Conference Speakers
SEC Commissioner Robert J. Jackson Jr.
Robert J. Jackson Jr. was appointed by President Donald Trump to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and was sworn in on January 11, 2018. Commissioner Jackson will be presenting an opening keynote from 8:30 to 9:15am.
Robert W. Cook Is President and CEO of FINRA, and Chairman of the FINRA Investor Education Foundation. Mr. Cook will speak in a fireside chat from 3:30 to 4:00pm
Robert L.D. Colby Is the Chief Legal Officer of FINRA. Mr. Colby is a panelist on the Better Best Execution panel from 10:30 to 11:20am.
Manisha Kimmel Is Senior Policy Advisor for Regulatory Reporting to Chairman Jay Clayton. In this new role, Ms. Kimmel coordinates the SEC’s oversight of the self-regulatory organizations’ (SROs) creation and implementation of the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT). Ms. Kimmel will speak during the Luncheon from 12:00pm to 1:00pm.
Sophia Lee Is General Counsel of IEX Group, Inc. Ms. Lee is moderating the Defending the Trade panel from 9:15 to 10:15am.
Joe Wald Is CEO and Founder of Clearpool Group. Mr. Wald is moderating the Market Data Wars panel from 11:20 to 12:00pm.
Robert Gouley Is Senior Analyst of Trading for OMERS Capital Markets. Mr. Gouley is moderating Routing Incentives and the Fee Pilot panel from 1:00 to 2:00pm.
Mark Schaedel Is Managing Director of Index Services for IHS Markit. Mr. Schaedel is moderating the Benchmark Oversight panel from 2:00 to 2:30 pm.
Craig Hurl Is Director, Equity Trading and Alpha/Beta Strategies in the TAA department at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board. Mr. Hurl is a panelist on the Defending the Trade panel from 9:15 to 10:15am.
Mehmet Kinak is Vice President and Global Head of Systematic Trading and Market Structure for T. Rowe Price. Mr. Kinak is a panelist on the Market Data Wars panel from 11:20 to 12:00pm.
Kevin McKegney Is Director of Equity Trading at BlackRock. Mr. McKegney is a panelist on the Defending the Trade panel from 9:15 to 10:15am.
Cole Smith Is Portfolio Manager of Equities for Arizona State Retirement System. Mr. Smith is a panelists on the Defending the Trade panel from 9:15 to 10:15am.
Carlos Oliveira Is head of Electronic Trading Solutions at Brandes Investment Partners, LP. Mr. Oliveira is a panelist on the Better Best Execution panel from 10:30 to 11:20am.
Elin Cherry Is Founder and CEO of Elinphant. Ms. Cherry is a panelist on the Unbundling Research and the Impact of MiFIDII panel from 2:45 to 3:30pm.
Michael Triessl Is Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel at Capital Research and Management Company. Mr. Triessl is a panelist on the Impact of MiFIDII panel from 2:45 to 3:30pm.
Heather Slavkin Corzo Is Head of US Policy for UN Principles for Responsible Investment. Ms. Corzo is a panelist on the Capital Formation and the Public vs. Private Debate panel from 4:00 to 4:45pm.
Cromwell Coulson Is President, CEO and a Director of OTC Markets Group. Mr. Coulson is a panelist on the Capital Formation and the Public vs. Private Debate panel from 4:00 to 4:45pm.
Vlad Khandros Is Global Head of Market Structure & Liquidity Strategy at UBS. Mr. Khandros is a panelist on the Market Data Wars panel from 11:20 to 12:00pm.
Noel Reyes is Head of Americas Electronic Trading Product at Goldman Sachs. Mr. Reyes is a panelist on the Routing Incentives and Fee Pilot panel from 1:00 to 2:00pm.
Jatin Suryawanshi Is Global Head of Quantitative Strategy at Jefferies. Mr. Suryawanshi is a panelist on the Routing Incentives and Fee Pilot panel from 1:00 to 2:00pm.
Shelly Brown Is Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning and Operations of the MIAX Exchange. Mr. Brown is a panelist on the Market Data Wars panel from 11:20 to 12:00pm.
Jeff Mahoney Is CPA and General Counsel for the Council of Institutional Investors. Mr. Mahoney is a panelist on the Unbundling Research and the Impact of MiFID II panel from 2:45 to 3:30pm.
Walter Ferstand Is Director of Compliance and Regulatory Consulting of BestXstats. Mr. Ferstand is a panelist on the Better Best Execution panel from 10:30 to 11:20am.
Milan V. Dalal Is counsel for Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. Mr. Dalal is a panelist on the Capital Formation and the Public vs. Private Debate panel from 4:00 to 4:45pm.
Adam Kanzer Is Head of Stewardship Americas, at BNP Paribas Asset Management. Mr. Kanzer is a panelist on the Capital Formation and the Public vs. Private Debate panel from 4:00 to 4:45pm.
Roman Ginis Is Founder & CEO of IntelligentCross. Mr. Ginis is a panelist on the Better Best Execution panel from 10:30 to 11:20am.
J.W. Verret Is Associate Professor of Law at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University. Mr. Verret is a panelist on the Market Data Wars panel from 11:20 to 12:00pm. Mr. Verret is also a panelist on the Routing Incentives and Fee Pilot panel from 1:00 to 2:00pm.