The Future of Clearing & Settlement

Willem Mooijer

Director for CRM & Sales, EMCF

Biography

Relevant career:

- Head of operations of Dutch derivatives clearing corporation 10 years; 1985 to 1995

- Head of operations Bank Labouchere NV; 4 years; 1995 to 1999

- Associate director, later managing director, of Dexia Securities Services NV (Dutch licensed bank, specialized in securities services); 8 years; 1999 to 2005

- Independent consultant in securities banking 2005 – today

Hired by Fortis for the EMCF project from January 2007.

- Formal position with EMCF: Director of Sales and Client Relations. Heavily involved in the initial set-up of EMCF and responsible for the project of introducing CCP clearing in the Nordic markets.

Tomas Kindler

Managing Director, Link Up Markets

Biography

Tomas Kindler is Managing Director of Link Up Markets, a Madrid based company founded by seven Central Securities Depositories in April 2008 to improve efficiency and reduce costs of post-trade processing of cross-border securities transactions in Europe. Tomas Kindler joined Link Up Markets from Clearstream, the settlement and custody division at Deutsche Börse Group, where he was inter alia responsible for Clearstream's strategic projects and represented Clearstream in a number of industry discussions on topics such as TARGET2 Securities and the European Code of Conduct for Clearing and Settlement. He has a degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Technical University of Hamburg/Germany, and holds an MBA from Duke University, North Carolina.

For further information please contact: media@linkupmarkets.com

Andrew Simpson

Head of Product Management, EuroCCP

Biography

Andrew Simpson came to EuroCCP from London-based exchange SWX Europe, where he served as interim Chief Operating Officer and led the delivery of their dark pool. Prior to SWX Europe, Andrew was head of IS Strategy for the UK Financial Services Authority's (FSA's) Wholesale and Institutional Markets. Upon leaving the FSA he provided strategic change advice for a number of MTFs and banks delivering one of the earliest Smart Routing systems and wrote whitepapers on Market Transparency, The Liquid List of EU shares and Creating Best Execution Policies. At EuroCCP, Andrew focuses on business strategy and product development. He is responsible for business growth and developing EuroCCP's positioning on industry issues.

Paul Swann

President and Chief Operating Officer, ICE Clear Europe

Biography

Paul Swann is the President and Chief Operating Officer of ICE Clear Europe, the wholly-owned European clearing house of IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE). Mr. Swann was named to his post at ICE in July, 2007 and was instrumental in the launch of ICE Clear Europe in November, 2008. In his role, Mr. Swann oversees all technology, operations and financial functions at the London-based clearing house. Mr. Swann has over 20 years experience in European derivatives and equities clearing, and prior to joining ICE, he was most recently Managing Director, Group Risk and Managing Director, Change for LCH.Clearnet Ltd. During his tenure at LCH.Clearnet Ltd., Mr. Swann held various leadership positions in technology, operations, and risk management. In those roles, Mr. Swann worked closely with ICE on its energy futures and over-the-counter (OTC) clearing business.

Andreas Wolf

Chief Executive Officer, Clearstream Banking Frankfurt

Biography

Andreas Wolf is the Chief Executive Officer of Clearstream Banking Frankfurt (CBF) and Chief Operating Officer of Clearstream International.

Prior to joining Clearstream in February 2000, Andreas Wolf served 11 years with Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt. His responsibilities included Specialist in the Department Foreign Securities and Head of Group Special Services, leading to a Vice President position in October 1999.

Andreas first served as Senior Project Manager at Clearstream in February 2000, which lead to various senior management positions including Head of the Settlement and Banking Department and Head of Customer Service Worldwide. He was then appointed a member of the Executive Board of Clearstream Banking Frankfurt in June 2003 and is now serving as CEO of Clearstream Banking Frankfurt since March 2007. Mr. Wolf is also acting as COO of Clearstream International.

Andrew Lamb

Chief Executive Officer, CME Clearing Europe

Biography

Andrew Lamb has been directly involved in central counterparty clearing for almost twenty years. He was appointed CEO of a new arrival in London, CME Clearing Europe, in August 2009. Before that he spent eleven years at LCH as head of risk; two at LCH Clearnet as CEO of the London subsidiary; and was consultant and independent non-executive director of ICE Clear Europe immediately before assuming his current position. His career before clearing was spent at the Bank of England, which included three years on secondment to the European Commission. Before central banking he studied at LSE.