Central Banking Summer Meetings
The Central Banking Summer Meetings is our flagship event bringing together global central bankers. The event aims to address key issues in the central banking community, offering exclusive insights, networking opportunities, and expert discussions.
Central Banking's Summer Meetings
Our flagship event, bringing together global central bankers together for two days of essential meetings. Engage, connect and gain insights from June 11-12, London, United Kingdom
This years speakers included
Elizabeth McCaul
Member of the supervisory board
ECB
Elizabeth McCaul is a Member of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank. Her areas of responsibility include the Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP), internal governance and risk management, the digital agenda, the training program of the SSM as well as diversity and inclusion. She focuses on prudential implications in dynamic areas such as the oversight of FinTech and supervision of crypto-assets, cyber and IT risk and the digital transformation of the banking sector. She joined the NY State Banking Department as First Deputy in 1995 and served as NY Superintendent of Banks from 1997-2003. She was elected Chair of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, served as a Member of the Federal Financial Institutions Examinations Council, on the Joint Forum for Financial Conglomerates and as an Instructor for Financial Stability Institute at the BIS.
Before joining the ECB, she worked for Promontory Financial Group where she founded the New York office and served as the Partner-in-Charge, as CEO and Chair of Europe, and Global Head of Strategy.
For the first decade of her career, she was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs.
Nicolas Vincent
Deputy governor
Bank of Canada
Nicolas Vincent was appointed external, non-executive Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada for a two-year term, effective March 2023. In this role, Mr. Vincent will be a member of the Bank’s Governing Council, which is the Bank’s policy-making body responsible for decisions with respect to monetary policy and financial system stability.
Mr. Vincent is a professor of economics in the Department of Applied Economics at HEC Montréal and co-chair of the Business Cycles and Financial Markets research theme at CIRANO (Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en analyse des organisations). Mr. Vincent began his career as an economist at the Department of Finance Canada in 2000. From 2007 to 2012, he was an assistant professor at HEC Montréal, then an associate professor from 2013 to 2021. He was appointed as a full professor in 2021. He has been a visiting and adjunct faculty member and researcher at numerous institutions, including Columbia Business School, INSEAD, the Banque de France and the Kellogg School of Management.
Mr. Vincent was the 2021 recipient of Marcel Dagenais Award for Outstanding Contribution to Economic Research in Quebec and Canada as well as the recipient of a 2022–26 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Grant. He was the winner of the Young Researcher of the Year Award at HEC Montréal in 2012 and has won multiple Teacher of the Year awards from HEC Montréal and INSEAD over the course of his career.
Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Mr. Vincent holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in applied economics from HEC Montréal, a master’s degree in economics from Queen’s University and a PhD in economics from Northwestern University.
Aleš Michl
Governor
Czech National Bank
Aleš Michl was born in Prague on 18 October 1977. He obtained a Ph.D. in finance at the University of Economics in Prague in 2020. He graduated from the University of Economics with an MSc (Ing.) degree in 2002. He completed a training programme on game theory and the psychology of decision-making at the Summer School at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2005 and took an investment portfolio management course at the Wharton School in Philadelphia in 2009. He started his professional career as an economic journalist during his studies and later as an economic adviser to Deputy Prime Minister for the Economy Martin Jahn. He worked as an economic and investment strategist at Raiffeisenbank in 2006–2015. In 2014–2018, he was an external economic adviser to the Czech Ministry of Finance and later the Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, specialising in macroeconomic analysis and government debt stabilisation. He founded Michl Fund Management s.r.o. in 2016, which subsequently co-founded Robot Asset Management SICAV a.s., which carries on the activities of an investment fund for qualified investors with the Quant sub-fund. He terminated these activities on the date of commencement of his position in the CNB Board. Mr Michl is the author of numerous columns and articles in newspapers, journals and magazines. He also wrote the books MICHLiq - průvodce eckonomií a investicemi (MICHLiq – a guide to economics and investment), Jestřábi a holubice (Hawks and Doves) and Reset ekonomiky (How to Reset the Economy). He is not and has never been a member of a political party. Aleš Michl was appointed a member of the CNB Bank Board on 1 December 2018. The President appointed him CNB Governor for a term of six years with effect from 1 July 2022.
Andriy Pyshyy
Governor
National Bank of Ukraine
Andriy Pyshnyy assumed the position of Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine on 7 October 2022. The Governor manages the NBU's activities within his competence, as defined by the Law of Ukraine On the National Bank of Ukraine, acts on behalf of the NBU, and represents the NBU’s interests in relations with stakeholders without a power of attorney. He also directly oversees the activities of the NBU units responsible for HR management, legal support, risk management, communications, consumer protection in financial services, security, state secret protection, and anti-corruption efforts. Pyshnyy has been working in the financial sector since 2000. From March 2014 to November 2020 he served as the Chairman of the Management Board of Oschadbank JSC. In 2012, Pyshnyy was elected a member of the Ukrainian parliament and the First Deputy Head of Parliamentary Committee on Rules of Procedure, Parliamentary Ethics, and Administration of Verkhovna Rada’s Work. Between 2009 and 2012 he held the position of the Director of Social Strategy Fund LLC. Between August 2007 and June 2009 Pyshnyy served as Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. From April 2007, Pyshnyy was the First Deputy Chairman of the Management Board at Ukreximbank OJSC, and later a member of the Supervisory Board of Ukreximbank OJSC and Oschadbank OJSC. From 2003 to 2007 he held positions as a Management Board Member, First Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, and Acting Chairman of the Management Board of Oschadbank OJSC. In 2000, Pyshnyy embarked on his banking career as Head of the Legal Support Department at Oschadbank JSC. Pyshnyi started his career in 1996 as a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Constitutional, Administrative, and Financial Law at Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University. He graduated from Chernivtsi National University with a degree in law, and from the Ukrainian Academy of Banking of the National Bank of Ukraine with a degree in banking. He holds a PhD in Law.
2024 tracks
Reserve management
Payments
Sustainability
Innovation
Partners
Invesco is an independent investment management firm that helps clients build long-term, strategic partnerships with official institutions, offering the best of its investment expertise and capabilities.
It manages $1.4 trillion in assets on behalf of clients worldwide and offers specialised investment teams across a comprehensive range of asset classes, investment styles and geographies.
Invesco has more than 8,400 employees worldwide and an on-the-ground presence in more than 20 countries, serving clients in more than 120 countries.
Bloomberg is a global leader in business and financial information, delivering trusted data, news, and insights that bring transparency, efficiency, and fairness to markets. The company helps connect influential communities across the global financial ecosystem via reliable technology solutions that enable our customers to make more informed decisions and foster better collaboration.
HSBC is a financial services organisation that serves more than 40 million customers, ranging from individual savers and investors to some of the world’s biggest companies and governments. Its network covers 64 countries and territories, and its expertise, capabilities, breadth and perspectives open up a world of opportunity for its customers. HSBC is listed on the London, Hong Kong, New York, Paris and Bermuda stock exchanges.
About LSEG
LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider, playing a vital social and economic role in the world’s financial system. With our open approach, trusted expertise and global scale, we enable the sustainable growth and stability of our customers and their communities. We are dedicated partners with extensive experience, deep knowledge and a worldwide presence in data and analytics; indices; capital formation; and trade execution, clearing and risk management across multiple asset classes. LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 70 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. We employ 23,000 people globally, more than half located in Asia Pacific. LSEG’s ticker symbol is LSEG.
SQL Power Group Inc. is a global application software firm specializing in Financial Regulation, Digital Transformation and Advanced Analytics.
SQL Power is at the forefront of regulatory software innovation - rolling out the world's first fully-integrated XBRL-based data collection, risk management, case management, and advanced analytics solution in 2009. The platform integrates easily with existing regulators’ legacy systems and evolves seamlessly alongside changes to Global Financial Standards and customer needs.
For more information please visit sqlpowergroup.com
Schroders is an independent global asset management company with over 210 years of investment heritage. Asset management is our business and our goals are completely aligned with those of our clients – the creation of long-term value.
We manage $650 billion on behalf of institutional and retail investors, financial institutions and high net worth clients from around the world, invested in a broad range of asset classes across equities, fixed income, multi-asset and alternatives. We employ over 5,600 talented people worldwide operating from over 34 different countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia Middle East, and Africa.
We manage over $38bn on behalf of Official Institutions and have a dedicated team to support these institutions.
About BNP Paribas in Asia Pacific (apac.bnpparibas.com)
In Asia Pacific, BNP Paribas is one of the best-positioned international financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence since 1860. Currently with over 18,000 employees* and a presence in 13 markets, BNP Paribas provides corporates, institutional and private investors with product and service solutions tailored to their specific needs. It offers a wide range of financial services covering corporate & institutional banking, wealth management, asset management, insurance, as well as retail banking and consumer financing through strategic partnerships.
Worldwide, BNP Paribas has a presence in 71 markets with more than 196,000 employees. It has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors. Asia Pacific is a key strategic region for BNP Paribas and it continues to develop its franchise in the region.
*excluding partnerships
About BNP Paribas Asset Management
BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) is the investment arm of BNP Paribas, a leading banking group in Europe with international reach. BNPP AM aims to generate long-term sustainable returns for its clients, based on a sustainability-driven approach. BNPP AM’s investment capabilities are focused around six key strategies: High Conviction Strategies, Liquidity Solutions, Emerging Markets, Multi-Assets, Systematic, Quantitative & Index and Private Assets, with investment processes incorporating quantitative and fundamental analysis.
Sustainability is core to BNPP AM’s strategy and investment philosophy. Among the leaders in thematic investment in Europe1, BNPP AM intends to contribute to a successful Energy transition, healthy Ecosystems, and greater Equality in our societies (our “3Es”). BNPP AM currently manages EUR 540 billion of assets (EUR 656 billion of assets under management and advisory) and benefits from the expertise of more than 500 investment professionals and around 400 client servicing specialists, serving individual, corporate and institutional clients in 67 countries.
Source: BNPP AM, as at 31 December 2023
1 Source: 2nd in Europe for active sustainable thematic strategies, according to an analysis made by BNP Paribas Asset Management based on Morningstar data as at 31/12/2022.
eCurrency™ is the leading innovator and technology provider for Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). eCurrency CBDC solution is the first to be operationalized to issue digital fiat currency operating alongside notes and coins. eCurrency combines hardware, software and cryptographic security protocols to provide central banks the tools they need to preserve their charter as sole issuers of sovereign currency in a digital economy.
iGCB, the Retail and Central Banking Solutions arm of Intellect Design Arena, offers an end-to-end Contextual Banking suite with a unique blend of integrated functionality and agility made possible by its Microservices-based, API-first, cloud-native architecture with powerful integration capabilities. iGCB offers the world’s first and only digital banking technology solution, Intellect Quantum, which is purpose-built for central banks to manage every aspect of their financial market operations efficiently. Intellect Quantum caters to key central banking functions involving monetary policy implementation, financial stability, currency management, payments, risk management, and reserves management.
SecurEyes is a specialized consulting and solution engineering firm focused in risk management, supervisory technology, regulatory technology and cybersecurity advisory services.
With 700+ global customers and 12,500+ consulting engagements, we are the trusted partner of several regulatory bodies, governments, and multinationals across the globe. We have obtained prestigious empanelment’s with reputable entities, as well as numerous prominent certifications.
Our state-of-art product SE-RegTrac is an enterprise supervisory product to digitize supervisory activities for central banks. It integrates supervisory and regulatory technology into a single platform thereby empowering regulators in risk-based supervisory responsibilities and at the same time equipping regulated entities in managing their regulatory responsibilities. It supports multiple sectors including banking, fintech, credit bureau, financing & leasing and insurance companies.
SecurEyes has demonstrated leadership in acquiring global recognition in many areas such as winning the “Technology Services Award 2023” by the Central Banking Awards Committee at the level of central banks worldwide for the year 2023.
Our other products help clients in regulatory compliance management, cyber supply chain risk management and operational risk management.
For detailed information, please visit: www.secureyes.net.
If you wish to contact a member from the SecurEyes team - please contact at riskmanagement@secureyes.net.
IRIS Business Services Limited (IRIS) is India’s only RegTech SaaS provider listed on both BSE and NSE. Established in 2000, IRIS supports over 30 regulators and 6000 enterprises across 52 countries, impacting over 2 billion lives. IRIS transforms regulatory compliance into a business advantage with its innovative solutions.
Headquartered in Mumbai, IRIS has subsidiaries in the USA, Singapore, and Italy, and an affiliate in the UAE. It is an active member of various XBRL jurisdictions: XBRL International, US, India and South Africa and serves as an authorized GST Suvidha Provider and private Invoice Registration Portal in India.
Recognized for its digital innovation, IRIS has received accolades such as India’s Best TaxTech Company (TIOL 2021), India’s Best Fintech Company (FE 2022), India’s Best MSME Tech Company (Jagran 2022), and Best Regulatory Technology Services (Central Banking, London 2024).
IRIS’ products are ISO 27001:13 and SSAE 18 (SOC 1 Type 2) certified.
CAIM is a UK-regulated specialist investment manager with a particular focus on managing foreign exchange reserves on behalf of central banks globally. We offer directly managed bespoke strategies to each of our institutional clients, in public market fixed income and equities, across developed markets and China. We prioritize our clients, treat them as partners, and seek to become trusted advisors to each institution we work with. We can trace our roots back to 1749, when our predecessor organization was originally established by the British Crown. CAIM has via our predecessor organisation offered financial services to our clients since 1833. We began managing money for the world’s first sovereign wealth funds in the 1960s, and CAIM’s oldest current central bank reserves management account dates to the early 1980s.
Highlights from this year
