior to joining UK Finance, Dianne worked in the gambling sector mitigating economic crime and meeting regulatory reporting requirements.

Ian possesses more than 20 years of experience in capital markets and fintech, with a depth of expertise within financial markets and disruptive technologies. Prior to joining KPMG, Ian was the Executive Director of Crypto UK (CUK) the UK’s trade association representing more than 140 companies from across the UK digital asset sector. CUK partners with other industry bodies such as UK Finance, Innovate Finance, The Payments Association, E-Money Association, Digital Chamber of Commerce, Blockchain Association, Blockchain for Europe, Access, IDAXA, and AIMA to coordinate public policy positions impacting the industry globally.

Over his career Ian has led teams across investment banking functions, specialising in Rates, FX and Fixed Income markets, global treasury management, funding, capital allocation and liquidity management.

Ian helped steer CUK and its strategic policy initiatives to ensure the voice of the community is heard at the policymaker level. Ian is passionate about the UK fulfilling its global leadership potential in the blockchain and digital asset ecosystem. His work within regulatory and government affairs is focused on ensuring policymakers implement balanced policy making which fosters innovation, job creation and increases investment opportunities within the UK.

Ian participates in numerous steering committees and industry working groups, such as the OECD’s Working Party 10 on Global Tax Compliance and the Financial Action Task Force private sector contact group in regard to anti money laundering and counter terrorist finance.  He is a frequent editorial contributor for international media and trade media and a regular speaker at industry events.

Iggy Azad is a Director at Coinbase focused on investigations and intelligence. He joined the company in 2019, prior to this he was detective with the Metropolitan Police Service in London investigating Cybercrime.

Experienced executive with a particular focus on competition and regulatory policy, having worked across a number of public and private sectors in several markets. Influence payments regulation across the UK and Europe, leading discussions on strategic industry and regulatory policy initiatives. Has commercial credentials delivering and implementing these policies in practice. Skilled at relationship building, hold several board positions and work with a number of charities.

Kate is a Director in KPMG’s EMA Financial Services Regulatory Insights Centre, leading on Digital Finance and Capital Markets regulation. Before joining KPMG, Kate worked for more than a decade in Compliance and Operations in investment banks in London and New York as well as spending four years supervising investment banks while at the FCA.
 

Professor Markos Zachariadis holds the Chair of Financial Technology (FinTech) and is Full Professor of Information Systems at Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS), at the University of Manchester. He is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Financial & Monetary Systems; Chief Fintech Advisor to the President of the Hellenic Competition Commission, Greece’s competition and markets authority; and a FinTech Research Fellow at the Cambridge Centre for Digital Innovation (CDI), University of Cambridge. Professor Zachariadis’ research sits at the cross section of economics of digital innovation, financial technology studies, and network economics, and has studied extensively the economic impact of ICT adoption on bank performance, the diffusion of payment networks, and the role of data & standards in payment infrastructures (SWIFT), financial markets (LEI), and digital banking (Open Banking), among other things. His research has been published in top academic journals such as MIS Quarterly and Research Policy and has been awarded the NET Institute Award (NYU Stern Business School) for his study on the economics of payment networks, and the SWIFT Institute, SMS, and GRI Awards for his research on Open APIs and Digital Transformation in Banking. He is also co-author of The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT): Cooperative governance for network innovation, standards, and community (London: Routledge 2014), and co-editor of The PAYTECH Book published by Wiley (2020).

Prof. Zachariadis is a board advisor, mentor, and international keynote speaker and has been invited from various global organizations to present his research insights, give talks at international events, and judge at international competitions (Bank of England, UK Parliament, European Commission, US Federal Government, World Bank, SIBOS, Money2020, GRI Summit, Microsoft, Bank of Canada/Payments Canada, SWIFT, Innovate Finance Global Summit, Central Bank of Seychelles, IBM, Financial Times, EY, etc.). He was also the organizer of an international conference in London on PayTech innovation which was funded by Gates Foundation, MasterCard, and Capco. As a recognised expert, Markos often shares his work and perspectives with media outlets such as The Times, World Finance, Financial Times' Banker Magazine, Bloomberg, Fortune Magazine, BBC, CNN, The Telegraph, Sky News, Wired Magazine, USA Today, ITV News, The Conversation, among many other.

Mo Aideed is a Manager at Rathbones Group focussed on Investigations and Financial Crime Advisory. He joined the firm in 2018 as part of their graduate scheme. Prior to that he had completed his dissertation in emerging Fintech and Crypto Assets. Currently the chair of the crypto assets working group at UK Finance, Mo also participates in several other working groups within UK Finance.

Nick delivers economic crime policy and advocacy on behalf of members, leading on international engagement, benefi cial ownership and grand corruption. He provides the secretariat for the Anti-Bribery and Corruption panel and supports the money laundering advisory panel and UK Finance input to the economic crime reform programme. Prior to UK Finance, Nick worked both as a private sector advisor, supporting audits of corporate compliance and government reviews of public contractors and local authorities, and as a civil servant, representing the UK at the OECD working group on bribery and the OECD Responsible Business Conduct working group.

Peter Left acts as Head of Prudential Liquidity Management at Lloyds’ ring-fenced bank group and has over 17 years of financial markets experience in front office trading, working on derivatives trades, structuring, money markets and repo sales. Peter now leads the treasury element of Lloyds Banking Group’s work on digital money & assets, exploring robust future funding and business strategies.

Rhiannon joined UK Finance's predecessor in 2010. Rhiannon is a Principal in Policy responsible for payments and cash policy. She currently manages the Cash Services unit, which coordinates the industry on operational cash issues. She also provides thought leadership on policy issues to support the UK Finance objectives in respect of the business, operational and technical aspects of regulation, government requirements and market innovations in payments and cash more generally. She has previously led work on Open Banking, SEPA, Government Engagement with the payment systems, Digital ID, and card payments.

Prior to joining UK Finance, Rhiannon completed an MPhil at Cambridge. She has also worked for an MP and as a researcher for a global hedge fund.

Tim Maloney is Head of Settlement and FMI Innovation in the Securities and Markets Team at HM Treasury. He leads on policy regarding the UK’s legislative and regulatory framework for securities settlement. He also looks at how the UK regulatory framework needs to evolve to accommodate new technology and practices in FMIs, and is working with the Bank of England and FCA to develop the FMI Sandbox, which will enable firms to adopt new technologies such as DLT in the provision of FMI services. He has previously worked on HMT’s financial services ‘onshoring’ programme, which ensured the UK had a functioning legislative framework in place after it left the EU, and has led on HMT’s engagement with EU Member States on financial services issues.

Yvonne leads UK Finance’s policy work on how digital innovations like securities tokenisation are shaping the UK’s capital markets landscape.

Yvonne previously advised on how MiFID II and Brexit impacted trading operations within the UK and Europe.

Yvonne joined UK Finance in 2020 having worked both in industry and private practice as a senior counsel solicitor specialising in investment management and financial regulation.

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