RiskTech100 Speakers

Olga Baldwin is the Lead of Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) at StoneX Group, a Fortune 100 company. With over 16 years of experience in TPRM, she oversees the development and execution of a comprehensive global Third Party Risk Management program. Before joining StoneX, Olga managed TPRM programs at multiple banks and gained valuable experience in the insurance and airline industries. She has extensive expertise in establishing TPRM and Vendor Risk Management (VRM) programs, system implementations, change management, regulatory examinations, and audits. Olga earned her BA from CUNY’s Hunter College and an MBA from CUNY’s Zicklin School of Business.

Eric Hirschhorn is the Chief Data Officer (CDO) of BNY Mellon. He is part of the Global Operations and Technology Executive Committee and reports to the firms CIO, Bridget Engle. As CDO, Eric is focused on digital transformation, operational efficiency, artificial intelligence/machine learning, regulation and helping the firm evolve to become data driven by design.

Before joining BNY Mellon, Eric was the Chief Information Officer for Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC Partners. Prior to Cantor, he spent several years in various senior roles on Wall Street, most recently as Managing Director of Global Fixed Income eTrading & Rates Technology at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Prior to Bank of America, Eric was at Morgan Stanley serving as CTO of Fixed Income, at Citi where he ran Global FX technology, at Lehman where he was responsible for Global Fixed Income eTrading, and at JPMorgan Chase where he ran International Treasury technology. His professional life has taken him around the world including several years living in London. Eric is an authority on how technology drives transformation in financial markets. He has been involved in various industry working groups.

Eric graduated Cooper Union in 1989. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering and current serves as Vice Chair of the Board Trustees at the Cooper Union. Eric lives in New Jersey with his wife, Hillary, and their two children.

Yehuda Dayan is head of Double Robust ltd, a new alternative data venture. Previous to that, he lead Thematic Data Science at Citi Institute. Dr. Dayan joined Citi in 2014, and managed Citigroup’s Research Innovation Lab. Earlier in his career, Yehuda had worked as a data scientist and statistician consulting on numerous political and marketing campaigns, audience measurement and estimation problems. He has a PhD. and MSc. in Statistics from the London School of Economics, a BSc. in Statistics and Economics from Tel Aviv University.  Located in London, he is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, the Israeli Statistical Society and was on the board of the National Council of Artificial Intelligence.

Since joining SG in 2009, he has held a range of positions.  Currently, he is the Chief Data Officer, SG Americas, with responsibility for data management and governance within the Region.  This function is responsible for implementing the requirements of BCBS 239, establishing sound data governance framework that meets Group needs and local supervisory expectations, and creating a solid platform for the data to be leveraged for strategic business decisions. Prior to that, he headed up the Project Management Office for the SG US Transformation project.  SG roles before that included Deputy CFO of the Americas Region of their Corporate & Investment Bank and Head of Finance Offshoring in SG Bangalore.

Prior to joining SG, Bala was with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) for fourteen years in a range of positions in Toronto and New York.  As Senior Vice President of the Wholesale North America Finance, he headed up the controllership function for CIBC’s World Markets and Treasury & Risk Management Strategic Business Units within North America. With a global team across Toronto and New York, he was responsible for establishing a SOX-compliant industry-leading Finance control environment as well as supporting the efficient execution of business initiatives and managing the Finance related US regulatory relationships during a very demanding period. Prior to that, he also had stints as the business-line controller for the Bank’s US origination businesses (Corporate Lending, Investment Banking, Merchant Banking, Structured Finance, and High Yield), as well as the 2/ic to the Chief Accountant, with responsibility for consolidated financial, management and regulatory reporting at the corporate level.

Born and brought up in Mumbai India, Bala has a degree in mathematics from the University of Mumbai and holds professional accounting qualifications from both India and the United States.  He lives in Montclair, New Jersey is married with two children, and enjoys long-distance running.

Paddy Christie is a Governance, Risk and Control subject matter expert and leads Lloyds Banking Group’s Non-Financial Risk Technology strategy. Paddy has 12 years financial services experience leading teams across Business Transformation, Conduct Risk, Operations, and Investment Management. He has a proven track record of delivering complex risk management programmes and recently led the implementation of the company’s operational risk system. Paddy is driven to simplify and modernise non-financial risk by championing the use of data and technology. In his spare time, he enjoys outdoor pursuits and is an accomplished musician.  

Minor Huffman is a technology leader with extensive executive management experience in capital markets with a focus on electronic trading, risk management, and fund management platforms.  Minor has a proven track record designing and developing new software products that increase revenue, improve efficiency and reduce operational risk in the financial services industry.  

Most recently, Minor served at the Chief Technology Officer at Instinet, where he was responsible for driving technology innovation, operating the firm’s trading platforms, and managing the technology organization globally.  Prior to this, Minor served as a Managing Director at Citco Group where he led the development and application support teams for their fund services division.  

He was previous Global Head of Rates Technology at Credit Suisse and the Chief Technology Officer at FXall.  Minor holds an MBA in Finance and International Business from NYU Stern School of Business and a BS in Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Julia is an Adjunct Professor at the NYU Stern School of Business, CEO of Data4Real, LLC, a Board Advisor to several startups and Chair of Technology Advisory Council of Women Leaders in Data and AI (WLDA).

She is a recognized thought leader in data driven digital transformation with over 25 years of experience in building technology and business capabilities that enable business growth, innovation, and agility. Julia has led transformational initiatives in many financial services companies such as Voya Financial, Deutsche Bank Citi, FINRA, Freddie Mac, and others.

Julia is a much sought-after speaker and mentor in the industry, and she has received recognition across the industry for her significant contributions. She has been named to engatica 2023 list of World’s Top 200 Business and Technology Innovators; received 2022 WLDA Changemaker in AI award; has been named to CDO Magazine’s List of Global Data Power Women three years in the row; named Top 150 Business Transformation Leader by Constellation Research in 2019; and recognized as the Best Data Management Practitioner by A-Team Data Management Insight in 2017.

She holds a Master of Arts in Economics from New York University.   

Cristiano Bonisoli is head of ALM team at BANCOBPM. He is responsible for managing IRRBB at the group level. He started his carrer as a foreign exchange dealer and was later appointed head of treasury, risk manager and then head of ALM at Banca Monte Paschi di Siena.

He then moved to Bancopopolare as head of ALM,  and was appointed head of ALM of the new BancoBPM group after the merger with BPM. He graduated in Economics in Milan (Università Cattolica) and holds FRM (financial risk manager) and PRM (professional risk manager) certification.

Cristiano is also co-head of the Assiom-Forex ALM commission in Italy and member of the EBF IRRBB working group.

Alex Abramov is a recognized leader in Technology and Cyber Governance, Risk, and Compliance and former Head of Information and Cyber Risk at Santander Capital Markets. Previously Alex has led Information Risk teams at JP Morgan, BNY, and served as a Practice Leader for IT Governance and Compliance at EY.

Alex is an Adjunct Professor at Yeshiva University’s Masters Cybersecurity Program. He has contributed chapters to several books including “Cyber Risk” and “Governance, Compliance and Supervision in the Capital Markets.”

Alex has served as the President of ISACA New York Metropolitan Chapter and is the recipient of 2024 Joseph J. Wasserman Award, the highest level of professional lifetime achievement recognition.

Naseem Hossain is currently Head of Private Markets Credit Risk at M&G Investments, where he is responsible for independent oversight of private market transactions and rating methodologies. He also spends part of his time working on debt restructurings.

Prior to joining M&G, he spent 5 years working in Aviva’s Chief Investment Office where he focussed on credit investments (particularly in the infrastructure, structured finance and real estate spaces) for the c.£80bn+ annuities book. Before this, his experience includes 10+ years in investment banking for Goldman Sachs and RBS.

He is a CFA Charterholder, Chartered Banker and holds the CFA Certificate in ESG Investment. He also has an Economics degree from the London School of Economics

Yehuda Dayan is head of Double Robust ltd, a new alternative data venture. Previous to that, he lead Thematic Data Science at Citi Institute. Dr. Dayan joined Citi in 2014, and managed Citigroup’s Research Innovation Lab. Earlier in his career, Yehuda had worked as a data scientist and statistician consulting on numerous political and marketing campaigns, audience measurement and estimation problems. He has a PhD. and MSc. in Statistics from the London School of Economics, a BSc. in Statistics and Economics from Tel Aviv University.  Located in London, he is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, the Israeli Statistical Society and was on the board of the National Council of Artificial Intelligence.

Since joining SG in 2009, he has held a range of positions.  Currently, he is the Chief Data Officer, SG Americas, with responsibility for data management and governance within the Region.  This function is responsible for implementing the requirements of BCBS 239, establishing sound data governance framework that meets Group needs and local supervisory expectations, and creating a solid platform for the data to be leveraged for strategic business decisions. Prior to that, he headed up the Project Management Office for the SG US Transformation project.  SG roles before that included Deputy CFO of the Americas Region of their Corporate & Investment Bank and Head of Finance Offshoring in SG Bangalore.

Prior to joining SG, Bala was with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) for fourteen years in a range of positions in Toronto and New York.  As Senior Vice President of the Wholesale North America Finance, he headed up the controllership function for CIBC’s World Markets and Treasury & Risk Management Strategic Business Units within North America. With a global team across Toronto and New York, he was responsible for establishing a SOX-compliant industry-leading Finance control environment as well as supporting the efficient execution of business initiatives and managing the Finance related US regulatory relationships during a very demanding period. Prior to that, he also had stints as the business-line controller for the Bank’s US origination businesses (Corporate Lending, Investment Banking, Merchant Banking, Structured Finance, and High Yield), as well as the 2/ic to the Chief Accountant, with responsibility for consolidated financial, management and regulatory reporting at the corporate level.

Born and brought up in Mumbai India, Bala has a degree in mathematics from the University of Mumbai and holds professional accounting qualifications from both India and the United States.  He lives in Montclair, New Jersey is married with two children, and enjoys long-distance running.

Minor Huffman is a technology leader with extensive executive management experience in capital markets with a focus on electronic trading, risk management, and fund management platforms.  Minor has a proven track record designing and developing new software products that increase revenue, improve efficiency and reduce operational risk in the financial services industry.  

Most recently, Minor served at the Chief Technology Officer at Instinet, where he was responsible for driving technology innovation, operating the firm’s trading platforms, and managing the technology organization globally.  Prior to this, Minor served as a Managing Director at Citco Group where he led the development and application support teams for their fund services division.  

He was previous Global Head of Rates Technology at Credit Suisse and the Chief Technology Officer at FXall.  Minor holds an MBA in Finance and International Business from NYU Stern School of Business and a BS in Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Mark has over 30 years’ experience in global capital markets, consulting, and associated technologies, focusing on risk management, front- and middle-office platforms and data management. Before Chartis he held executive positions in large global financial institutions, consultancies and FinTechs, in various roles including platform and software development, solution architecture, large-scale program management, vendor selection and implementation, and strategy development and execution.

With a background covering the front, middle and back office, Mark brings to Chartis a holistic view of business, technology, and regulatory issues across the enterprise, and how these issues can be addressed by leveraging appropriate technology solutions. His primary focus has been risk technology, and his work in this area includes leading the global teams for risk technology at RBS Capital Markets and AIG; working with middle- and front-office technology teams at Barclays Capital; extensive consulting experience with major consulting organizations including EY and Deloitte; and extensive vendor experience, including time at Algorithmics and Misys (now Finastra). Mark has an MA from Oxford University and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Sid is the Chief Researcher at Chartis Research with more than 25 years of experience in the financial, energy and commodities markets in various functions across the trade and software development lifecycles. He has held various roles in product development, trading, risk management, software development and consulting in banks, hedge funds, and risk advisory and software firms, including Standard Chartered Bank, TCG Group, HCL and Cognizant.

Sid’s specific areas of interest and research include risk data, model risk management, quantitative models in illiquid markets, high-performance analytics, energy and commodity trading risk, market structure design, new computational models, and the use of innovative mathematical methods in various emerging areas of risk management .He has a MBA from the Indian Institute of Management and is a qualified Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst CAIA, Financial Risk Manager (FRM), Energy Risk Professional (ERP), Member of GARP and CIPM from the CFA institute.

Michael Versace has joined Chartis Research to lead governance, resilience and compliance research, bringing a decades-long career as a risk and cybersecurity practitioner and advisor to the company.

Before joining Chartis, Michael served as Global Analyst Relations Lead for risk and cyber markets at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), where he elevated PwC’s position as a leader in risk and cybersecurity solutions for the past 6 years. Prior to PwC, he served as Markets Lead for International Data Corporation (IDC)’s Worldwide Financial Services Risk Tech and Digital Consulting research.

Earlier in his career, Michael held the roles of Client Partner for ZEFER (an early-stage internet consultancy firm), Director of Corporate Audit for FMR Corp, Managing Director for the Financial Services Technology Consortium (FSTC, now Bank Policy Institute), and Senior Communications Security Engineer for the Federal Reserve Banks, with multiple assignments to accelerate payment system innovation and engineer next-generation cryptographic solutions with the US Treasury Department, FMS.

Throughout his career, Michael has been an advocate for industry and technology standards. He served as a two-term Chairman of the International Organization of Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee on Information Security Standards, with a focus on public key cryptography, key management and cybersecurity policy.

Dr Paul Dongha is Head of Responsible AI and AI Strategy at NatWest Group, where he leads the development of ethical AI practices, ensuring systems align with regulation and best practice while embedding governance into risk frameworks.

Previously Group Head of Data & AI Ethics at Lloyds Banking Group, he co-chaired the bank’s Data & AI Ethics Board, built governance and technical guardrails, and led Lloyds’ generative AI strategy. He has also contributed to European AI policy through the EU’s AI4People forum.

A regular speaker at international AI conferences in the UK and US, including Harvard Business School, Dr Dongha holds a PhD in AI agent technology and brings over 24 years of senior technology leadership experience in financial services.

Subramanian ‘Subbu’ Annaswamy is an accomplished Technology Risk Executive with over 20 years’ experience driving enterprise risk transformation across global financial institutions. He has built and operationalised risk frameworks spanning cybersecurity, operational resilience, cloud and data risk, third-party oversight, and AI governance. Subbu has unified disparate risk functions into high-performing global organisations and implemented NIST/ISO/COBIT-aligned policies to strengthen cyber, infrastructure, and resilience oversight.

His career includes senior leadership roles at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, and BNY Mellon, where he led enterprise-wide risk and control transformation, operated across all three lines of defence, and built scalable practices that reduced exposure while enabling growth. He is a trusted partner to regulators and executives, aligning governance with strategic business outcomes.

Subbu is a frequent industry speaker and contributor on risk, resilience, third-party risk management, and responsible AI. He holds multiple certifications (CISA, CSQA, CAMS, CCSK) and completed Goldman Sachs’ Leadership Development Program at the Center for Creative Leadership.

Tejas Gathani is currently Director Internal Audit covering audits for APAC and Risk, Compliance and Technology function globally at Apex Group.

With over 20 years of experience in financial services, Tejas has held senior leadership roles across Asia and India, including Eastspring Investments, Standard Chartered Bank, Deutsche Bank, ABN AMRO, and Deloitte. His expertise spans enterprise risk, compliance, internal audit, credit and market risk, third-party oversight, and AI and technology governance. At Standard Chartered, he managed large-scale risk programmes, including the implementation of SWIFT’s Customer Security Programme, while at Deutsche Bank he served as a subject matter expert for credit risk management across APAC. Earlier, he led audits in corporate finance, principal finance, and transaction banking, and advised global institutions on regulatory compliance and internal controls.

Tejas has built and led high-performing teams, delivered risk transformation programmes aligned to international frameworks (NIST, ISO, COBIT), and engaged extensively with regulators and senior executives to align governance with business outcomes. His career began with Deloitte, where he advised clients across industries on enterprise risk and internal controls, including an international secondment to Toronto.

Fahad Burney is an experienced Senior Risk and Resilience Leader with a strong track record of delivering complex, multi-million-pound initiatives across the global financial services industry. He has deep expertise in risk management, corporate governance, assurance, and IT, with particular focus on operational resilience, business continuity, cyber and information security, third-party risk, regulatory compliance, and digital and technology risk.

Fahad has led the design and implementation of risk strategies and management frameworks that strengthen resilience and align with evolving regulatory demands. Known for his proven leadership, he has successfully built and motivated high-performing teams while steering organisations through large-scale change programmes.

He also brings extensive experience of regulatory engagement, delivering compliance programmes on time, and developing forward-looking 3–5 year resilience strategies with clear vision and execution. With strong communication and board-level presentation skills, Fahad is recognised as a trusted voice at the intersection of risk, resilience, and digital transformation.

Olga Baldwin is the Lead of Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) at StoneX Group, a Fortune 100 company. With over 16 years of experience in TPRM, she oversees the development and execution of a comprehensive global Third Party Risk Management program. Before joining StoneX, Olga managed TPRM programs at multiple banks and gained valuable experience in the insurance and airline industries. She has extensive expertise in establishing TPRM and Vendor Risk Management (VRM) programs, system implementations, change management, regulatory examinations, and audits. Olga earned her BA from CUNY’s Hunter College and an MBA from CUNY’s Zicklin School of Business.

Sam Lee is a senior non-financial risk and controls specialist with extensive experience across corporate banking, capital markets, wealth management, sub-prime, and start-up environments. He has worked at strategic, tactical, and execution levels, building and enhancing frameworks that strengthen resilience, governance, and business performance.

Sam’s expertise spans operational risk, resilience, outsourcing and third-party risk, cyber and conduct risk, assurance, change management, and internal audit. He has designed and implemented risk and control frameworks, including AI and product approval governance, and partnered with business functions to embed effective risk management while supporting growth and regulatory compliance.

Passionate about team development and franchise building, Sam focuses on efficiency and value creation—joining the dots across frameworks, simplifying complexity, and driving risk practices that not only protect but also enable the business.

Having joined Chartis Research in April 2021, Anish’s focus is to lead and build out the offerings in the Core Banking & RegTech space. Anish has a unique skill set combining around two decades of Business -Technology experience within the Core Banking and RegTech software markets driving the Product Strategy, Partnerships, Business Solutions and Development. Before joining Chartis Research, he held senior level positions with market leading companies like AxiomSL (now Adenza), Temenos and Grant Thornton focusing in the domain of Core Banking, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, Financial Accounting & Regulatory Reporting. Anish is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a certified Systems Auditor from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Anish’s areas of interest being in the RegTech, RiskTech, DataTech and Core Banking Software markets, his specialisation is to turn the regulatory requirements into catalysts to drive strategic business outcomes, sustainable cost reductions through automation, data driven business insights, building reusable and scalable data models and defining joint value propositions for an end-to-end product offering integrating with the third-party products and services.

Julia is an Adjunct Professor at the NYU Stern School of Business, CEO of Data4Real, LLC, a Board Advisor to several startups and Chair of Technology Advisory Council of Women Leaders in Data and AI (WLDA).

She is a recognized thought leader in data driven digital transformation with over 25 years of experience in building technology and business capabilities that enable business growth, innovation, and agility. Julia has led transformational initiatives in many financial services companies such as Voya Financial, Deutsche Bank Citi, FINRA, Freddie Mac, and others.

Julia is a much sought-after speaker and mentor in the industry, and she has received recognition across the industry for her significant contributions. She has been named to engatica 2023 list of World’s Top 200 Business and Technology Innovators; received 2022 WLDA Changemaker in AI award; has been named to CDO Magazine’s List of Global Data Power Women three years in the row; named Top 150 Business Transformation Leader by Constellation Research in 2019; and recognized as the Best Data Management Practitioner by A-Team Data Management Insight in 2017.

She holds a Master of Arts in Economics from New York University.   

Pradeep Rajwani is the Head of the Private Markets Franchise at Crisil Integral IQ (an S&P Global company). He manages a portfolio of leading global private equity, private credit, and alternative investment clients. His team supports clients across the private markets value chain—including investment due diligence, portfolio surveillance, Level 3 valuations, corporate finance analytics, ESG due diligence, LP reporting, and operational transformation.

Pradeep has over 15 years of experience across buy-side research, fixed income, and offshore delivery strategy. He has played a pivotal role in building and scaling delivery centers for global asset managers, driving transformation across both investment and non-investment workflows.

Martim Rocha is the Global Head of the Risk Banking Solutions, as such he manages a team of global experts on banking risk management, defining roadmaps and priorities for SAS solutions and supporting customers all over the world on their journey to take the best of the SAS solutions, from scoping and defining the best approach for each business case to helping customers taking the SAS solutions through implementation to be live as a production system.

Martim has published several papers and has spoken at several conferences around the world on the topics of Risk Management in Banking, Risk and Finance Integration, IFRS9/CECL, Regulatory Risk Management, ALM, Capital Planning , Scenario Based Analysis and Stress-testing. With SAS for more then 17 years, he played the role of Strategic Advisor and Solution Designer on projects such as Stress-testing on a G-Sib based in London; IFRS9 and Stress-testing at G-SIB bank covering more than 60 locations worldwide; IFRS9 impairment at a couple of Top 5 Nordic Bank covering 5 countries; IFRS9 full-scope at Top banks in UAE; and IFRS9 impairment at more than a Top 5 South African Bank.

Martim has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry on the topics of risk management, business analytics and data management. He has designed and managed projects for banks, insurance firms and other financial services companies in areas such as financial management, risk management, predictive analytics, financial and sales performance, strategy management, and customer analysis and segmentation. In addition, he was a lecturer for courses on advanced decision support systems, data warehousing and data mining at the Autonomous University of Lisbon and at the ISCTE Business School. Before joining SAS, Martim was a partner on the Business Analytics focused consulting firm, Noscitare where he led the delivery of many IT projects in financial services companies. Martim has a post-graduate degree in Business Administration from Nova SBE and has an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from ISIG.

Terisa Roberts - Global Director: Enterprise Modelling, Decisioning and Governance at SAS Terisa Roberts is passionate about innovation in risk management across Banking and Insurance. With more than 20 years of industry experience, she is an accomplished author and recognized expert in her field and fulfills the role of trusted advisor to large organizations (including G-SIBS) across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the United States of America.

She has extensive experience in regulatory compliance, enterprise stress testing, credit risk management, model risk management, and AI Governance and drives innovation within the product strategy for the Enterprise Modeling, Decisioning & Governance solutions at SAS. She holds a Ph. D in Operations Research and Informatics and lives with her family in Sydney, Australia.

Antti Korhonen has a long academic and business career in the financial services industry, including commercial banking, insurance and capital markets. He has been an early adopter of AI driven mathematical optimization technology in finance and has developed an in-house strategic asset and liability management solution for a commercial bank. He has served as a Director and Advisor to the Board at Financial Supervisory Authority in Finland, where he was involved in sorting out the Finnish banking crisis in the 1990´s. He combines quantitative finance, optimization technology and extensive industry expertise and founded Detech to improve strategic decision-making in banking. His mission is to ensure financial stability of financial institutions and avoid future financial crises.

He holds an MBA in finance from the University of Chicago and PhD in finance from the Helsinki School of Economics. He is an associate professor at two universities in Finland, where his research activities have been in the field of capital markets and quantitative finance. He has served ten years as a Secretary General of the Eurobanking Group for Operational Research professionals in banking and organized annual European conferences for the group consisting of representatives from 27 countries.

Jan has been working in the financial services industry in London for over20 years, as a quant, trader, structurer and portfolio manager. He worked for Credit Suisse, Rabobank, HSH Nordbank, IV Capital, Brancherose, Pine Tree and Morgan Hill.

He is active in the machine learning space, both within financial services, and in general.

He has a PhD from the University of Cambridge and a BSc from the University of Zagreb. He also has a visiting affiliation with King’s College London.

Yaron Haviv is a serial entrepreneur who has been applying his deep technological experience in AI, cloud, data and networking to leading startups and enterprises since the late 1990s. As the Co-Founder and CTO of AI startup Iguazio, which was acquired by McKinsey in 2023, Yaron drives the strategy for the company’s MLOps solution and led the shift towards the production-first approach to data science, GenAI implementation, and real-time AI use cases. He also initiated and built Nuclio, a leading open source serverless framework with over 5,000 Github stars and MLRun, a cutting-edge open source MLOps orchestration framework.  

Prior to co-founding Iguazio in 2014, Yaron was the Vice President of Datacenter Solutions at Mellanox (now NVIDIA - NASDAQ: NVDA), where he led technology innovation, software development and solution integrations. He also served as the CTO and Vice President of R&D at Voltaire, a high-performance computing, IO and networking company which floated on the NYSE in 2007 and was later acquired by Mellanox (NASDAQ:MLNX).  

Yaron is an active contributor to the CNCF Working Group and was one of the foundation’s first members. He is also the co-author of the O’Reilly book ‘Implementing MLOps in the Enterprise’. Yaron presents at major industry events worldwide and writes tech content for leading publications including TheNewStack, Hackernoon, DZone, Towards Data Science and more. 

Jamaria is a Managing Director at TowerBrook Capital Partners. She has a strong track record in value creation across a number of sectors and domains. Her expertise extends into the realm of AI, where she has advised and guided organisations towards effective selection, integration and utilisation of AI technologies.

Previously, Jamaria served as an independent advisor to private equity firms and large multinationals, offering strategic insights and guidance on business building, business transformation, digital, data, technology and innovation. Prior to that, she held the position of Managing Partner at Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s advisory and consulting services.

Jamaria is a Non-Executive Director and the Chair of the Audit Committee at Tate Enterprises, the commercial arm of the Tate galleries. In addition, she is a trustee of the Rosetrees Trust, a charitable foundation that has supported cutting-edge medical research for over 30 years. She also serves on the Risk & Audit Committee of The Biochemical Society, a global community founded in 1911, representing the breadth of the molecular biosciences.

Jamaria holds a B.Sc. in Business Information Technology and an M.Com. in International Business from the University of New South Wales in Australia. She is also a qualified accountant (ACCA).

Dmitri Sedov has joined Allvue Systems as Chief Data & Analytics Officer and a member of the Executive Leadership Team. In this role, Dmitri is responsible for expanding Allvue’s workflow ecosystem with AI-powered data platform, real-time analytics, and trusted insights for global private capital markets. Previously, Dmitri was SVP and Group Head of Product at LSEG, where he led product development and go-to-market strategy for Data Intelligence. In partnership with Microsoft, his team built LSEG’s new AI-enabled Data as a Service (DaaS) cloud platform, transforming how financial professionals discover, source, analyze, and manage data. Before joining LSEG, Dmitri was Chief Product Officer of Investment Intelligence at Nasdaq, delivering market data, benchmarks, indices, analytics, and technology to thousands of financial services companies worldwide.

At Preqin, as Chief Product & Marketing Officer, he led a global team responsible for transforming product strategy, development, innovation, marketing, and communications for the leading provider of data and solutions in alternative finance. Earlier in his career, Dmitri led Product Innovation at S&P Global, developing new products and markets across S&P Dow Jones Indices, S&P Global Market Intelligence, S&P Global Ratings, and Platts. He also managed major strategic initiatives in AI and environmental finance, laying the groundwork for S&P Global’s Sustainable1 division. As Global Head of Product Development at S&P Ratings, he helped shape strategic product direction for the world’s largest credit rating agency. Dmitri is a passionate entrepreneur and sustainability advocate. He co-founded ESGINE, an AI-powered sustainability reporting platform, and Digiteye Group, a marketing consultancy advising Fortune 500 clients. He has served on the G20 Finance Working Group, and the Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). Dmitri has been a delegate and speaker at several UN Climate Summits (COP), Milken Institute Conferences, and the World Economic Forum. He holds an MBA from Pace Lubin School of Business and degrees from New York University, University at Albany, and Moscow State University.

Odile Hounkpatin has over 25 years experience in the financial industry, during which she has held various leadership positions including Head of Model Development and Model Validation. Her expertise spanned Derivatives Pricing, Traded and Banking Book Valuation and Risk models, Stress Testing, Capital as well as AI/ML/GenAI models. She has worked with various institutions including ABN AMRO, Nomura and Santander UK.

Odile holds a PhD in Mathematical Finance from University Paris 6 and an Executive MBA from TRIUM, and is fervent about bridging the gap between innovation and oversight, helping financial institutions navigate increasing regulatory scrutiny while accelerating responsible technology adoption.

Sumit Gupta co-founded Oxane Partners, a technology-driven solutions provider to the private markets industry globally. He has over 25 years of investment banking and fintech experience across London, Singapore, and Mumbai, working with Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, Reuters, and ICICI Bank. At Deutsche Bank, Sumit was a Senior Director in the Principal Investments Group, managing the structured lending book. He has also led fintech roles implementing trading and risk management solutions for banks across the Asia Pacific region. Having seen the asset class evolve across cycles and geographies, Sumit offers a practitioner’s perspective on navigating risks and opportunities in the expanding ‘Private Credit+’ landscape. He holds an MS in Computational Finance from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA in Finance from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.

Kanav Kalia is the Managing Director at Oxane Partners, a leading technology solutions provider to the private credit industry. He leads client success and drives transformation initiatives for global investment banks and private credit investment firms. With nearly two decades in the industry, Kanav’s work focuses on helping institutions use technology to enhance operational efficiency, strengthen risk management, and scale sustainably. Drawing from his experience across the front, middle, and back office, he brings a pragmatic view on how the evolving ‘Private Credit+’ landscape is reshaping operational priorities. Kanav holds an MBA in Finance and Marketing from the Indian Institute of Management Indore and a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Thapar University, India.