// The roster
Speakers
The practitioners who've taken the Finteda stage — and what they actually presented. By builders, for builders.
Aaron Stillwell
Field Engineering Lead · Neuralk
Demo 3: Databricks & Neuralk
Alexandre Cesari
Director · EvarInvest AM
Industry Talk: Machine Learning and AI at EvarInvest AM
Arman Khaledian
Co-Founder & CEO · Zanista AI
NewsWitch Live: A Computational Layer Over the News, for Alpha, Portfolio or Risk
Barry Fitzgerald
Managing Director, Co-Head of Front-Office Engineering · Man Group
Welcome & Intro
Bertrand K. Hassani, PhD
CEO · Quant AI Lab
Demo 7 — Virgo: A Purpose-Built Language Model for Autonomous AI Agents
Boris Toledano
COO & Co-Founder · Linkup
Providing production-grade web access for AI agents
Caio Natividade
Head of Quantitative Investment Solutions Research · Deutsche Bank
Panel 2: AI Agents in Finance
Christian Schwehm
Founder · Essencif.AI
Panel: AI in Finance - Challenges and Opportunities
Christos Koutsoyannis
Chief Investment Officer · Atlas Ridge Capital
Panel Discussion
Daniel Körnlein
Solutions Architect · Google
Rcloud: A Joint Journey to a Scalable SaaS Platform
Didier Rodrigues Lopes
Founder & CEO · OpenBB
Demo by OpenBB
Dilek Sezgün
AI, Big Data and Open Source Leader · IBM
Opening Keynote
Dr. Alex Ortner
Location Head · Thinkport
Fine-grained Access Control and Audit Tracking in Data Lakes
Dr. Alexander Bechtel
Global Head of Digital Products · DWS
Tokenisation of Real-World Assets & Digital Finance Strategy
Dr. Jasser Kassab
Group Director Enterprise Solutions · PriceHubble
Startup Pitches (6 × 15 minutes)
Dr. Karen Wendt
President · Swiss FinTech Ladies
Panel: AI in Finance - Challenges and Opportunities
Dr. Martha Boeckenfeld
CEO & Founder · marthaverse
Panel: Productive AI Use Cases in Wealth Management
Dr. Till Blesik
Director DACH / Enterprise Architect · Aiviq
CBOR and Semantics — a recipe for AI-ready client insights
Emily J. Ryan
Technical Program Manager · Google
Panel: Technological Innovation in Finance
Emmanuel Hauptmann
CIO, Head of Equities. · RAM Active Investments
Panel 1: Wealth Management x AI
Eric Benhamou
Head of Machine Learning · AI For Alpha
Panel: The Future of Market Data Infrastructure
Fabrizio Dimino
AI Research Scientist · Domyn
FinReflectKG: Agentic Financial Knowledge Graph Construction and Evaluation
Fayssal El Mofatiche
Founder & CEO · Finteda
Welcome: Why This Room, Tonight
Felix Fernandez Martinez
Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board of Directors · Adaptivv Financial Technologies AG
Startup Pitches (6 × 15 minutes)
Felix Wolfensberger
CEO · Mesoneer
Startup Pitches (6 × 15 minutes)
Francois Arnaud
Lead of AI Innovation & Transformation · Amundi
Panel: The Future of Market Data Infrastructure
Friedhelm A. Schmitt
CEO · Fincite
Panel 1: Wealth Management x AI
Gregor Kaelin
General Manager Switzerland · Wonderful
From AI Ambition to Agents in Production
Gregory Viet
Head of Client Operations · HSBC
CBOR and Semantics — a recipe for AI-ready client insights
Guillaume Bour
Software Engineer · Deutsche Börse
From PoC to Production: Technical Foundations of Deutsche Börse's Data Marketplace
Hamza Bahaji
Head of Financial Engineering & Innovative Solutions · Amundi
Industry Talk #1: AI and Alternative Data: Expanding the Information Edge for Momentum Investing
Hanane Dupouy
· AllianceBernstein
Panel 2: AI Agents in Finance
Hariom Tatsat
Vice President, AI Quant · Barclays Investment Bank
Beyond the Black Box: Interpretability of LLMs in Finance
Hicham Babahmed
Solutions Architect · dbt Labs
Live Demo #3: Trusted Data for AI-- Building Reliable Pipelines with dbt
Iordanis Kerenidis
Co-founder & CTO · Quantum Signals
Reading Microstructure with Temporal Fusion Transformers
Jacob Chanyeol Choi
Co-Founder & Co-CEO · LinqAlpha
Panel 2: AI Agents in Finance
James Munro
Chief Technology Officer, Symmetry Investments · Man Group
You're Doing Data Wrong! Hard-learned Advice on Scaling Data for Quant
Jan Decken
Director, Head of App Dev Sales EMEA & APAC · FactSet
Panel: The Future of Market Data Infrastructure
Jason Hillary
CTO & Co-founder · Zerve AI
Keynote: AI as a Research Multiplier
Jason Strimpel
Founder · PyQuant News
Panel Discussion
Javier Ramirez
Developer Relations Lead · QuestDB
Live Demo #4: Time Series Databases in the Age of Coding Agents
Julius van de Laar
Political Strategist & Campaign Consultant · VAN DE LAAR CAMPAIGNING
Special Keynote: Turning Strategy Into Movement
Kirk McKeown
Co-Founder & CEO · Carbon Arc
Panel Discussion
Laurent Fabre
Field CTO, South EMEA · Databricks
Demo 3: Databricks & Neuralk
Luca Borella
Community Manager · FINOS
Panel: AI in Finance - Challenges and Opportunities
Ludovic Bodin
Founder & CEO · BOBIC Generational Wealth
Panel 1: Wealth Management x AI
Luisa Kruse
Vice President, DaaS · Deutsche Börse
From PoC to Production: Technical Foundations of Deutsche Börse's Data Marketplace
Manni Vattapally
Senior Solutions Architect · Redis
Fast, Smart & Cost-Efficient: Redis for AI-Powered Finance
Marc Evans
Lead Engineer, Developer Advocacy & Data Architecture · FactSet
Panel: AI in Finance - Challenges and Opportunities
Marius Siegert
Managing Director · Sub Capitals
AI Applications in Capital Markets
Mark McGillion
SVP, Senior Director Engineering · FactSet
Live Demo #1: FactSet MCP and Content Tools
Mauricio Gonzalez Evans
CEO · BCCGI
Blitz Demo: BCCGI
Michael Althof
CEO/CIO · LEIW | Luxembourg Enterprise for Investment and Wealth Management
Panel 1: Wealth Management x AI
Michael Sigmund
Partner Technical Specialist · IBM
Empowering Financial Services with Cutting-Edge Technology
Michael Watson
Founder · Hedgineer
Panel Discussion
Nadja Baulecke
VP Financial Services & Insurance · Schwarz Digits
Panel: Cloud Sovereignty within the EU and Switzerland
Naveed Arshad
Head of Digital Wealth Management · Deutsche Bank
Panel: Productive AI Use Cases in Wealth Management
Nico Baum
Head of Solutions | Head of AI · Berenberg
Panel 2: AI Agents in Finance
Nicolas Obolensky
Chief Product Officer · Harvest Groupe
Demo 1: The end of the wealth management advisor — or the beginning of their revolution?
Nicole Königstein
Head of AI & Quantitative Research · Quantmate
Panel Discussion / Q&A
Nicole Nitsche
Geschäftsführerin · Payment & Banking
Oliver Bussmann
CEO · Bussmann Advisory AG
Panel: Productive AI Use Cases in Wealth Management
Pablo Pfister
Co-Founder · Fume
Startup Pitches (6 × 15 minutes)
Paul Bilokon, PhD
CEO, Quant of the Year 2023 · Thalesians
Panel Discussion / Q&A
Philippe A. Naegeli
CEO · GenTwo
Startup Pitches (6 × 15 minutes)
Rajnish Kumar
Head of Investment Technology & AI · Allianz Global Investors
Panel Discussion / Q&A
Ralf Jenzer
Head of Products · Mesoneer
Ramtin Babaei
Co-Founder & CEO · Bavest
Bavest: AI-native data and analytics infrastructure for fintechs, banks, and asset managers
Saeed Amen
Co-Founder & CTO · Turnleaf Analytics
Decomposing, Forecasting & Trading Inflation — Using machine learning & alt data
Sam Iles
Director · Alpha FMC
Panel: AI in Finance - Challenges and Opportunities
Sebastian Bessing
Product Manager · Fincite
How Regulations Help Build a SaaS Product
Sebastian Hailer
Head of Tokenization · Bankhaus Scheich
Panel: Technological Innovation in Finance
Sebastian Schaefer
Community Manager · TechQuartier
Panel: Technological Innovation in Finance
Stefan Klauser
Co-Founder & CEO · Aisot Technologies
Startup Pitches (6 × 15 minutes)
Stefan Reinhardt
Business Development · Allianz Global Investors
Panel: Technological Innovation in Finance
Stefan Sprenger
Staff Software Engineer · Confluent
Empowering the Data Streaming Engineer: Meet Confluent for VS Code
Steffen Dangmann
Senior Developer · Regnology
Rcloud: A Joint Journey to a Scalable SaaS Platform
Surender Uttamsingh
SVP, Senior Sales Director, Wealth Management - EMEA & APAC · FactSet
Demo 2: Leveraging AI to drive Advisor efficiency and client engagement
Thomas Schmelzer
Quantitative Research & Development Lead · ADIA
Panel Discussion / Q&A
Thorsten Heymann
Partner · Deloitte
Panel: Technological Innovation in Finance
Torsten Wegner
Head of Strategy and M&A · Quintet Private Bank
Panel: Productive AI Use Cases in Wealth Management
Wai-Chung Ip
Senior Quantitative Developer · Deutsche Bank
Industry Talk #2: What It Takes to Deliver on Agentic AI for Investment Research at Deutsche Bank
William Bierds
Software Engineer · BCCGI
Blitz Demo: BCCGI
Yannick Raynard
Group Chief Technology Officer · Harvest Groupe
Panel 1: Wealth Management x AI
Yuvraj Kumar
Head of Product · Carbon Arc
Demo by Carbon Arc
Zach O'Hagan
GTM & Growth · Zerve AI
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