Henrik Gardholm is the head of the Accounting Division of the Sveriges Riksbank, which is responsible for the central bank’s financial reporting and budgeting. He is also a member of the Accounting and Monetary Income Committee at the European Central Bank (ECB). Mr. Gardholm joined Sveriges Riksbank in April 1998, in a role responsible for financial reporting. He was then promoted to his current position in February 2006. Prior to joining Sveriges Riksbank, he was an internal auditor at a commercial bank called Nordea as well as an authorised public accountant at KPMG.

Robin Darbyshire is a chartered accountant who has worked, as an independent consultant for 10 years, mainly on central bank issues. He has undertaken a number of projects for the International Monetary Fund, including implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in central banks. He has also worked on a payments system at a middle eastern central bank. Previously he spent 19 years with the Bank of England, for 17 of which he was responsible for the Bank’s accounts. He was a founder member of the committee that devised the accounting framework and policies for the European System of Central Banks and has recently undertaken projects for the European Central Bank related to Eurosystem accounting. He has written a number of articles on issues in central bank accounting and regularly speaks at conferences on central bank finances.

Anjeza Beja is an experienced financial sector expert currently working as an independent international consultant on central bank issues. She has undertaken a number of projects in several countries for the IMF related to IFRS implementation in central banks and also with the World Bank on payment systems issues. Previously she spent 12 years with the Bank of Albania, 5 of which as Director of Payments, Accounting and Finance where she was in charge for IFRS and IFRS 9 implementation. Before that she worked in the Supervision Department as an onsite supervisor and in several managerial positions. She holds a PhD in Economics from University of Tirana and has concluded a Leadership Program in Financial Inclusion from Fletcher School at Tufts University

Pierre-Edouard Wahl has been the Head of Blockchain for PwC Switzerland from 2017 to 2019 leading blockchain infrastructure, partnerships, token issuance structuring and collaboration with industry to bring suitable solutions to the market. Prior to joining PwC, he has spent 3 years at Credit Suisse where started and led their blockchain department. He started diving deep into blockchain technology when he moved to the Silicon Valley in 2012. Pierre-Edouard launched a B2B crypto-exchange in the Bay Area. Pierre-Edouard challenges the status quo and strives to enable corporations to create innovative, new business models that are sustainable in a resilient and trusted ecosystem.

Kenneth Sullivan was until 2015 a senior financial sector expert with the International Monetary Fund. Previously, he spent seven years at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand as chief manager of both Accounting and Corporate Services where the bank won accounting prizes for the transparency of its published financial statements. Prior to that he provided a financial management information system consultancy, held senior accounting roles in insurance and wholesaling, and worked in education. Starting in 1993 he served as accounting expert on IMF missions, providing accounting technical assistance to central banks around the world, organized and presented at central bank accounting workshops and participated in Financial Sector Assessment Program and Safeguard Assessment

Jeremy spent many years as a financial services partner with PwC, auditing and advising central banks in Asia, Africa, Europe and the former Soviet Union. He was founder and chair of the PwC Central Bank Advisory Group, working with central banks on financial reporting, risk, controls and governance. He recognises that central banks are unique institutions, and therefore, in addition to strong financial services knowledge, they require additional special skills in an auditor and adviser. He currently works as an adviser to PwC Switzerland on their audit of the BIS.

Livingstone Morrison is the chairman of the National Payments Council (NPC) of Jamaica which plays a critical role in facilitating the contribution of industry participants in the oversight and development of National Payments System Infrastructure. Through the work of the NPC he guided the modernisation of the National Payment System of Jamaica to meet international standards of safety and efficiency.  

He currently chairs the Bank of Jamaica FinTech Work Group as well as the CARICOM FinTech Work Group. Mr Morrison is a member of the Financial Inclusion Steering Committee of Jamaica and Chairman of the Retail Payments and Financial Market Infrastructure Working Group. Mr Morrison holds the position of deputy governor of Bank of Jamaica, with responsibility for administration and technical services, finance and technology, and payment system and risk management. He also heads the Bank’s Strategic Planning Team. He is a member of the Management Committee and chairs the Committee of Administration.