Nick Patience is a Managing Analyst with S&P Global Market Intelligence, with responsibility for 451 Research’s coverage of Data, AI, Analytics, Information Security and Risk. Full Bio

Sarah is a purpose-driven leader who has built her career by blending analytical thinking, data-driven decisions and a people-first mentality. In her role as Head of Data & Insights, Sarah oversees a unique set of content and capabilities that drive decisions in the financial markets, fuel growth in big corporations and help inform governments around the world. The D&I business is the data powerhouse for Market Intelligence, with teams focused on datasets as broad as macroeconomics and trade, as deep as industry and company data, and as granular as pricing and valuations for financial instruments.

A seasoned business and content leader, Sarah has led global teams creating pricing benchmarks, data, news and research and served in multiple executive leadership roles across the S&P Global enterprise as a member of the Operating Committees in London, Singapore and Toronto. She has also held leadership roles at Bloomberg, Dow Jones/The Wall Street Journal and produced award-winning programming at CNBC Asia. Through her experience of working in Paris and Milan, Sarah speaks French and Italian. She holds a degree in French Language and Literature from the University of Sheffield, UK.

As the former global chair of S&P Global’s women’s employee leadership network, Sarah is a champion of women’s inclusion in the workforce, helping women leaders advance in their careers. She has supported key DEI initiatives including the launch of S&P Global’s ChangePays campaign that produces research on women’s economic participation and impact. Minimize

Tom Maskrey is a Securities Lending Trader in Vanguard’s Equity Index Group. Full Bio

Tom Maskrey is a Securities Lending Trader in Vanguard’s Equity Index Group. Tom joined Vanguard in 2018 and previously served as Chief of Staff to Vanguard Europe’s Head of IMG (Investment Management Group). Prior to Vanguard, he held a variety of roles in equities and operations at BMO Global Asset Management. He earned a BA Hons in Development Studies and Economics from the University of Manchester and is a CFA® charterholder. Minimize

Curtis Dutton is Global Head of Trading for HSBC’s Securities Lending & Liquidity Services business.  Full Bio

Curtis Dutton is Global Head of Trading for HSBC’s Securities Lending & Liquidity Services business. Curtis joined HSBC in 2013 and has worked in the securities financing market since 2015, trading SBL across all active asset classes and regions including middle east and APAC. Prior to joining HSBC, Curtis attained a Masters (MSc) with Merit from the London School of Economics in the subject of Finance and Economics, with specialism in statistical techniques and financial mathematics, and targeted application towards complex asset pricing.

Johanne Armita is head of the EMEA Institutional Sales Trading team within European Prime Brokerage. Full Bio

Johanne Armita is head of the EMEA Institutional Sales Trading team within European Prime Brokerage. She joined Goldman Sachs in 2010 as an associate and was named managing director in 2021. Minimize

Zac Stone is Senior Vice President in the London Portfolio Finance & Treasury team at Capstone. Full Bio

Zac Stone is Senior Vice President in the London Portfolio Finance & Treasury team at Capstone. Prior to joining Capstone, Zac was a Director on the Equity Financing desk at Scotiabank where he worked for 8 years. He had responsibilities across both Sales and Trading dealing with Lenders, Hedge Funds and other Prime Brokers across Securities Lending and Synthetic products. 

Zac also worked at Nomura International Plc as a Securities Lending trader. This was an internal move where he had previously worked in the Legal department negotiating financing documents such as GMSLA, GMRA, Triparty and ISDAs. He held similar roles at Societe Generale and Barclays Capital prior to Nomura.

Zac has a LLB in Law with European Studies from the University of Surrey, which also included six months studying Law at the University of Gent, Belgium. Minimize

Tom Spinner currently serves as an Associate Director in Securities Finance at S&P Global Market Intelligence. Full Bio

Tom Spinner currently serves as an Associate Director in Securities Finance at S&P Global Market Intelligence.

With a decade at Horizon Asset LLP, Tom honed his skills as an Equity Finance trader, managing multi-billion-dollar stock loan portfolios. During this tenure, Tom was part of the Treasury team, focusing on financial strategy, cost analysis, and risk hedging.  Prior to that, Tom held a role at Goldman Sachs within the Asset Servicing team, specialising in Dividends and Corporate Actions. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Money, Banking, and Finance. Minimize

Dan Skinner is head of EMEA Securities Lending Trading within Prime Brokerage in Global Banking & Markets. Full Bio

Dan Skinner is head of EMEA Securities Lending Trading within Prime Brokerage in Global Banking & Markets. Minimize

Raj Karan Singh has over 15 years experience in financing sector with a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the market, from Securities Financing, REPO, Delta One to Structured products. Full Bio

Raj Karan Singh has over 15 years experience in financing sector with a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the market, from Securities Financing, REPO, Delta One to Structured products. He started his career at the Lehman Brothers/Nomura on their Equity Finance and Delta One desk, with a specialty in emerging markets. He then grew from VP to Global head of Securities Finance and D1 at BCS Prime, building their Prime offering to a global client base.

Having tried to assist Clear street with their UK entry, Raj now is co-heading the SecFin and D1 desk at Mirae Asset Investments UK ltd, with a view to maximize Marae's global reach and market making expertise to provide clients with a holistic Prime product. Minimize

Chris Brown is a cross-asset trader on the EMEA Agency Securities Finance desk based in London. Full Bio

Chris Brown is a cross-asset trader on the EMEA Agency Securities Finance desk based in London. Chris has 11 years’ experience, first trading Equities at JP Morgan Agency Securities Financing in the Securities Services division. He more recently moved to the Cash Reinvestment desk, investing cash collateral on behalf of beneficial owners in the short term money markets. Chris has a BSc in Financial and Business Economics from Royal Holloway, University of London. Minimize

Iain Colquhoun is the 20 years experience in financing sector with a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the market, from Securities Lending to Structured Transactions. Full Bio

Iain Colquhoun is the 20 years experience in financing sector with a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the market, from Securities Lending to Structured Transactions.

Iain started his career at the Bank of New York on their Fixed Income Securities lending desk.  Having been responsible for building the client financing platform at Mitsubishi UFJ Securities he was recruited by ICBC Standard Bank to run the Flow Sales unit. He is currently responsible for developing the Fixed Income Repo platform at Toronto Dominion outside North America. Minimize

Neerav Aggarwal leads the Research and Analytics division for the Securities Finance business at S&P Global Market Intelligence and is part of the Securities Finance leadership team contributing to the execution of overall product strategy. Full Bio

Neerav Aggarwal leads the Research and Analytics division for the Securities Finance business at S&P Global Market Intelligence and is part of the Securities Finance leadership team contributing to the execution of overall product strategy.

Neerav owns and drives the research agenda globally for the business and highlights the value proposition of the product with the help of research papers, training materials and thought leadership reports. He is actively involved in enhancing and creating new features in our dataset with his deep product and market knowledge that he has gained in his 15+ years with the product.

Neerav has a masters degree in Finance and Investment from the University of Edinburgh and has a keen interest in Wildlife Photography. Minimize