MiFID II Virtual Conference

Nicky Bloom has been developing funds for retail, wholesale and institutional clients across a variety of asset classes for more than 20 years. She specialises in product development and fund distribution for the UK, EU and Asian markets. Nicky has been working as a Senior Product Manager at Pictet Asset Management since 2017. She previously held similar roles at Baring Asset Management and Schroder Investment Management having started her career at Western Asset Management Company. Nicky was until recently a member of the Investment Association’s Product Development & Regulation Committee, and in this capacity held discussions with HM Treasury on subjects including Brexit & SFDR. She has also contributed to working groups relating to SFDR and MiFID II at the Investment Association & TISA.

Mona is the Head of Client & Product Outcomes at Hargreaves Lansdown, and leads the product governance, investment oversight and 1st line regulatory advice and policy teams within HL. Her experience over two decades in financial services includes 1st and 2nd line risk and governance, large scale regulatory implementation, and organisational & cultural change. A passionate client advocate, Mona is currently focused on leading the implementation of the FCA’s Consumer Duty at Hargreaves Lansdown.

Dario is one of the foremost experts on regulatory reporting in the financial services industry. He founded Kaizen in 2013 following nearly 20 years specialising in regulatory reporting including as a regulator, a consultant and directly within the industry. After training as an auditor and working in compliance at Deloitte, Dario spent ten years at the Financial Services Authority where he led the Transaction Monitoring Unit (TMU). He managed the transition to MiFID reporting in 2007 and remodelled the TMU’s approach to its industry interaction. In 2010, Dario became Director of Legal and Compliance in the UK’s first retail exchange, LMAX, before joining the compliance team at Barclays where he had advisory responsibility for transaction and EMIR reporting.

Hanzel Renee Fadrilan is a Manager in the Regulatory Developments and Advisory team within the Compliance Department of Baillie Gifford. Prior to joining Baillie Gifford, he worked with Deloitte as an external auditor for almost nine years in three different countries (Philippines, Gibraltar and United Kingdom) and has specialised in the audits of investment funds both offshore and UK funds.

Matt Feehily's primary focus is advising UK, EU and U.S. asset managers in relation to UK and EU financial services regulatory issues, including under AIFMD, MiFID II, the Short Selling Regulation (SSR), and MAR. Matt also advises the firm’s FinTech clients, particularly companies that are actively engaged in the cryptocurrency and digital assets space. Matt is a member of Sidley’s cross-practice sustainable finance and ESG working group and is regularly called to advise upon the evolving sustainable finance landscape in the EU and UK.

Ulf Herbig has over 15 years of experience in the fund industry and leads Kneip’s product proposition. He represents Kneip in various industry groups as well as the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA), and is representing the Luxembourg Fund Association (ALFI) in data standardisation initiatives for PRIIPs, Mifid II and SFDR at the FinDatEx.

Daniel Mayston, PhD, FRM, Managing Director, is Head of Market Structure and Electronic Trading in BlackRock's Global Trading organization in Europe. He also leads the Market Structure and Trading Research teams globally. Dr. Mayston is responsible for overseeing electronic trading initiatives, adapting the trading platform in the light of market structure evolution, and delivering execution research across all asset classes. His role's mandate includes strengthening the role of quantitative data, modelling and technology in the trading process to drive execution performance. His research responsibilities include the delivery of execution and liquidity models which combine econometric techniques with innovative machine learning approaches. Dr. Mayston partners closely across BlackRock's modelling, risk management and investment teams to provide thought leadership on liquidity and liquidity risk for the firm. He also represents BlackRock externally on various industry bodies and at conferences to advocate for trading and market structure solutions in the interest of the end investor. Dr. Mayston earned a PhD in Finance from the University of Cologne. His academic focus was on liquidity risk. He is a Financial Risk Manager (FRM) charter holder.

Sanjeev Rai leads on the Costs and Charge calculation, PRIIPs and MIFID II regulatory reporting at Barings. Sanjeev has a dedicated focus on transaction cost calculation and sits as a Technical Expert Consultant at the PLSA responsible for the CTI framework. Prior to joining Barings, Sanjeev was responsible for the same at Neuberger Berman. Sanjeev has a 15-year track record working within the asset management industry working for firms such a Fund Partners, Columbia Threadneedle, Fidelity, Legal and General and Schroders and has solid experience of fund accounting and operations.

Ghislain Perisse is working for Fidelity International, as Head of Insurance Solutions, Europe, based in Paris. Ghislain has worked at Credit Lyonnais, Societe Generale, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley in derivatives and quant research. Ghislain then worked at AXA Investment Managers as Head of Insurance Solutions Business Development and most recently at Schroders as Head of Insurance Strategy In parallel, within the European Working group and now FinDatEx, Ghislain initiated the different Regulatory templates (TPT, EMT, EPT, EFT and EET)