Richard Schwartz
Global Custodian
Special Projects Editor
Richard Schwartz is a founder and director of Tungsten Publishing, whose stable of magazines includes Global Custodian and The Trade. He is also the senior contributing editor at Global Custodian.
Richard was previously co-founder and co-editor of GSCS Benchmarks, He has a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and is the author of Coming to Terms: Zimbabwe in the International Arena (I.B. Tauris).
Global Custodian
Special Projects Editor
Richard Schwartz is a founder and director of Tungsten Publishing, whose stable of magazines includes Global Custodian and The Trade. He is also the senior contributing editor at Global Custodian.
Richard was previously co-founder and co-editor of GSCS Benchmarks, He has a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and is the author of Coming to Terms: Zimbabwe in the International Arena (I.B. Tauris).
George Sebulela
Sebvest
CEO
George Sebulela is currently the President and Chief Executive of Sebvest Holdings. He was an Executive Committee Member (EXCO) and Head of Empowerment Division of ABSA Capital responsible for Government, Empowerment and Public Infrastructure Finance.
Sebvest
CEO
George Sebulela is currently the President and Chief Executive of Sebvest Holdings. He was an Executive Committee Member (EXCO) and Head of Empowerment Division of ABSA Capital responsible for Government, Empowerment and Public Infrastructure Finance.
Professor Monica Singer
ConsenSys
South Africa Lead
Monica is described by those who know her as being highly energetic and passionate about technology and the power it has to bring change to the world. As the first and only female CEO of South Africa’s long-established Central Securities Depositories, Strate, she is regarded as a formidable leader. She was the catalyst for Strate being one of the first Financial Market Infrastructures to embrace disruption and the new world that Blockchain or Distributed Ledger Technology offers. As Monica says, ‘If we don’t disrupt ourselves, someone else will. Embrace the technology, people!’
ConsenSys
South Africa Lead
Monica is described by those who know her as being highly energetic and passionate about technology and the power it has to bring change to the world. As the first and only female CEO of South Africa’s long-established Central Securities Depositories, Strate, she is regarded as a formidable leader. She was the catalyst for Strate being one of the first Financial Market Infrastructures to embrace disruption and the new world that Blockchain or Distributed Ledger Technology offers. As Monica says, ‘If we don’t disrupt ourselves, someone else will. Embrace the technology, people!’
Prochi Sookun
Standard Chartered
Head, Financing and Securities Services Client Solutions, AME
Prochi holds a Degree in Financial Services from the University of Manchester and is a seasoned business professional with over 23 years working experience, including the last 14 years in securities services with management experience across various functions. She is also an Associate of the Institute of Financial Services in the UK.
Standard Chartered
Head, Financing and Securities Services Client Solutions, AME
Prochi holds a Degree in Financial Services from the University of Manchester and is a seasoned business professional with over 23 years working experience, including the last 14 years in securities services with management experience across various functions. She is also an Associate of the Institute of Financial Services in the UK.
Jeanne Stegmann
Standard Bank
Head, CRM & Tax Advisory, Standard Bank Group Finance
Standard Bank
Head, CRM & Tax Advisory, Standard Bank Group Finance
Jonathan Stichbury
Sanlam Investments East Africa Ltd
CEO
Jonathan Stichbury, ASIP has been the CEO of Sanlam Investments East Africa Ltd (SIEAL) since 2000 and has been an investment professional for over 25 years. (SIEAL was previously branded PineBridge Investments East Africa and before that AIG Investments East Africa. However, in June 2017, PineBridge sold its majority shareholding to the Sanlam Group.)
During Jonathan’s tenure, SIEAL has grown to become one of the largest asset management firms in East Africa. SIEAL’s client base includes local and international pension funds and institutions as well as local retail clients. Jonathan leads a team of over 30 based in offices in Nairobi and Kampala, including 13 investment professionals who invest primarily in listed equities and fixed income assets throughout East and Sub Saharan Africa.
Sanlam Investments East Africa Ltd
CEO
Jonathan Stichbury, ASIP has been the CEO of Sanlam Investments East Africa Ltd (SIEAL) since 2000 and has been an investment professional for over 25 years. (SIEAL was previously branded PineBridge Investments East Africa and before that AIG Investments East Africa. However, in June 2017, PineBridge sold its majority shareholding to the Sanlam Group.)
During Jonathan’s tenure, SIEAL has grown to become one of the largest asset management firms in East Africa. SIEAL’s client base includes local and international pension funds and institutions as well as local retail clients. Jonathan leads a team of over 30 based in offices in Nairobi and Kampala, including 13 investment professionals who invest primarily in listed equities and fixed income assets throughout East and Sub Saharan Africa.
Juanita Taylor
STANDARD BANK
Head of Securities Lending
Juanita Taylor is the current chairperson of the South African Securities Lending Association (SASLA) and Head of Standard Bank’s Investor Services Securities Lending business in South Africa. Standard Bank’s Investor Services business is a leading provider of securities lending, custody and related products and services to domestic and foreign institutional investors across fourteen sub-Saharan Africa markets.
Juanita is a seasoned Investor Services professional in South Africa with over 18 years of experience in the securities lending industry. Juanita has played an integral role in the start-up of securities lending in the Nigerian market, she recently presented to the Botswana Stock Exchange and other market participants in Botswana on the mechanics and benefits of securities lending and is also working closely with other African countries in shaping the framework for securities lending
STANDARD BANK
Head of Securities Lending
Juanita Taylor is the current chairperson of the South African Securities Lending Association (SASLA) and Head of Standard Bank’s Investor Services Securities Lending business in South Africa. Standard Bank’s Investor Services business is a leading provider of securities lending, custody and related products and services to domestic and foreign institutional investors across fourteen sub-Saharan Africa markets.
Juanita is a seasoned Investor Services professional in South Africa with over 18 years of experience in the securities lending industry. Juanita has played an integral role in the start-up of securities lending in the Nigerian market, she recently presented to the Botswana Stock Exchange and other market participants in Botswana on the mechanics and benefits of securities lending and is also working closely with other African countries in shaping the framework for securities lending
Alex Todd
Citi
MD - EMEA Head of Bank Sales, Europe Head of Securities Services
Alex is EMEA Head of Bank Sales and is also Europe Head of Securities Services at Citi. He is a member of the Europe Leadership Team and the EMEA Securities Services ExCo. He joined Citi in 2008.
Prior to Citi, Alex held various senior Operations roles at Morgan Stanley and UBS, having started his career at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
Alex holds an LLB (Hons) in Law from Cardiff University and a Postgraduate Diploma in legal studies from Cardiff Law School.
Citi
MD - EMEA Head of Bank Sales, Europe Head of Securities Services
Alex is EMEA Head of Bank Sales and is also Europe Head of Securities Services at Citi. He is a member of the Europe Leadership Team and the EMEA Securities Services ExCo. He joined Citi in 2008.
Prior to Citi, Alex held various senior Operations roles at Morgan Stanley and UBS, having started his career at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
Alex holds an LLB (Hons) in Law from Cardiff University and a Postgraduate Diploma in legal studies from Cardiff Law School.
Chris van Staden
Standard Chartered Bank
Regional Head for Africa and Middle East: Securities Services
Chris joined SCB in October 2015. Before joining SCB, he was Chief Operating Officer of Investment Services, Wealth & Investment at Standard Bank. He also previously headed up the Securities business in Africa and South Africa at Standard Bank.
Standard Chartered Bank
Regional Head for Africa and Middle East: Securities Services
Chris joined SCB in October 2015. Before joining SCB, he was Chief Operating Officer of Investment Services, Wealth & Investment at Standard Bank. He also previously headed up the Securities business in Africa and South Africa at Standard Bank.
Dominic White
Orange Cyberdefense
Ethical Hacking Director & Managing Director South Africa
Historically, Dominic was CTO then CEO of SensePost, a penetration testing company founded in 2000 in South Africa. His team of hackers spanned the UK and South Africa.
The team then joined Orange Cyberdefense and did two things - the first was to expand their community of hackers between the UK and South Africa, to encompass the now global teams of hackers within the group.
The second was to change their South African operation from only offering penetration testing to the wider set of managed security services Orange Cyberdefense offers.
Orange Cyberdefense
Ethical Hacking Director & Managing Director South Africa
Historically, Dominic was CTO then CEO of SensePost, a penetration testing company founded in 2000 in South Africa. His team of hackers spanned the UK and South Africa.
The team then joined Orange Cyberdefense and did two things - the first was to expand their community of hackers between the UK and South Africa, to encompass the now global teams of hackers within the group.
The second was to change their South African operation from only offering penetration testing to the wider set of managed security services Orange Cyberdefense offers.