Senior policy makers and industry came together to discuss key aspects of FinTech regulation
at the 4th Annual Conference on ‘FinTech and Digital Innovation:
Delivering for the Future’

on 3rd March 2020

CONFERENCE SUMMARY

CONFERENCE MOVIE

SPEAKERS DINNER

2nd March 2020

Interventions:

Vilius Šapoka

Minister of Finance of Lithuania

Jean-Paul Servais

Chairman FSMA and Vice-Chair of the IOSCO Board

Mitchell A. Silk

Acting Assistant Secretary for International Markets, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Views from the European Parliament:

Ondrej Kovarik

Member of the European Parliament (MEP)

PROGRAMME

SPEAKERS

Carmine
Di Noia

Commissioner
CONSOB

Andris
Strazds

Advisor, International Relations and Communication Department
Bank of Latvia

James
Kemp

Managing Director
AFME

Pēteris
Zilgalvis

Head of Unit, Blockchain and Digital Innovation
DG Connect, European Commission

Vilius
Šapoka

Minister of Finance of Lithuania

Steve
Purser

Head of Core Operations Department
ENISA

Nick Cook

Director of Innovation, 
UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

Steven
Maijoor

Chairman
ESMA

Lisa
Rabbe

Chief Government and Public Affairs Officer
Moody’s

Thomas
Lillelund

CEO Europe, Middle East & Africa
AIG

Jean Paul
Servais

Chairman, FSMA
Vice-Chair, IOSCO-Board

Kirston
Winters

Managing Director
IHS Markit

José Manuel
Campa

Chairman
EBA

Fausto
Parente

Executive Director
EIOPA

Christopher Buttigieg

Chief Officer Strategy, Policy and Innovation, Malta Financial Services Authority

Yuko
Kawai

General Manager for Europea and Chief Representative in London
Bank of Japan

Ksenia
Duxfield-Karyakina

Government Affairs & Public Policy Manager
Google Cloud, EMEA

Jörg
Kukies

State Secretary
Federal Ministry of Finance of Germany

Artur
Granicki

Member of The Next CMU High-Level Group, Attorney-at-Law at the New Technologies Practice
Wardynski & Partners

Mitchell A. Silk

Acting Assistant Secretary for International Markets, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Tom
Mutton

Director of Fintech
Bank of England

Peter
Kerstens

Adviser, DG FISMA, European Commission and Co-Chair of the FinTech Task Force
European Commission

Slavka
Eley

Head of Banking Markets, Innovation and Products
European Banking Authority (EBA)

Claire
Alexandre

Head of Government Relations
PayPal

Sabrina
Feng

Chief Technology Risk Officer
London Stock Exchange Group

John
Berrigan

Acting Director-General
DG FISMA, European Commission

Franziska
Löw

Head of International Affairs
FINMA

Leena
Mörttinen

Director General of Financial Markets Department
Ministry of Finance of Finland

Ante
Žigman

President of the Board
Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency (HANFA)

Nickolas
Reinhardt

Director
Afore Consulting

Hartwig
Gerhartinger

Senior Vice President, Legal & Regulatory, Deputy General Counsel
Paysafe Group

Thomas
Grosse

Chief Banking Officer
N26

Matt
Holmes

Managing Director Government and Regulatory Affairs
Deutsche Bank

Sharon Yang

Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Olaf Sleijpen

Executive Director, De Nederlandse Bank N.V.

Wendy Jephson

Head of Behavioral Science, Nasdaq                        

Valdis Dombrovskis

Executive Vice-President, European Commission

Jan Eger

Head of International Government & Regulatory Affairs, Refinitiv

James Tromans

Technical Director, Office of the CTO, Google Cloud EMEA

Siân Jones

Founder, European Digital Currency and Blockchain Technology Forum (EDCAB)

Jan
Ceyssens

Head of Unit for Digital Finance
DG FISMA, European Commission

VENUE

Stanhope
Hotel

Rue du Commerce 9,
1000 Bruxelles

SPONSORS

With the support of:

Afore Consulting Team

Linda Strazdina

Linda Strazdina

Senior Consultant
Afore Consulting

Anne Keane

Anne Keane

Co-founder and Director
Afore Consulting

Constantine Arvanitis

Constantine Arvanitis

Junior Consultant
Afore Consulting

2019 highlights

On 26 February 2019, Afore Consulting organised its 3rd Annual FinTech & Regulation Conference: Taking innovation to the next level. The event brought together more than 450 participants from the European regulatory and supervisory community, industry, academia and civil society, covering topics from crypto assets, crowdfunding, AI, data, to cyber security and resilience, international cooperation and Europe’s ability to innovate.

The conference came at an important juncture in the European political cycle. One year after the formal launch of the European Commission’s Action Plan on FinTech, the keynotes and panels took stock how technology and the financial services industry has evolved, what progress the EU has made on its policy objectives and, importantly, helped set out some of the policy and regulatory priorities for the new European Parliament and European Commission.

Speakers included Valdis Dombrovskis Vice-President of the European Commission, Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, Christopher Giancarlo, Chairman of the CFTC, Steven Maijoor, Chair of ESMA, Gabriel Bernardino, Chair of EIOPA, and Robert Ophele, President of the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF).

Afore Consulting is an independent, premium European public affairs consultancy with a core area of expertise in financial services, regulation and policy.

www.aforeconsulting.eu