Mr Brian Taylor, speaking at World Exchange Congress 2010

Mr Brian Taylor,
Managing Director
BTA Consulting

Brian is Managing Director of BTA Consulting Limited - a niche and leading financial markets consultancy group, which Brian set up in 1991. BTA Consulting has provided advice to some 100 clients across the globe on projects of national importance associated with the development of capital markets. This includes mature and emerging markets exchanges, MTFs, regulators, CSDs, investment banks, data centres and IT providers. The client experience has involved a significant number of projects where innovation drove change into markets and market structures. Current projects include the demutualisation of the Ghana Stock Exchange, the design of a new leading surveillance system, technology systems selection, bid winning assistance. Brian also writes for journals, commentates on TV and co-authored an empirically based research reports. As well as providing consulting advice, Brian has undertaken a number of insource interim executive management roles including: • Chief Financial and Technology Officer for PLUS Markets plc in London where he successfully led a team to deliver an award winning MiFID compliant trading and surveillance solution in 9 months which has facility competition and fragmentation in trading; • Interim Head of Finance for the investment and banking arm of the Department of Constitutional Affairs, part of Her Majesty’s Government, managing £6bn of assets. • Chief Executive Officer of the Bahamas International Securities Exchange. Prior to establishing BTA Consulting Limited, Brian held the following positions: • Senior Manager with Price Waterhouse, London in charge of their global exchanges consultancy practice; • Vice President in the Equity Transactions Group at Merrill Lynch Europe Limited; and • An audit senior with Arthur Andersen & Co, London, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant Brian holds a First Class Honours Degree in Geography from the Victoria University of Manchester. Brian is also a Member of the Society of Industry Leaders BTA Consulting are founder members of the Avenues Alliance, consulting network.

Appearing:

New business models and revenue stream analysis day - Monday 22 March 2010

8.55am

MORNING AND AFTERNOON MODERATOR

Mr Brian Taylor,

Managing Director,
BTA Consulting

Solutions to current industry challenges day - Wednesday 24 March 2010

11.30am

PANEL DISCUSSION: When will liquidity return to the market, and what actions can you take to boost trading volumes in the meantime?

Just how temporary is the current lack of liquidity in the market?
Which asset classes are most likely to see liquidity return first?
How important will the role of high-frequency trading be in regenerating liquidity?
What other initiatives can be undertaken to boost liquidity?

Mr Michael Buhl,

CEO,
Vienna Stock Exchange

Prof Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke,

CEO,
Nigerian Stock Exchange

Mr Brian Taylor,

Managing Director,
BTA Consulting

Mr John Lowrey,

CEO,
Chi-X Global

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