Post Trade Forum 2024

Head Securities Services, SIX

Javier Hernani has been Head Securities Services at SIX since January 2021. In June 2020, he assumed the role of Head BME after the takeover of BME by SIX. The Spanish citizen holds degrees in economics and business management from Universidad Comercial de Deusto and in european studies from Brugges European School. Before joining BME in 2002, he held the position as Deputy General Manager of the Bilbao Stock Exchange. Previously Javier Hernani worked as European Financial Sector consultant at Coopers & Lybrand Brussels and as CFO at Norbolsa, a Spanish broker.

Other Activities and Mandates

• Member of the Board of Directors Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME), Madrid
• Member of the Board of Directors Operador do Mercado Ibérico de Energia, Madrid
• Chairman Federación Iberoamericana de Bolsas (FIAB), Buenos Aires

Head Domestic Custody & TR, SIX

Jesús Benito has an Economic Degree from Complutense University in Madrid. He passed the oppositions to join Banco de España in 1988. In 2000, he joined BME. Jesús is Head of IBERCLEAR, the Spanish CSD, since 2006 and Chairman of REGIS-TR since April 2022. Jesús Benito is also member of the Management Committees of SIX Securities Services and BME.

Head Clearing Services, SIX

Laura Bayley is originally a lawyer and has extensive experience in regulatory topics and projects related to financial market infrastructures. She has worked at SIX since 2016. On 01 May 2022, Laura took over the management of SIX x-clear at a legal entity level and continues to be responsible for regulatory and governance topics across BME and SIX on a functional level within the area of clearing. 

Head Strategy & New Business, SDX

Prior to his current role, Michele was VP in State Street’s Digital Product Development and DLT team. He focused on cryptocurrencies’ safekeeping & custody, asset tokenization, and technology deployment projects for blockchain-based initiatives. Before joining State Street, he was manager and strategy leader for LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) Emerging Technologies group. At the LSEG Michele also worked in the Group Strategy division, taking a central role in several of the Group’s high-profile acquisitions and corporate partnerships as well as other Group strategic initiatives. Michele has more than 10-year experience in financial services, FMIs, and banking, at the juncture between traditional finance and the Fintech space.

Michele holds an MSc from the University of Warwick in Economics and International Financial Economics (EIFE) and is based in London (UK).