The ECSDA Post-trade Conference 2025 will bring together thought leaders, key actors from the CSD ecosystem, and cutting-edge technology providers, all committed to advancing European and global financial markets. As always, ECSDA continues its dialogue with policymakers and regulators to shape the future of post-trade and support the development of a true single capital market in Europe.
This year’s programme will explore the transition to T+1 settlement in Europe, the role of the Savings and Investments Union, and the transformation of Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs).
Topics such as enhanced integration in European infrastructure landscape by zooming on its most fragmented area in the Central and Eastern parts, evolution of the CSD business offering to render it more pan-European, the impact of geopolitics and much more will be at the core of expert-led discussions.
Mairead McGuinness is the European Commissioner for financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union.
The Commissioner’s vision for the portfolio is focused on ensuring the financial sector’s strength and stability, so that it can deliver for people, society and the environment.
Before joining the Commission in October 2020, Ms McGuinness was First Vice-President of the European Parliament. She served as an MEP from Ireland for 16 years, and was a Vice-President of the Parliament since 2014.
As Vice-President, she oversaw relations with national Parliaments, led the Parliament’s dialogue with religious and philosophical organisations, and had responsibility for the Parliament’s communication policy.
During her time in the Parliament, Ms McGuinness sat on a range of committees, covering agriculture, environment, public health, budgets, petitions and constitutional affairs. Her legislative work included leading for the EPP Group on the European Climate Law, the revision of medical devices legislation, and CAP reform post-2013. As an Irish MEP representing the border region, she was outspoken on Brexit and the consequences for the EU and Ireland.
In 2006-2007, Ms McGuinness chaired the Parliament’s investigation into the collapse of the Equitable Life assurance company which identified issues around weak financial regulation.
In 2024, Ms. McGuinness was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science by University College Dublin (UCD), in recognition of her outstanding achievements as a member of the EU Commission and her contributions to the Agri-Food sector in Ireland and the European Union.
Prior to becoming an MEP, she was an award-winning journalist, broadcaster and commentator.
Director of Financial Markets (FISMA-C)
Directorate General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (FISMA), European Commission, Brussels
Masters Degree – Political science/International Affairs
Masters Degree – Philosophy
He started his career at the French Treasury in the Department of International Monetary and Financial Affairs.
He then joined the Commission and since then has worked consistently across the various domains of Financial Services including positions in the Commissioner’s Cabinet, as Head of Unit coordinating
Financial Services Policy and as Director Banking, Insurance and Financial Crime until his current position as Director of Financial Markets.
He represents the Commission on the Board of Supervisors and the Management Board of the European Securities Market Authority.
Daniela Russo is currently Senior Adviser to the Executive Board of the European Central bank, based in Frankfurt am Main, after having been the Director General of the Payments and Market Infrastructure Directorate General for 5 years and she has been an ECB Senior Manager for more than 20 years.
She chaired or participated in several working groups or committees working in the field of payment and settlement systems, both at European and global level. Some of these groups involve only central banks (e.g. PSSC, CPSS, CLS and SWIFT Oversight). Other groups involve central banks and securities regulators (ESCB-CESR, CPSS-IOSCO, T2-S Oversight and Derivatives Regulators Forum). Other groups also involve participation of the industry (COGEPS, COGESI, CESAME, MOC, SEPA High Level Group and EPC).
She has been involved in FSAP (e.g. US and Japan), implementation monitoring assessments (E.g. Brazil and Turkey) and technical assistance (e.g. Switzerland, Rwanda, and South Africa).
She has been the co-chair of the CPMI-IOSCO Policy Standing Group who released a number of important reports in the field of CCP recovery and resilience (Guidance on resilience, Guidance on recovery, Framework for supervisory stress testing, Report on Effective Practices for Auctions, Supervisory Stress Testing and Client Clearing). She currently chairs the PSG Group on Stablecoins and the Group of Data Expert (DEG) of the FSB that is working on definition and implementation of for repomarkets database that would support financial stability needs.
She is also member of many international groups (such as the CPMI, the CPMI-IOSCO Steering Group, the FSB-CPMI-IOSCO fmi-CBCM – dealing with recovery and resolution issues – the IOSCO group on deference, the CPMI-IOSCO-BCBS Group on Margins and at European level the Working Group on CCPs and the Working Group on Interdependencies of the European Systemic Risk Board. (ESRB).
Andrea Gentilini has been Head of Financial Market Infrastructures division of the
Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) since February 2017. He is also ESMA Internal Coordinator within the CSSF and represents the CSSF in several ESMA Standing Committees (MSC, RSC, CCP PC). Since March 2023, he has been appointed Chair of the ESMA Post Trading Working Group and co-Chair of the T2S Cooperative Arrangement. In May 2023 he joined the ESMA Board of Supervisor as Alternate Member for the CSSF.
Andrea Gentilini has been Chair of the CEMA EMIR Task Force, responsible for the
development of EMIR risk indicators, to promote data driven supervision and supervisory convergence, as well as knowledge sharing and peer learning.
Andrea Gentilini joined the CSSF in 2014 and has been working in the Financial Market Infrastructure Division ever since, contributing to the development of the CSSF’s authorisation process for CSDs under CSDR and support the work of the CSSF in the policy activity related to CSDR, EMIR and SFTR. Before joining the CSSF in 2014, he worked 15 years in the financial sector in Luxembourg (Senior Manager at PwC Luxembourg, portfolio manager in a Luxembourg based management company) and in China (Head of international business in a Chinese fund management company, based in Shenzhen).
Andrea Gentilini was born in Milan, Italy and studied economics at Bocconi University, where he obtained also a Master’s degree in economics. He is Lecturer at the IAE Nancy School of Management on post-trading and market infrastructures.
Andrea is married with 1 child. He holds Italian and Luxembourgish nationality
Mr. Sampson is President of CDS. Kevin has over 20 years of capital markets experience managing high-performing teams across multiple functions and business areas, including sales and business development, operations, customer support and product development. His collaborative, client-centric approach has enabled Kevin to achieve positive business results while building long-term, trusted relationships with peers and stakeholders across the industry. Most recently, Kevin was President, Equity Trading for TMX Group Inc. where he managed the trading businesses of Canada’s premier equity exchanges (Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange and TSX Alpha Exchange).
Since 2017 Arminta serves as a Vice President of European Markets at Nasdaq, responsible for the Post Trade business unit, which provides stock exchange, central securities depository (CSD) and post trade services in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Iceland, and Sweden. She chairs the Supervisory Boards of the regulated entities, including Nasdaq CSD SE, Nasdaq Vilnius AB, Nasdaq Tallinn AS, Nasdaq Riga AS, as well as the BMR Oversight Committee under Nasdaq Copenhagen. In addition, Arminta is the CEO of Nasdaq’s Global Technology and Business Services center in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Arminta has a 25 years’ professional track record in the capital markets. During 2007-2017, she acted as President of the Vilnius Stock Exchange and in 2012-2017 as VP, Head of Nasdaq Baltic Markets, leading the development and integration of the markets in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania into a harmonized, well regulated and technologically advanced regional market.
Arminta is committed to advancing sound corporate government, financial literacy and women empowerment. As a co-founder of the Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance and association “Lydere”, a board member of Invest Lithuania, she has been actively engaged in the NGO work with the aim of advancing the economic and societal development in Lithuania and the rest of the Baltic region, recognized with international and national awards for this work.
Dr. Arıkan earned his bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering at Boğaziçi University and his MBA at Yeditepe University. He received his PhD degree from Istanbul Ticaret University in Business Administration. He speaks advance level English and German, also beginner-level Arabic.
He began his career as a computer engineer at Microsoft as an International Program Manager, focusing on Windows operating system development for Turkish markets.
Dr. Arıkan held various managerial positions at Ziraat Teknoloji A.Ş. and Ziraat Insurance Company, providing IT services for Ziraat Finance Group, the largest governmental bank of Türkiye. His career path includes pivotal roles at the EPİAŞ (Energy Exchange – Enerji Piyasaları İşletme A.Ş.) , which was founded in year 2015 as the energy exchange company of Türkiye, where he contributed to the establishment of the Transparency Platform, strategic planning, and international collaborations.
In 2016, he joined Borsa Istanbul Group at Takasbank A.Ş. as the Executive Vice President for Information Technology.
Since April 2019, he has been working as General Manager and Board Member at MKK which is Central Securities Depository and Trade Repository of Türkiye. Here, he has been instrumental in launching numerous products and services, enhancing the organization’s capabilities and range of services.
Dr. ARIKAN, has assumed the Chairmanship of the Association of Eurasian Central Securities Depositories (AECSD) starting from September 2023. By virtue of this duty, he has become a Board Member of the World Forum of CSDs (WFC).
Mark Gem has been with Clearstream for over 20 years and a board member since 2007, focusing on network management, primary markets activity and compliance. He was responsible for Clearstream’s T2S strategy. He currently chairs Clearstream’s Risk Committee, amongst many other things oversaw the post-Brexit organisation of Clearstream’s UK business and Clearstream’s overall response to the COVID-19 crisis and to the war in Ukraine. He represents Luxembourg on the board of SWIFT. He has been on the board of ECSDA since 2002 and served as Vice-Chairman under Joël Mérère until 2013. In May 2024, Mark was re-elected ECSDA Chair.
Mark has a first class degree from Oxford University in Modern History.
Note: All session timings below are in Central European Time (CET) and are subject to amendments
You can also download a PDF version of the agenda here.
Welcome address by the ECSDA Chair, setting the stage for discussions on market integration, innovation, and resilience in European post-trade.
Exploring post-trade and non-post-trade solutions to improve liquidity, cross-boarder investment, and financing opportunities within the EU.
Exploring post-trade and non-post-trade solutions to improve liquidity, cross-boarder investments, and financing opportunities within the EU.
A discussion on how partnerships between Eastern and Central European markets can foster deeper integration and efficiency in capital markets, in connection with EBRD and Warsaw market initiative.
A deep dive into the challenges and opportunities of transitioning to a T +1 settlement cycle across Europe.
What will the future of Financial Market Infrastructure (IMF) look like? This panel will explore not only strategic business requirements and technological innovations necessary to build a next-generation FMI ecosystem but will gather suggestions of the next steps and main milestones, and perhaps will lead to new ventures and partnerships.
A discussion on the technical, legal and tax changes achieving the convergence necessary for seamless access to European markets under a unified regulatory and operational structure and abolishing of burden for passporting.
How global political shifts and regulatory developments are shaping post-trade operations. Experts will discuss the implications for business models, IT resilience, compliance frameworks, and risk management strategies.
Final reflections on the day’s discussion and the road ahead for European post-trade markets.
Welcome address by the ECSDA Chair, setting the stage for discussions on market integration, innovation, and resilience in European post-trade.
Exploring post-trade and non-post-trade solutions to improve liquidity, cross-boarder investment, and financing opportunities within the EU.
Exploring post-trade and non-post-trade solutions to improve liquidity, cross-boarder investments, and financing opportunities within the EU.
A discussion on how partnerships between Eastern and Central European markets can foster deeper integration and efficiency in capital markets, in connection with EBRD and Warsaw market initiative.
A deep dive into the challenges and opportunities of transitioning to a T +1 settlement cycle across Europe.
What will the future of Financial Market Infrastructure (IMF) look like? This panel will explore not only strategic business requirements and technological innovations necessary to build a next-generation FMI ecosystem but will gather suggestions of the next steps and main milestones, and perhaps will lead to new ventures and partnerships.
A discussion on the technical, legal and tax changes achieving the convergence necessary for seamless access to European markets under a unified regulatory and operational structure and abolishing of burden for passporting.
How global political shifts and regulatory developments are shaping post-trade operations. Experts will discuss the implications for business models, IT resilience, compliance frameworks, and risk management strategies.
Final reflections on the day’s discussion and the road ahead for European post-trade markets.
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Euroclear Bank is the premier provider of settlement and related securities services for cross-border transactions involving domestic and international bonds, equities, derivatives and investment funds. We offer clients a single access point to post-trade services covering domestic securities from over 40 markets.
https://www.euroclear.com/en.html
Euronext Securities is the Euronext CSD network connecting European economies to global capital markets. We provide secure and resilient settlement and custody solutions and a portfolio of services to support our clients along the entire value chain. At the heart of the market infrastructure, we offer market participants an improved experience by streamlining operations and processes across our CSDs, supported by our continuously evolving technology. We ensure that we meet our clients’ needs by combining our global reach with multi-local, European expertise.
SIX provides and operates stable and efficient infrastructure for the Swiss and Spanish financial centers, thus ensuring access to the capital markets and the flow of information and money between financial market players. As a global provider of financial information, SIX delivers high-quality reference, pricing, corporate actions, and ESG data and provides regulatory services and indices to clients around the world. The company is owned by its users (more than 120 banks) with a workforce of 4,160 employees and a presence in 19 countries.
Clearstream provides the trusted and innovative post-trade infrastructure for the global markets, running the leading securities and funds servicing ecosystems of tomorrow. As a trusted leader, Clearstream offers a comprehensive range of innovative solutions for securities issuance, settlement, custody as well as collateral, lending and liquidity management. With more than 19 trillion Euros in assets under custody, Clearstream is one of the world’s largest settlement and custody firms for domestic and international securities. Clearstream connects all CSDs in Europe, offering access to European markets and also acting as a conduit for smaller CSDs. Best recent example is the pioneering cooperation with Nasdaq CSD which has created a precedent for CSDs to explore the capabilities of Clearstream’s investor CSD solution to demonstrate the interoperability of our ICSD and CSD services.
https://www.clearstream.com/clearstream-en/
Delta Capita, the Financial Services division of Prytek, is a leading global Capital Markets consulting, managed services, and technology provider with a unique combination of experience in financial services and expertise in Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) innovation. Headquartered in the UK, Delta Capita has more than 1,200 professionals across its offices in London, Germany, India, Ireland, the Netherlands, Singapore, and the USA. Delta Capita specialises in the creation of multi-client managed services leveraging DLT, technology, people, and infrastructure.
https://www.deltacapita.com/
Montran is the leading provider of Payment and Securities Market Infrastructure solutions, servicing the world’s foremost financial institutions with mission-critical installations and operations in over 80 countries. Discover more at www.montran.com.
‘MLex is an independent news organization with expert journalists close to trusted sources in Europe and across the globe. It identifies regulatory risk as and wherever it emerges, monitoring the activities of governments, agencies and courts to pinpoint and predict the impact and importance of proposals, probes, enforcement actions and rulings across nine areas of coverage.’
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