Charlie Badran, Head of AXA Financing within the Trading, Securities Financing and derivatives department (TSF-D) has been for more than 18 years at BNPP Asset Management (ex AXA-IM). Charlie is in charge of the Repo and financing activity globally.

Prior to joining AXA IM, Charlie worked in London at Bloomberg as a trading system sales covering both France and the Middle East. Before that, he worked in a French investment bank as a Repo and Bond trader in Paris and Luxembourg.

Furthermore, Charlie Badran seats on the governing board of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) European Repo and Collateral Council (ERCC).

Charlie Badran holds a MSc in Mathematics from University of Nice Sophia Antipolis and a MSc in Science and management from NEOMA Business School.

Richard Colvil is a senior regulatory reporting and transformation leader with more than 30 years of experience spanning securities finance, transaction reporting, post-trade data and operating model design. He has led complex MiFIR, EMIR and SFTR implementations, shaped industry best practice through ISLA, and engaged directly with ESMA and the FCA. His expertise combines regulatory interpretation, data architecture, controls, reconciliation and large-scale delivery across complex financial markets environments and transformation programmes.

He brings a rare combination of policy insight, technical depth and practical implementation experience, helping firms translate complex regulatory obligations into scalable, defensible reporting frameworks and stronger data governance.

Experienced consultant specializing in the use of digital assets in financial services, with expertise spanning the tokenization of securities to digitally native assets. Skilled in managing large-scale transformation initiatives, from target operating model design to full implementation. Possesses significant domain expertise in collateral management and post-trade operations across both buy-side and sell-side markets.

Wassel Dammak is Director of Product Strategy at Vermeg where he is responsible for bridging collateral management business and technology to help financial firms transform their legacy IT stack into a service based and componentized architecture and thus reaching a ‘by-nature’ transformative model of strategic readiness to market opportunities and threats.

Previously, he held multiple positions in the fintech industry focusing on product management, Go to Market strategy and revenues generation at world class leading fintech companies serving globally the capital markets.

Mr. Dammak earned a Bachelor of Accounting and Finance from the Carthage High Commercial Studies Institute of Tunis.

Ernst Dolce is the CEO and co-founder of Banqora, with over 20 years of experience in the financial industry. He has a proven track record of generating revenue across a €300 billion securities financing portfolio and developing innovative solutions for banks, insurers, pension funds, hedge funds, and asset managers.

Before founding Banqora, Ernst led AXA IM’s Liquidity Solutions business and trading activities in repo and securities lending (2019–2022). He previously held senior roles at AXA IM, including Head of Structuring and Solutions Development (2016–2019), Senior Structurer (2013–2015), and Senior Investment Risk Manager (2006–2013). Earlier in his career, he was a Quantitative Analyst at CDC IXIS AM and QuantElligence.

Ernst holds an MSc in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Lyon II and an MSc in Financial Engineering from ESLSCA Paris.

Business performance manager with 18 years of experience in Securities Financing, Liquidity and Financial Resource Management. A proven track record in relationship development and excelling as a business leader, manager and motivator. A trading desk head and treasury liaison across asset classes. Expertise in new initiatives while embracing corporate and industry change. Business performance manager with 18 years of experience in Securities Financing, Liquidity and Financial Resource Management. A proven track record in relationship development and excelling as a business leader, manager and motivator. A trading desk head and treasury liaison across asset classes. Expertise in new initiatives while embracing corporate and industry change.

Sabine Farhat is Head of Securities Finance Product Management at Murex. She leads the MX.3 product evolution for Repo, SBL, and the full synthetics offering. Her recent work has focused on preparing the securities finance solution for physical and synthetics to the new market demands by enhancing the whole value chain front to back to risk for high-volume Straight-through Processing offering and continuously focusing on regulations. Sabine holds a master’s degree in management of Financial Institutions from Université Paris Dauphine.

Remy Ferraretto joined CACEIS in 2020 and was appointed Head of Securities Finance Sales at the end of 2024.

He started his career in Paris in the early 2000s at IXIS Capital Markets, before moving to Natixis Asset Management and then Dexia Asset Management, which later became Candriam.

Remy has built solid experience across financial markets operations and Securities Finance, initially focusing on operational management for OTC derivatives before moving to Securities Finance trading activities. He was appointed Head of the Securities Finance desk in 2018, before joining CACEIS.

Gabriele has over 25 years’ experience in market infrastructure for fixed income and collateral management, a significant amount of which he has spent brilliantly moderating panels and chairing conferences all over the universe and beyond much to the annoyance and envy of Bill Foley.

Gabriele has extensive repo and securities lending experience, having previously worked at Mts/LSEG, Euroclear and Eurex. When he started Godfried de Vidts and Richard Comotto were children. He currently is Head of European Expansion for BondCliq, the central market system for the corporate bond market, which recently opened its capital to LSEG/Refinitiv, Aflac Ventures, SEI®️, Vanguard and Jane Street.

Simon Heath is Chief Strategy Officer at EquiLend where he leads the strategic growth agenda and serves as a member of the firm's executive leadership team.

Simon was previously at J.P. Morgan, where he spent eight years as Managing Director, most recently serving as Global Head of Agency Securities Finance. Prior to that, he held senior roles at State Street, Citi, and Deutsche Bank, building deep expertise in securities finance, client strategy, and market structure across a career spanning more than 25 years.

Tony joined ISLA in September 2023 as Director of Market Practice.

Based in London, and working closely with a cross-section of industry stakeholders, Tony is focused on supporting the continuous alignment and further development of ISLA Best Practices. This considers, amongst other things, aspects such as legal frameworks and constructs, digital and technology, market operating models, peer associations’ standards, as well as regulatory impacts (including T+1).

Pierre Khemdoudi is the co-founder and CEO of Gentek.ai, an innovative Agentic AI Workflow solution focus on regulatory compliance and post trade automation.

With over 20 years of experience in capital markets and technology across North America, Europe, and Asia, Pierre has a deep expertise in building industry-leading solutions. Previously, he led the creation of the global regulatory reporting suite at S&P Global, including the industry-standard SFTR product, and oversaw key acquisitions like Catena and Cappitech. Before S&P, Pierre drove product innovation in equity and regulatory businesses at IHS Markit, delivering tailored solutions to the investment management community. His journey began in aerospace engineering in North America, followed by senior roles at BNP Paribas across major financial hubs.

Pierre's career is marked by a passion for building impactful products and transforming industries through technology.

Gabi Mantle is Global Head of Solutions Engineering at EquiLend, leading the firm's global pre-sales function and designing bespoke solutions across its full product suite. She works closely with clients throughout the sales cycle, from product demonstrations and RFP responses to solution design.

With 25 years in securities finance, including senior post-trade roles at EquiLend, Deutsche Bank, UBS and Bank of America, Gabi is one of the industry's foremost voices on securities lending operations. She's been at the heart of the T+1 transition, working across North American, EU and UK industry groups, and is a regular speaker at ISLA's Post-Trade Conference, Finadium Rates & Repo and the Securities Finance Times Symposium.

A founding member of the original ISLA Post-Trade Working Groups, Gabi hosted the inaugural ISLA Post-Trade Conference back in 2007.

Rob joined in March 2019 as a Product Manager responsible for Oversight Management Solutions for Beneficial Owners within EMEA, as well as being the head of the Securities Finance consultancy team.  He has nearly 40 years’ experience in the financial securities industry, with over 25 years focused on the Securities Lending business.  Before joining S&P Market Intelligence, he spent 10 years at JPMorgan within Agency Lending as a Product Manager, Relationship Manager, before becoming Head of Agency Lending Sales for EMEA. He has held positions at Merrill Lynch, HSBC, Gartmore and UBS Global Asset Management, where he spent 5 years as Head of Securities Lending and 3 years as Head of Corporate Governance.

Matthew (Matt) Neville is the Head of Agency Lending Trading for EMEA at State Street. Matt is responsible for global clients across equities and fixed income products and has over 20 years securities finance experience spanning both agency and principal trading, sales, collateral management and funding optimisation.

Matt is Vice Chair of the board of ISLA (International Securities Lending Association) and sits on the Bank of England Securities Lending and Repo Committee.

He is also a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment.

State Street provides experienced securities lending capabilities and supplies liquidity across more than 45 markets, worldwide, via Securities Finance offices and trading desks located throughout the Americas, Europe/Middle-East/Africa and Asia/Pacific regions.

An executive professional having 30+ years of IT, business and management experience across multiple industries, including Financial Services (Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, HSBC), Retail and Products (COTY), Media, Telecoms & Technology (ARM) and Health & Public Services (NHS, West Midlands Police). Consulting with CEOs and their boards on AI strategy, delivery, governance, operating model, responsible AI, ethics, innovation, change and scaling AI. A strong academic and commercial background in Artificial Intelligence as well as global external exposure as an influencer, thought leader, international keynote speaker, author and community leader on AI having an extensive network within the AI community globally.

Neelan Pavan is a seasoned financial services professional with over 15 years of expertise specializing in securities finance, fixed income, and post-trade product management. Currently, he serves as a Technical Product Manager on the Post‑Trade Product team at MarketAxess in London, where he drives innovation in trade matching and regulatory reporting solutions tailored for near‑real‑time exception detection and resolution.

Previously, Neelan built his credentials as Product Manager for Fixed Income & Repo at Pirum Systems (2017–2023), developing market-leading capabilities for collateral and risk management. His earlier tenure at Commerzbank AG (2009–2015) culminated in his role as Assistant Vice President covering short‑term interest rates and repo operations. He also held positions at Dresdner Kleinwort, Deutsche Bank, and the Bank of England.

Becky is a Relationship Manager in Securities Finance predominately covering CCP’s and the Middle East region. Becky joined BNY in 2019 and, prior to her current role, spent 4 years in Asset Servicing primarily as a Relationship Manager covering Banks, Broker-Dealers, and Insurance clients with a focus on custody and fund administration.

Cassie von Sprecher, CFA, is a Managing Director and Global Head of Agency Lending Sales at Deutsche Bank. She leads the firm’s global agency lending and cash investment solutions sales strategy, driving growth and overseeing regional teams to deliver tailored financing solutions to clients worldwide.

Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Cassie spent more than a decade at State Street in progressively senior leadership roles across North America and EMEA. Most recently, she served as Managing Director and EMEA Head of Financing Solutions Sales and Client Management, where she led multi‑country teams across Agency Lending, Prime Brokerage, and Repo. She also played a key role in establishing State Street’s international repo desk and oversaw the launch of the firm’s triparty and collateral management solutions sales teams. Cassie began her career in analytics and trading, developing capital optimization strategies for State Street’s balance sheet.

Cassie is a CFA Charterholder and an active member of several industry associations.

Olivier Zemb joined CACEIS in 2019 as Head of Equity Finance & Collateral Trading in Luxembourg. He started his career in Paris at Fortis Investment Management as a Securities Finance Trader. He has over 16 years of experience in the Securities Finance industry with almost 10 years at BNP Paribas Securities Services in London where he was Head of Global Trading Strategies for the Agency Lending department. Olivier holds a Master 2 Research (DEA) in Markets and Financial Intermediaries from the Toulouse School of Economics.

Martin is a senior product manager at FIS focused on strategic projects in securities finance and collateral management. Previous roles include Global Head of Securities Finance and Treasury IT at Dresdner Bank, Global Head of Prime Brokerage Technology at RBS and Head of Product for Securities Finance and Collateral Management at Broadridge. He combines a wealth of practical experience in building and rolling out systems with deep experience in fintech research. He is an honorary research fellow at Warwick Business School’s Fintech Centre and a fellow of the Center for Evidence Based Management. His published works include a book on capital markets technology, multiple journal papers on Fintech and Finance and a great many articles on securities finance, fintech, regulation, management and economics. Martin has been quoted many times in the press including the Financial Times, the Times, the Independent, Reuters, Bloomberg, Wired and many others. He has an MSc in Computing Science from Imperial College London and BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics.

Georgia Whilock is a Product Manager within BNY's CollateralOne platform. Her focus is on product strategy, and the development of liquidity, financing, and collateral solutions for buy-side clients. Prior to this Georgia has worked in BNY’s Liquidity, Global Collateral, and FX businesses.

Roy Zimmerhansl is a recognised expert in securities finance and collateral management with a strong custody and clearing background. Roy has a track record of success, leading businesses at agent banks, in prime brokerage, collateral trading and fintech, both in start-up mode and revitalising stale enterprises