Global Leaders

Speakers

SmartCon brings together the world’s leading voices in finance, Web3, and government to share firsthand insights on how blockchain and onchain technologies are transforming industries, institutions, and the global economy—sparking critical conversations that chart the course of an onchain future.

Thomas Zschach
Chief Innovation Officer, Swift
Patrick Witt
Executive Director, President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, The White House
Chris Perry
President, Broadridge Financial Solutions
G. Daniel (Dan) Doney
Managing Director, Chief Technology Officer, DTCC Digital Assets, DTCC
Nadine Chakar
Global Head of Digital Assets, DTCC
Jonathan Ehrenfeld Solé
Head of Strategy, Swift
Nelli Zaltsman
Head of Platform Settlement Solutions, Kinexys by JPMorgan
Chris Zuehlke
Partner/Global Co-Head, DRW/Cumberland
Bryan Steil
Congressman, House of Representatives
E. David Burt
Premier of Bermuda, Government of Bermuda
Joseph Lubin
Founder & CEO, Consensys
Sergey Nazarov
Co-founder, Chainlink
Stani Kulechov
Founder, Aave Labs
Justin Sun
Founder, TRON
Ed Felten
Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Offchain Labs
Nate Holiday
CEO, MakeInfinite Labs
David Mills
Senior Associate Director, Federal Reserve Board
Mark Garabedian
Director of Digital Assets and Tokenization, Wellington
Donna Milrod
Chief Product Officer, State Street
Charles Jansen
Managing Director, Head of DeFi Transformation, S&P Global
Jack Pouderoyen
Director, Digital Asset Strategy, Swift
Chris Bruner
Chief Product Officer, Tradeweb
Lidia Kurt
CEO, Seturion / BX Digital
Andrew McCormick
Head of eToro US, eToro
Alex Cordover
Chief Executive Officer, Tradable
Larry Wade
Global Head of Compliance and Regulatory Relations for Crypto, PayPal
Ed Budd
Chief Product Officer, Partior
Nicola White
VP of Crypto Institutions, Robinhood
Marius Ciubotariu
Co-Founder, Kamino Finance
Nathan Allman
Chief Executive Officer, Ondo Finance
Thomas Short
Co-Founder, Kamino Finance
Carlos Domingo
Co-founder & CEO, Securitize
Ben Jones
Co-Founder, Optimism
Samuel Bisig
CTO, Seturion / BX Digital
Stacy Rosenthal
Head of Payments Platforms, PayPal
Juan Carlos Reyes
President of CNAD, Government of El Salvador
Will Peck
Head of Digital Assets, WisdomTree
Kelly Mathieson
Chief Business Development Officer, Digital Asset
Jorgen Ouaknine
Global Head of Innovation and Digital Assets, Euroclear
Alireza Dorfard
Managing Director - Head of Market Data + Services, Deutsche Börse Group
Matthew Horne
Head of Digital Asset Strategists, Fidelity
Bruno Grossi
Head of Digital Assets, Banco Inter
Max Heinzle
Founder & CEO, 21X
Amar Kuchinad
CEO, Copper Technologies
Ryan Rugg
Head of Digital Assets Citi's Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi
Stijn Vander Straeten
CEO, Crypto Finance | Deutsche Börse Group
Kristen Mierzwa Barrie
Head of Digital Assets, FTSE Russell, an LSEG business
Chris Brummer
CEO, Bluprynt
Laurens Schepens
Lead UBS Tokenize, UBS
Will Artingstall
Head of Digital Asset Payments and E-commerce Services, Citi
David Palmer
CPO, Pairpoint by Vodafone
Aviad Stein
Global Head of Digital Asset Solutions, Broadridge Financial
Cory Pugh
CEO, Bridgetower Capital
Chuck Mounts
Managing Director, S&P Global
Angie Walker
Global Head of Commercialisation, APEX Digital, APEX Group
Mike Foy
Chief Financial Officer, AMINA Bank
Dan Phillips
Markets Digital Asset Product, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Ankur Prasad
SVP, Head of Bank Product, Capital One
Andrew Moss
Head of Digital Asset Research , Jefferies
Rajeev Bamra
Global Head of Digital Economy Strategy, Moody's Ratings
Maredith Hannon
Head of Business Development, Digital Assets, WisdomTree
Thomas Cowan
Head of Tokenization, Galaxy
Daniel Coheur
Global Head of Digital Assets and Fund Distribution, APEX Group & Tokeny
Christoph Schneider
Head of IT, GLEIF
Sarah Hammer
Managing Director, Charles Schwab
Michael Orzano
Head of Exchange Products and Digital Assets, S&P Dow Jones Indices
Alexander Höptner
CEO, AllUnity
Anna-Naomi Bandi-Lang
Digital Asset Structuring, UBS Investment Bank
Giovanni Vicioso
Global Head of Cryptocurrency Products, CME Group
Eric Saraniecki
Head of Network Strategy, Digital Asset | Canton
Matthew Sigel
Head of Digital Assets Research, VanEck
Mark Nichols
Partner Digital Asset Consulting Leader, Ernst & Young (EY)
Aqsa Zubair
Assistant Director, FinTech, Bermuda Monetary Authority
Ryan Louvar
Chief Legal Officer and Head of Business and Legal Affairs, Digital Assets, WisdomTree
Sam ten Cate
MD - Head of Digital Strategy, State Street Investment Management
Kerem Kolcuglu
Digital Finance Advisor / Managing Partner, Government of Bermuda / Penrose Partners
Owen Lau
Managing Director, Clear Street
Jim Hiltner
Co-Founder, Head of Business Development, Superstate
Patrick Collins
CEO, Cyfrin
Kathleen Wrynn
Global Head of Digital Assets, Invesco
Fernando Vazquez
President, Capital Markets, Chainlink Labs
Torab Torabi
CEO, Move Industries
Rodrigo Coelho
CEO, Edge & Node
Edward Woodford
Founder & CEO, zerohash
Michael Bentley
Co-Founder and CEO, Euler Finance
Rayhaneh Sharif-Askary
Managing Director, Head of Product & Research, Grayscale
Jason Lau
Chief Innovation Officer, OKX
Lamine Brahimi
Co-Founder, Taurus
Markus Franke
Founder & CEO, Mento Labs
Summer Mersinger
CEO, Blockchain Association
Jacob Phillips
Co-founder, Lombard
Ophelia Snyder
Co-Founder, 21.co
Nick Ducoff
Head of Institutional Growth, Solana Foundation
Misha Putiatin
CEO & Co-founder, Symbiotic
Joe Flanagan
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Maple, Maple Finance
Martin Quensel
Co-founder of both, Centrifuge and Anemoy
Alex Gluchowski
CEO / Founder, Matter Labs
Vanessa Fernandes Da Silva
Advisor / Partner, Aeonic Digital
Apurva Joshi
Chief Product Officer, Chainlink Labs
Wormhole Oracle
Founder, LlamaRisk

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Chris Perry
President, Broadridge Financial Solutions
Chris Perry serves as President of Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE: BR). A global technology leader and part of the S&P 500® Index, Broadridge offers trusted expertise and transformative technology to help clients and the financial services industry operate, innovate, and grow. The company powers investing, governance, and communications – managing over 7 billion communications per year and underpinning the daily trading of more than $10 trillion in securities globally – driving operational resiliency, elevating business performance, and transforming investor experiences.

He is focused on driving Broadridge's overall growth strategy, including overseeing Broadridge International as well as helping lead M&A, DEI and ESG strategies. Chris also oversees all client and marketing activities globally and is responsible for delivering the company’s annual sales targets spanning all business units and product lines. He has been a driving force behind the transformation of the organization from a portfolio of companies to an enterprise cloud-based services provider. Broadridge has enjoyed eight years of consecutive record setting sales under Chris' leadership.

Prior to joining Broadridge, Chris has held numerous management and commercial roles at Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI), and its predecessor, Thomson Financial. There he served as Global Managing Director of Risk for the Financial and Risk Division, where he was responsible for overseeing Governance, Risk and Compliance, as well as Pricing and Reference services. Previously, he served as President of Global Sales and Account Management of the Financial and Risk Division responsible for US$6 billion in revenue and responsible for 4,000 professionals worldwide. Earlier in his career, Chris worked in several FinTech companies and institutional trading and retail brokerage for Kemper Financial Services', Blunt Ellis & Lowie unit as well as correspondent firms of both Prudential and Pershing.

In January 2019, Chris was elected to the Board of Directors of the Financial Services Institute (FSI) and is former Chairman and ongoing member of British American Business, a membership organization that enables transatlantic commerce. Chris serves on the Board of Directors on several non-profits including Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey, NPower an organization that provides underprivileged youths and military veterans with the opportunity to build tech skills and achieve their potential, the United Way of NYC and the Community Food Bank of New Jersey. In addition, he is a sponsor of the Women on Wall Street Association, a New York-based business leadership organization that helps accelerate careers of women in financial services and unites business professionals in support of equality, executive leadership and breaking the glass ceiling.

Chris holds a B.S. in Finance and Economics from Northern Illinois University and an MBA in Marketing from Lewis University, where he serves on the Board of Trustees.