Tina is Head of Legal Services at ISLA, where she oversees all aspects of our legal documentation and opinions work for the benefit of ISLA members. This includes the management of our various legal working groups and streams to determine new and ongoing priorities and initiatives, as well as the relationships with external counsel and our netting opinions provider, aosphere.

Tina is also the Association’s lead on all matters related to diversity and inclusion within the industry and the workplace. Working internally and with the wider industry, she monitors progress and developments in this area, as well as championing key initiatives that aim to drive real change.

Tina is a securities lending professional, having spent 11 years at Deutsche Bank in a senior Sales and Marketing role in the Equity financing team. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Tina worked in a sales and relationship management role supporting the securities lending trading desk at Morgan Stanley.

Matt Chessum is a director within the securities finance team at S&P Global Market Intelligence and is responsible for all market commentary, thought leadership and media relations. Previously, Matt was an Investment Director at abrdn where his main responsibilities included overseeing the securities lending activity and the management of GBP denominated Money Market mandates.
Matt is a former member of the Bank of England’s securities lending committee and a former board member of the International Securities Lending Association (ISLA).

Shaan is a securities finance data specialist focussing on fostering and maintaining relationships with high value clients. He previously worked as a technical account manager covering OTC Derivates

Stephen is responsible for relationships with BlackRock’s Securities Lending clients, consultants and fund boards in EMEA.
Prior to this position he has had roles in Product Strategy and Operations within Securities Lending.

Annabelle leads Investment Management strategy at S&P Global Market Intelligence across their Data, Valuations & Analytics business.
Annabelle has a deep experience in Equities data and analytics, working closely with data-driven Investment Managers who leverage S&P Global’s extensive suite of proprietary alternative data sets.
Annabelle has worked at S&P Global for 11 years and previously led Equity Sales in EMEA, having joined as a specialist in Securities Finance data with Markit’s acquisition of Data Explorers in 2012.
Annabelle started her career in 2001 leading Hedge Fund sales at Reuters, and holds a first-class honours degree in French from the University of Exeter.