Mr Nils-Robert Persson, speaking at World Exchange Congress 2010

Mr Nils-Robert Persson,
Executive Chairman
Cinnober Financial Technology

Nils-Robert Persson is executive chairman of the board for Cinnober Financial Technology, the Sweden-based provider of electronic trading platforms. Persson acts within sales and customer relationship, is a member of several steering committees and is the largest shareholder in Cinnober. He first held the position as chairman of Cinnober’s board from 2000 to 2006, when he took a position as an executive board member. He was elected chairman once again at the annual general meeting in 2008. Besides the engagements in Cinnober, Persson is also chairman of Triona AB. He is also a board member of Neonet, (a DMA broker listed at NASDAQ OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm), Zaramant Healthcare Fund (a hedge fund with a global orientation) and some seed companies. Prior to joining Cinnober, Persson worked for nine years at OMX (Formerly the OM Group) where he was responsible for business development. He was CEO for OM Stockholm and deputy CEO for the OM Group with responsibility for the Transaction division including all exchanges and clearing houses in the group. He also acted as chairman of; OMLX, the London-based derivatives exchange, SOM, the Finnish derivatives exchange and VPA, a back-office for-hire company. In the international arena Persson has been appointed board member in the European Association of Clearing Houses (EACH), and a member of the (International Option Markets Association) (IOMA). Before OM, Persson served as project manager and CEO for PmI, PenningmarknadsInformation AB, a market data company for fixed income products established by the Swedish central bank and four major investment banks. Prior to that, he joined SEB, formerly SE Banken, in 1982. Nils-Robert has three daughters with his wife Eva and is interested in all kind of sports with understandable rules (unfortunately not including cricket).

Appearing:

Opportunities for growth and diversification day - Tuesday 23 March 2010

12.35pm

PANEL DISCUSSION: What are the critical success factors for enabling high-frequency trading and minimising access time?

How important will the ability to enable high-frequency trading be in driving future liquidity?
What are the biggest constraints – both technology related and other – to enabling high-frequency trading, and how can they be overcome?
What are the risks of shifting the customer base of your exchange too far towards short-term high-frequency traders?

Mr Robert Fotheringham,

Senior Vice President, Trading, TMX Group,
TMX Group

Dr Hans Christian Reinhardt,

Head of High-Frequency Trading Services,
Morgan Stanley

Mr Nils-Robert Persson,

Executive Chairman,
Cinnober Financial Technology

Solutions to current industry challenges day - Wednesday 24 March 2010

10.20am

PANEL DISCUSSION: Responding to the risk management requirements of a post-Lehman world: who should take on what risk?

What role do exchanges need to play in meeting the new risk management expectations of investors?
Does the risk that needs to be managed fall purely within the clearing arena, or does it also extend to trading?
Defining which players in the trading and clearing process need to take on the different elements of risk
Linking risk with transparency: how much do you actually need to know?

Dr Robert Barnes,

Managing Director, Equities,
UBS

Mr Andrew Simpson,

Head of Product Management,
EuroCCP

Mr Jan Booij,

CEO,
EMCF

Mr Nils-Robert Persson,

Executive Chairman,
Cinnober Financial Technology

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