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Carsten Kengeter Partner

30 years of leadership, growth, M&A, restructuring, turnaround, and operating experience in financial markets. Key roles: Deutsche Boerse Group: CEO; UBS: Chairman & CEO of the Investment Bank, Member of the Group Executive Board; Goldman Sachs: Partner – Head of Securities, Asia Ex-Japan

Veronica Augustsson Partner

20 years of technology and leadership experience for the leading independent provider of technology to exchanges and clearing houses. Key roles: Cinnober: CEO, Head of Group Sales, Developer

Ralf Hafner CFO/COO

25 years of experience in trading, sales and investment banking risk management. Key roles: Goldman Sachs: Head of credit risk GS International and Chief Risk Officer for EMEA; Credit Suisse: CRO of the Investment Bank

FELIPE DE CARVALHO Managing DirectOr

15 years of experience in principal investments, corporate finance and financial services. Key roles: Senior investment professional at Macquarie and BTG Pactual, Head of Business Development in private equity, CFO in technology company

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JEFFREY MARON Managing DirectOr

30 years of experience in trading, data, product and strategic acquisitions. Key roles: Senior-level product roles at Compagnie Financière Tradition (Tradition DATA), IHS Market (MarkitSERV), GFI Group (EnergyMatch, RatesMatch) and SuperDerivatives

Shawn Ng Managing Director

20 years of experience across market infrastructure and fintech M&A advising financial technology clients. Key roles: Evercore: Managing Director Investment Banking; Singapore Exchange: Senior Manager technology, operations and M&A

Brad Novak Managing DirectOr

30 years of technology experience and leadership in financial services. Key roles: Barclays: CTO Corporate and Investment Bank, CIO Wealth and Asset Management; Credit Suisse: CIO UK, Global Head of End User Platforms; Goldman Sachs: Head of Equities Technology EMEA

VIKAS SHAH Managing DirectOr

30 years of experience in Financial Services and FinTech. Rosenblatt Securities: Managing Director and founder of FinTech Investment Banking, Banker / principal investor at Credit Suisse, AIG, Republic National Bank.

Carmen Marin associate

5 years of experience in trading, capital markets, and digital innovation. Key Roles: JP Morgan: Digital Strategy & Fintech Investments, JP Morgan Sales, Trading and Research

Colin McGowan associate

5 years of experience in trading, capital markets, and financial services. Key Roles: Vitol: Trading Analyst, Barclays: Investment Banking, Deutsche Boerse: Fintech Ventures

Catharine Furrer-Lech OPERATIONS

37 years of operations, finance and strategy experience at CEO and division head office level in financial services. Key roles: UBS: Managing Director, Chief of Staff UBS Investment Bank; COO Global Commodities; Head IB Business Development; Head Financial Controlling FICC; Head Risk Control EMEA; McKinsey & Co: Senior Advisor, Financial Institutions Group

ANISHA PATEL EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

15 years of experience as Executive Assistant in financial services and private capital

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