The WFE's General Assembly & Annual Meeting 2018 | WORLD FEDERATION OF EXCHANGES | 2 October 2018 | Hotel Grande Bretagne, 1 Vasileos Georgiou A, Syntagma Square str, Athina 105 64, Greece

As WFE members gather this year in Athens, the home of the original marketplace, we go back to basics. We focus on the role of markets in renewal: the continued relevance of markets-based financing; the centrality of markets in ensuring accountability and transparency; and the overarching contribution of markets to sustainable development. Exchanges and CCPs are fundamental to the economies and societies they serve.The General Assembly is the ultimate decision-making body of the WFE.

Members vote on matters pertaining to the Federation. The Annual Meeting is an invitation-only public conference, where leaders of global exchanges and CCPs, regulatory authorities, policy makers, and the buy-side gather to engage on the major issues of the industry. Since its foundation in 1961, the WFE has organised committees, meetings, general assemblies, conferences, and workshops for its members to transfer knowledge and share expertise. As an industry trade organisation, the WFE has discussed virtually every aspect of the capital market: the technical, the commercial, the legal and the economic. In the past five decades we have published studies and reports on issues such as CCP recovery & resolution, business continuity, self-regulation, cross border trading, HFT, sustainability, SMEs and cyber security.

2018 Speakers

Khalid Abdullah Al Hussan
Chief Executive Officer, Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul)

Alexander Afanasiev
Chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer, Moscow Exchange (MOEX)

James Andrus
Investment Manager, CalPERS

Ittai Ben-Zeev
Chief Executive Officer, Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE)

Jan Boomaars
Group Chief Executive Officer, Optiver

Laura M. Cha
Chairman, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd

Ashishkumar Chauhan
Chief Executive Officer, BSE Limited (Bombay Stock Exchange)

William Coen
Secretary General, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, Bank for International Settlements

Samara Cohen
Managing Director & Head of iShares Global Markets, BlackRock

Jos Dijsselhof
Chief Executive Officer, SIX Group

Dr. Pinar Emirdag
Senior Vice President, Head of Digital Product Development and Innovation, State Street

Mohamed Farid
Chairman, The Egyptian Exchange (EGX)

Theodore Fessas
Chairman, Quest Holdings, Chairman, Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV)

Sandy Frucher
Vice Chairman, Nasdaq

Joseph Gawronski
President & COO, Rosenblatt Securities

Prof. Charalampos Gotsis
Chairman, Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC), Professor of Economics, University of Piraeus

George Handjinicolaou
Chairman, Piraeus Bank Group, Chairman, Athens Stock Exchange

Nikolaos V. Karamouzis
Chairman, Eurobank Ergasias SA, Chairman, Hellenic Bank Association (HBA)

Jim Kharouf
Editor, John Lothian News, John J. Lothian & Company, Inc.

Masamichi Kono
Deputy Secretary-General, The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Socrates Lazaridis
Chief Executive Officer, Athens Stock Exchange

Peter K. Lenardos
Group CEO, Cinnober Financial Technology AB

Chris Leslie
Member of Parliament, Labour and Cooperative Party, UK Parliament

Steven Maijoor
Chair, European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)

Paul Muthaura
Chief Executive Officer, Capital Markets Authority of Kenya (CMA)

Nicky Newton-King
Chief Executive Officer, Johannesburg Stock Exchange

Andy Nybo
Director, Burton-Taylor International Consulting

Arunma Oteh
Treasurer, The World Bank

Patrick Pearson
Head of Unit, Financial Markets Infrastructure, European Commission

Dr. Daniela Peterhoff
Partner, Global Head of Market Infrastructure, Oliver Wyman

Joseph Pinto
Global Chief Operating Officer, AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM)

Andreas Preuss
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Deutsche Börse AG

Wu Qing
Non-Executive Chairman of Shanghai Stock Exchange, Vice Mayor of Shanghai, Chairman of The World Federation of Exchanges

Rainer Riess
Director General, Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE)

Dr. Urs Rüegsegger
Chairman, SIX Swiss Exchange, Vice Chairman of The World Federation of Exchanges

Kenneth T. Schiciano
Managing Director, TA Associates

Yazid M. Sharaiha
Global Head of Systematic Strategies, Norges Bank Investment Management

Caroline Silver
Managing Director, Moelis & Company

Tajinder Singh
Deputy Secretary General, International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)

Nandini Sukumar
Chief Executive Officer, The World Federation of Exchanges

Jarkko Syyrilä
Head of Public Affairs, Nordea Wealth Management

Edward Tilly
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe)

Dr. Matthias Voelkel
Partner, Global Leader Capital Markets Infrastructure Practice, McKinsey & Company

Kimon Volikas
Managing Director, Alpha Asset Management A.E.D.A.K., President, Hellenic Fund and Asset Management Association

Dr. James Zhan
Director, Investment and Enterprise, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

2018 Sponsors

• OLIVER WYMAN
• Burton-Taylor INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING