Digital Assests, Digital Currencies, Central Banks, and Facebook’s Libra with Jannah Patchay
Welcome to another edition of Wicked Problems.
Jannah Patchay is a subject matter expert and consultant in the financial markets sector who specialises in financial markets innovation, and helping firms define, develop and execute commercial strategies in a highly regulated environment.
Her passion is for market structure and finding creative solutions to the challenges surrounding access to markets and liquidity for both traditional financial markets and asset classes, and the emerging field of digital asset market structure and regulation – the subject of today’s show.
Jannah has assisted in the launch of new trading venues, businesses, products and services, interpreting and implementing new regulations, and advising on regulatory, business and operational strategy.
She is a Founder Member and Regulatory Advocacy Ambassador for the London Blockchain Foundation, and a freelance journalist for Best Execution magazine, where she regularly covers financial innovation topics.
I hope you enjoy the show and if you have any comments or suggestions please write to me at: [email protected].
Financial Market Risk during Covid19 with Jan-Peter Onstwedder
Risk! There’s definitely some going around at the moment, whether it’s markets, business continuity, or popping to the corner shop – risk is everywhere.
My guest today is Jan-Peter Onstwedder.
Jan-Peter has over 25 years experience in risk management across a wide variety of asset classes and global trading markets, both in a banking and a corporate environment.
Currently he works as Chief Risk and Technology Officer for Pavilion Energy, an LNG trading company in Singapore, specialising in trading liquified natural gas.
With various ‘head of’ titles, Jan-Peter has lead different aspects of management at Citi Bank, the venture capital firm 3i PLC, BP’s integrated supply and trading business, Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays and ICE Clear Europe.
In 2007 he managed the London Accord, the then-largest ever collaborative research project into the financial aspects of climate change. He has retained an interest in alternative energy and continues to act as a reviewer and judge for the annual “Farsight Awards”, part of the City of London’s annual sustainability awards.
Jan-Peter has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and a degree in mechanical engineering from Delft University of Technology in his native Netherlands.
I hope you enjoy the show and if you have any comments or suggestions please write to me at: [email protected].
Jan-Peter has over 25 years experience in risk management across a wide variety of asset classes and global trading markets, both in a banking and a corporate environment.
Currently he works for Pavilion Energy, an LNG trading company in Singapore, as Chief Risk and Technology Officer.
From 2011 until 2019 he was at Citi in London as head of risk management for the global commodities trading division, and as global head of credit risk for the energy and commodity portfolios.
In 2007 he managed the London Accord, the then-largest ever collaborative research project into the financial aspects of climate change. The report, published in December 2007, placed research by leading investment banks, NGOs, law firms and academic institutions into the public domain. Jan-Peter has retained an interest in alternative energy and continues to act as a reviewer and judge for the annual “Farsight Awards”, part of the City of London’s annual sustainability awards.
Until March 2011 Jan-Peter was Head of Risk Management for 3i plc, the UK private equity firm, where he was also responsible for the valuation of the unquoted investment portfolio.
From 2001 to 2006 Jan-Peter was Head of Risk for BP’s Integrated Supply and Trading business (BP’s in-house commodity and energy trading division) where he established and managed a global risk function with responsibility for market, credit and operational risk.
Prior to 2001 he worked as Head of Market Risk for the Royal Bank of Scotland, and held various risk and trading positions for Barclays Bank in London and New York.
In addition, from October 2009 until July 2011 Jan-Peter was a non-executive Director and Chair of the Energy Risk Committee for ICE Clear Europe, a UK Recognised Clearing House.
Jan-Peter has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and a degree in mechanical engineering from Delft University of Technology in his native Netherlands.
Alderman and Sheriff Professor Michael Mainelli on Covid19, The Price of Fish, and Long Finance
Michael Mainelli is the executive chairman of ZYen group. A qualified accountant, a securities professional, a computer specialist and a management consultant.
Educated at Harvard Universisty and Trinity College, Dublin and gained his PhD at the London School of Economics, where he was also a visiting professor of innovation and IT.
His career spans aerospace and cartography science, accountancy firm partner and director of Ministry of Defence research.
Micheal founded and chairs ZYen, the City of London’s leading commercial think tank, famous for instrumental factor indices, including the Global Financial Centre’s Index, Global Green Finance Index, and Smart Centre’s Index.
Michael has helped found numerous technology and financial firms and over the years his clients have included virtually all major investment banks, as well as many exchanges, insurers, fund managers, regulators, and financial information providers.
Michael is Emeritus Professor, Fellow, & Trustee at Gresham College where he created the London Finance initiative asking “when would we know our financial system is working?”
He is non-executive director of the United Kingdom Accreditation Service, Fellow of Goodenough College, Trustee of Morden College, and Alderman for Broad Street.
Michael is past Master of the World Traders and a liveryman of the Furniture Makers, Water Conservators, and Marketors, as well as a Craft-Owning Freeman of the Watermen & Lightermen.
His third book, The Price of Fish: A New Approach to Wicked Economics and Better Decisions, won the Independent Publisher Book Awards Finance, Investment & Economics Gold Prize.
His interests include skiing, woodcarving, glassblowing, bagpipes, racing sailboats and sailing Thames barges.
Michael has the honour of being Sheriff of the City of London 2019-2021.
I hope you enjoy the show and if you have any comments or suggestions please write to me at: [email protected].
