Corentin Couvidat, is a member of BlackRock’s Global Public Policy Group. Based in Paris, Corentin is responsible for engaging with French and European policymakers and wider opinion leaders on policies and regulations impacting market structure, retail investors, distribution models and Alternative investments.

He has been appointed to the French AMF’s consultative committee on post-trade, and actively contributes to the work of French, European and Global asset management trade associations.

Corentin joined BlackRock from Natixis Investment Managers, where he was in charge of EU Regulatory Affairs. Prior to that, Corentin was a public affairs consultant at FleishmanHillard in Brussels, where he advised leading global financial institutions on their government relations and corporate reputation strategies.

Corentin graduated in Financial Law and European Studies from Paris Dauphine University and Sciences Po Strasbourg respectively.

Adrian joined ISLA in January 2019 as Head of Regulation & Markets group. In this role, he manages the associations work on regulation, technology, and market practices of the EMEA Securities Lending markets.

Adrian has over 30 years of experience in financial services including diverse roles in product development, business analysis, IT development, trading, and operations at BNP Paribas, Barclays and BNY Mellon. Prior to joining ISLA Adrian was head of product development for SFTR at IHS Market.

Andy joined ISLA in 2013 and took over as Chief Executive in mid-2016. As well as leading our advocacy efforts with policymakers and regulators, he is also responsible for defining the aims and objectives of the Association and ensuring that we meet the needs and requirements of our member firms across Europe, Middle East & Africa. He regularly participates in panel discussions at conferences and events, representing the interests of the industry and advocating the importance of securities lending to the efficient functioning of the broader capital markets.

Prior to joining ISLA, he held senior product and account management roles across the securities finance industry including Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Prudential M&G and IHS Markit (formerly Data Explorers).

Before joining the world of capital markets, Andy worked in commercial and corporate finance banking including aerospace finance.

Nicolas Firzli is director of the World Pensions Council (WPC), the retirement & savings industry think-tank, chair of the G7 Pensions Roundtable held on the sidelines of the G7 Summit, director of the Singapore Economic Forum, and cofounding member of the advisory council for the Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF), a World Bank and G20-led global initiative.

He has developed notions such as ‘SDG–Driven Investment’, ‘Pension Superpowers’, the ‘Asianized World’, the ‘Age of Geoeconomics’, ‘Modern Trusteeship’, the ‘New Fiduciary Capitalism’…, and chaired the Asset Owners Roundtable at the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference (Paris COP21).

Christophe joined Société Générale in 1998 and has been part of the structured credit activity for 10 years. After spending a couple of years advising institutional clients on legacy assets and bank regulations (state owned bad banks, restructuring plans…), Christophe moved to the cross-asset financing desk, specifically to look after banking clients across Europe. Christophe is also involved in the management of various regulatory metrics for SG’s global markets business (leverage ratio, NSFR, capital…).

Meera is a Director in the Business Advisory Tax team at Barclays and supports various businesses in the bank, including the equity finance and prime brokerage business. She is also responsible for managing Tax policy at Barclays. Prior to joining Barclays, Meera worked as an Executive Director the equity finance business at Goldman Sachs and preceding that, as Executive Director in the Business Advisory Tax team at JP Morgan supporting the Agency Lending and Prime Brokerage businesses.

Meera is a qualified lawyer and practiced at DLA Piper advising on tax advisory and litigation matters. She is also the current Chair of the Tax Working Group at ISLA. Meera holds an LLB in Law and a Masters in Investigative Journalism.

Adam Kurpiel was appointed Head of Rates Strategy at SGCIB in October 2017. In his prior position, Adam was responsible for interest rate derivatives strategy within the Fixed Income Research department. Adam joined Société Générale in April 2001 as a Forex and Fixed Income Quantitative Strategist. In 2005, he was put in charge of setting up and developing strategy research in interest rate derivatives. Adam holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Bordeaux. Before joining Société Générale, he worked at the University of Bordeaux as researcher and lecturer. Between 2011 and 2017, while working at SGCIB, Adam was Associate Professor in Finance at University Paris 13.

Farrah joined ISLA in September 2019 and is Director – Regulatory Affairs within the Regulation & Market Practice group.

Farrah provides invaluable support to this strategically important part of the Association’s focus, by working with the various workstream coordinators to monitor and assess EMEA financial regulations, including Tax, that have potential to impact the securities lending market.

Farrah reviews regulatory implementation, consultations and manages industry working groups, whilst monitoring updates from policy makers & National Competent Authorities to maintain best practice documentation.

Prior to ISLA, Farrah occupied client service and desk support roles within derivatives and securities lending middle office, as well as in asset servicing operations, for J.P Morgan Chase.

Geraldine Trippner is Head of Financing Solutions for Global Market Sales at Société Générale.

After 20+ years as a repo and cash trader, mostly focused on European government bonds, in 2013, Geraldine spent a one-year studying public policy to better understand our regulatory environment and its drivers. Upon retiring from trading, she became a financial engineer, responsible for fixed income and currencies (FIC) financing, pivoting to the new environment and the associated challenges. Geraldine aimed to reconcile internal constraints with clients’ needs and specificities, explaining why and how regulation will force the market to evolve. Geraldine subsequently moved to a sales role, covering both FIC and equity derivatives, to head global market sales for financing.

Geraldine is a member of the Global Market Sales Exco and is also responsible for optimizing the leverage ratio regarding commercial activities.

Vladislav joined Société Générale in 2006, first as a Head of Tax Operations – France team within the Société Générale Securities Services department and afterwards held several positions within the SG CIB – Global Markets as Structured Products Engineer, Senior VP within the Scarce Resources Group and Director Global Markets – Equity Derivatives.

Vladislav belongs to the Global Markets division within SGCIB, covering regulatory, tax and legal topics.

Vladislav is a member of the Tax Committees of ISLA, ISDA & AFME and a regular attendant to industry forums and discussions.