LSEG Capital Markets Conference in Israel
By invitation only
22 Sep 2016
- Capital Markets Day
- Event
The InterContinental David Hotel, Tel Aviv
By invitation only
Welcome Address
Nikhil Rathi,
CEO, London Stock Exchange, plc
Nikhil was appointed CEO of our London Stock Exchange plc subsidiary in September 2015. He also has Group-wide responsibility for International Development.
Nikhil joined LSEG from the UK Treasury, where he held a number of senior positions over an eleven year period. Most recently he was Director of the Financial Services Group, representing the UK Government’s financial services interests in the EU and internationally. He served as the UK representative on the EU Financial Services Committee. Prior to that, he was Head of the Financial Stability unit, overseeing a number of the UK’s financial stability interventions during the crisis. Nikhil also served as Private Secretary to the UK Prime Minister for three years from 2005 to 2008.
Keynote Address
Amit Lang,
Director General, Israel Ministry of Economy
Amit Lang was appointed Director General at the Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry (previously known as the Ministry of Economy and Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor) in June 2013.
Before joining the Ministry of Economy and Industry, Mr. Lang held numerous senior positions in both the public and private sectors. Mr. Lang served as the Deputy Director of the Israeli Ministry of Finance's budget division. In addition, he was Deputy Director General at Partner Telecommunications Company Ltd., one of Israel's leading mobile service providers. There, he headed the Economic and Relations Division.
Since 2006, Mr. Lang has served as a board member of several major companies and authorities including; Israel Electric Corporation (IEC), Israeli Airports Authority (IAA), the Israel Water Authority and The Israel Sports Betting Board (head of the financial committee).
Mr. Lang holds a Bachelor's degree in economics, an MBA and a Master's degree in Public Policy. In addition, he is a highly decorated judo athlete. Mr. Lang competed in the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992 and won the Israel Judo championship on seven different occasions.
Born in 1970, Lang resides in Shoham, Israel with his wife and three children.
Keynote Address, UK Minister
SMEs & Capital Markets as the Growth Engine of the Economy
Luca Peyrano
Chief Executive Officer, Elite
Luca Peyrano is CEO of ELITE, a company of the London Stock Exchange Group whose mission is to support private and public companies connecting with capital using the digital technology. With over 15 years of experience in the industry, Luca started with Borsa Italiana in 1999 with responsibility for companies admission to listing and then moved on to manage the SMEs markets offering until year 2007. Following the merger with the London Stock Exchange he was appointed Head of Continental Europe for Primary Markets, until when he took on his present position as CEO of ELITE in 2016. Prior to the London Stock Exchange, he worked in the consumer goods sector and in the automotive industry. He holds a degree in Business Administration from Bocconi University and received an MBA from IMD. Luca serves as member of the Board of the Scale-up Institute in the UK and the Board of Trustees of OIV, the Valuation Standard setter in Italy.
Gal Aviv,
CEO & Founder, Blender
Aviv is a founder and CEO of BLender, a multinational P2P lending platform.
Previously, for over 10 years, he was the managing partner at ATD, the technological investments arm of the Aviv Group.
In his role at ATD Aviv managed the VC investment activity, and was a co-founder of several of the portfolio companies.
Aviv received his PhD in Nano-Physics from The University of Nottingham, England, for his research on ultra-cold atoms, using atom-chips.
Aviv received his Diploma (MSc) from at the atom-chip lab of Ben Gurion University for his research on quantum computation.
Aviv built the first Quantum-Bit from room temperature vapour atoms.
His research results have been presented in many papers, lectures and global conferences.
He carried out his military service in the Israeli Air-Force.
Aviv races in competitive sailing, winning the Israeli yachting cup and has participated in international sailing events including the European championships.
He led the rescue of S/Y Smadar from the Libyan/Egypt border back to Israel while sailing in Egypt with 3 friends.
Aviv is an ultra-marathon runner and a seasoned cross country cyclist.
Panel I: Capital Raising Environment in London
Moderator: Jason Makento,
Partner, Global Co-Head of Equities, Linklaters LLP
Jason is ranked as a Leading Lawyer by both Legal 500 and IFLR1000.
Extensive experience advising corporate and investment banking clients on public and private international equity and debt financing transactions, as well as providing ongoing corporate and compliance related advice, with a focus on the UK, Western Europe and the GCC. He has been listed as a leading lawyer in his field in several industry publications, including Chambers UK, Legal 500 and PLC's Cross-border Capital Markets Handbook.
Jason is a Member of the New York Bar Association and American Bar Association.
Bruce Garrow,
Head of Corporate Broking - Investment Banking, Canaccord Genuity
Bruce is Head of Corporate Broking at Canaccord Genuity, which sits within the Investment Banking division in London. Bruce has responsibility for Canaccord Genuity’s retained public company clients, covering all aspects of equity capital markets, broking advice and investor relations. With 17 years corporate broking and equity advisory experience, Bruce has considerable experience on a wide range of public company transactions, including IPOs, rights issues, placings, tender offers and public company takeovers. He has acted on over 100 transactions throughout his career focused on small & medium sized listed companies, in a variety of sectors including Leisure & Gaming, Real Estate, Retail, Industrials and Financial Services. Bruce has been with the firm 8 years having joined Canccord Genuity following the takeover of Collins Stewart in 2012 and prior to that he was a Numis Securities. Bruce graduated from Newcastle University with a degree in Business Management & Finance and is a Qualified NOMAD for AIM Companies and a Sponsor on London’s Premium Listed Segment.
Gal Haber,
Founder and Managing Director, Plus500
Mr. Gal Haber is Managing Director and an Executive Director of Plus500 Ltd. Mr. Gal Haber has nearly 15 years’ experience in software programming and business development. One of the Company’s founders, he currently holds the position of the Company’s joint chief executive officer and is responsible for the day-to-day running of operations. In particular, he has led the design of the userfriendly Trading Platform, which represents one of the key competitive advantages for the business. As announced in February 2016, commencing 30 April 2016 he will become the Managing Director of the Group.
Mr. Haber holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the Technion, Israel. Before founding Plus500, Mr. Haber served as chief operating officer of InterLogic Ltd, a ‘skilled games’ programme provider for the internet, and mobile devices, which he co-founded in 2004.)
Axel Kalinowski,
Manager - Continental Europe, Primary Markets, London Stock Exchange
Axel manages the Primary markets activities of the London Stock Exchange Group in Europe. As part of his responsibilities he regularly meets Private Equity/Venture capital investors and innovative high growth businesses to discuss their fund raising options as well as the various implications when raising capital from International Capital Markets.
Prior to joining the Exchange, Axel worked for a Pan-European Private Equity Fund investing in companies across Europe and spent many years within UniCredit Corporate & Investment banking in Europe and Emerging markets.
Guy Vardi
Senior Manager, Transaction Advisory Services, Ernst & Young
Guy is the team leader of the London IPO advisory services practice in the EY Israel office.
In recent years, Guy and his local team have successfully led various companies during the London Listing Process from inception to conclusion and has led more than 10 flotations/registration processes in London in recent years.
In addition to his IPO work, Guy leads the EY Israel Real Estate advisory services including due diligence and M&A transactions.
Prior to his current position with EY, Guy gained management experience and international exposure working in international real estate company based in Europe.
Guy holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Economics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and a Masters in Business Administration (Finance) from the Tel Aviv University. Guy is a Certified Public Accountant in Israel.
Hagai Tal,
CEO, Taptica
Mr. Hagai Tal has been the Chief Executive Officer at Taptica International Ltd (Alternate name-Marimedia Ltd.) since December 2013. Mr. Tal joined Marimedia in 2010. He has been Partner and Manager of IPE since August 2010. He is well-known as one of the most highly-networked Internet leaders. He has invested in, led and developed a number of companies through successful growth, continued investment and the IPO/disposal process and these companies include Kontera, Amadesa, Payoneer, BlueSnap and Spark Networks. He co-founded BlueSnap Inc., (formerly Plimus Inc.) and served as its Chief Executive Officer from March 2008 to August 2012. He served as and Vice-President of Marketing at Spark Networks from January 2002 to April 2005. He served as Vice President of Marketing of Jerusalem Post from 1999 to 2002. He serves as a Director of BlueSnap Inc., and Taptica International Ltd. He is also a Member of The Aspen Global Leadership Network. Mr. Tal received a Masters in Management Information Technology from the University of Sunderland from 1995 to 1996.
Panel II: Tech Panel
Moderator: Shachar Familia
Vice Chairman, Canaccord Genuity
Shachar Familia is a Vice Chairman to Canaccord Genuity with a focus on developing the firm's business in Israel, as well as supporting the aerospace & defense, industrial and clean-tech
Shachar has more than 15 years of corporate finance and transaction experience. He has global experience having worked both in New York and London and a diversified experience advising clients on merger & acquisition, equity and debt transactions in both public and private markets. Prior to joining Canaccord Genuity, Shachar was with UBS Investment Bank for almost 10 years and most recently has led UBS' Aerospace & Defense and Industrial Technology practice in EMEA. Shachar received his MBA degree from the Stern School of Business at NYU and LL.B and BA in Accounting from the Tel-Aviv University
Ronen Assia,
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, eToro
For the past 20 years, Ronen has been successfully merging technology and design together into useful and accessible products, defining interactive experiences across various devices and platforms. Prior to co-founding eToro in 2007, Ronen has designed products ranging from medical devices, household appliances as well as numerous desktop and web applications.
Today Ronen oversees the product and engineering departments for eToro.
Ronen holds a BA in Industrial Design from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem and an MA in Product Design from the Royal College of Art, London.
Mor Assia,
Co-founder, I-Angels
Mor Assia, Founding Partner of iAngels, is an Israeli High Tech insider with over 10 years experience assisting global corporations define new corporate strategies, M&A activities and technological pivots, working on the corporate level of blue chip companies such as SAP, IBM and Amdocs. Mor advised Israel’s global telecommunications billing giant, Amdocs, to choose verticals for diversification in their technology acquisitions and launched offerings such as Billing for Dynamic Pricing, in order to create new growth opportunities. At SAP, Mor analyzed Enterprises On Demand software, enabling SAP’s innovation lab in Israel to pivot into Cloud Services, SaaS models and Value Chain expansion. A Software Engineer herself, she led R&D teams from the US, Israel, India, Russia and China across several, long term technology projects. These projects — and a performance gain of over 80% for one of SAP’s largest sales invoicing systems — earned Mor a position in the Top 5% of Talent at SAP. At IBM’s Global Business Services Division in New York, Mor was part of a team that developed a strategy for allocation of $20B in acquisitions, across new innovation verticals such as Smart Cities and Energy, as well as identifying new cost savings to the organization through an efficient human resource allocation in R&D centers worldwide.
While pursuing her Bachelor’s degree at the Technion, Israel’s elite Technology University, Mor was chosen to be part of an exclusive international delegation in collaboration with the American Technion Society. At the Dean Delegation, Mor helped raise over $70M into fellowship support for PhDs to retain top technology talent in Israel.
Mor’s analytical and leadership skills were formed in the elite “8200” intelligence unit of the Israeli Defense Forces, one of Israel’s prime sources of Technology innovation. Writing code at the age of 16 and a native English speaker, she was chosen from thousands of applicants to work as an analyst on top secret technologies and critical intelligence.
Mor puts this same insight, discipline and influence on your side through iAngels, knowing where to look for new technologies, vetting them for market potential and structuring deal terms and a management team that is poised to deliver the best possible returns. She holds an MBA from Columbia University (New York) and is a Mathematics and Computer Science Graduate from the Technion, Israel’s Institute of Technology (Haifa).
James Clark
Business Development - Tech and Lifesciences, London Stock Exchange
James joined the London Stock Exchange in January 2016 in Business Development with a sector focus on the Technology and Lifescience industries. Though generally UK focused, James integrates with colleagues to bring a sector perspective across Europe and the rest of the world.
Over nearly 20 years, James as developed a broad range of experience in marketing, policy and deep industry knowledge around venture funding and tech startups. In recent years, as a “one man think tank” at the British Venture Capital Association, James published policy research into the role of technology and innovation. His three major research papers Tech Country, The Missing Piece, and VC Evolved, looked at how early stage entrepreneurship interacts with sources of growth funding. Alongside this work, James was a founding member of the Tech City UK Cluster Alliance as well as the founder of TLA Triage, a free advice service for startups under the auspices of Tech London Advocates.
James has an MBA from Cass Business School in London and a BA in Political Science from Macquarie University in Sydney.
Yosi Fait
President & FD, Telit Communications PLC
Yosi Fait currently serves as President & FD and a Member of the Board of Directors at Telit, a global enabler of the Internet of Things (IoT). Mr. Fait is a Certified Public Accountant and has held a number of executive positions with private and public companies. His previous roles with listed companies include CEO of both the Alony Group and H&O. Mr. Fait served as the CFO at Pelephone Communications Ltd, the first cellular operator in Israel. Yosi began his professional career as an accountant with Ernst & Young Israel.
Panel III: Navigating the Global Financial Centre - Investing and Trading in UK and European Securities
Moderator: Brian Schwieger
Co-Head Equity, Funds, and Fixed Income Secondary Markets, London Stock Exchange Group
Brian Schwieger joined the London Stock Exchange Group in August 2013 as the Head of Equity markets for the London Stock Exchange. Reporting into the Capital Markets group, he is responsible for all aspects of the secondary markets business for equities, including Business and Product development and Marketing. As a member of the Equities and Derivatives Management Committee, Brian is also involved with the Exchange’s strategy across Turquoise and Derivatives markets.
Brian joined the LSE from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he was a Managing Director and Head of European Electronic Sales and Consulting at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He joined Merrill Lynch in 2005 as Head of Electronic Salestrading, before moving on to Head of Algorithmic Trading products, which included the introduction of Smart Order Routing in late 2007. In his last assignment, Brian was also responsible for the Research Sales and Salestrading for BAML's smaller and mid sized accounts, making good use of electronic communication, distribution and trading.
Immediately before joining Merrill Lynch, Brian was at Morgan Stanley where he started as a UK trader and market maker, progressing to European portfolio trading and finally sales and marketing for their Algorithmic Trading platform.
Brian's prior experience was in trading in Propane, Butane and oil and gas futures, including the introduction of the first Propane and Butane CFD
contracts in Europe. He has a BSc (Econ) from London School of Economics and a Masters in Finance from London Business School.
Nathanael Dreyfuss,
Managing Partner, Eden Alpha
Mr. Dreyfuss is managing partner and co-founder of Eden Alpha, a global long/short hedge fund. Mr. Dreyfuss has been managing Eden's general partner since 2010.
In addition, Mr. Dreyfuss is serving as board member at the IHFA (Israeli Hedge-Fund Association) where he represents the emerging hedge funds.
Before co-founding Eden, Mr. Dreyfuss served as VP of Business Development at Floresta―a UK based company that develops renewable energy projects in Brazil and Indonesia. Prior to that, Mr Dreyfuss developed engineering products in the semiconductor industry. He led projects and teams located in Europe and Asia.
Mr. Dreyfuss holds an MBA degree Summa Cum Laude and a B.Sc degree in Electrical Engineering, both degrees are from the Technion―Israel's Institute of Technology.
Ori Goldfarb
CEO, Sphera Fund
Ori Goldfarb joined Sphera Funds Management as its CEO in February 2015. Between 2010 and 2014 Mr. Goldfarb was CEO and a Board member of Credit Suisse Israel. Prior to Credit Suisse Israel, Mr. Goldfarb was a Managing Partner at BLSH Value Fund, a long/short systematic hedge fund. Between 1998-2007 Mr. Goldfarb held senior positions with Merrill Lynch Private Banking, initially as a Relationship Manager in New York, covering international markets and, starting in 2002, as Head of Private Banking at Merrill Lynch Israel in Tel Aviv. Mr. Goldfarb holds an MBA in Finance and Investments from The City University of New York and an LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws) from Israel's College of Management
Aaron Leitner,
Deputy CEO/ Partner, Tandem Capital
Aaron started his career on Wall Street, in 1986, as a Financial Consultant with Shearson Lehman Brothers and later became a Portfolio Manager with Prudential Securities until his return to Israel in 1995. From 1995, Aaron was Global Portfolio Manager for Bank Hapoalim's Provident Funds Group asset management firm; Gmulot. Aaron also served as a consultant for Bank Hapoalim's strategic committee for the establishment of its private banking division. He subsequently joined Robertson Stephens Evergreen as Head of Institutional Sales & Service. He later joined Lehman Brothers' launch of its Israel Investment Management Services working with Institutional, Private Banking, Corporate and VC clients. Prior to joining Tandem Capital, Aaron was Executive VP with Financial Guardian; Israel's first multi-family office. Aaron joined Tandem Capital in March, 2005.Aaron holds a Bachelor of Arts from Rutgers University. He was Series 7, 63, 65 & FSA licensed in the United States and U.K. Aaron is a licensed Investment Portfolio Manager with the Israel Securities Authority.
Sonia Maalainine,
Sales Trader Quantitative Electronic & Portfolio Trading, Société Générale
Sonia joined Societe Generale London in 2009 on the electronic, algorithmic and PT cash equity desk as a sales trader. After covering mainly London based clients she moved to Societe Generale in Paris in the same team with a new client coverage (in particular Switzerland, Germany and Israel). Following the merger of Newedge with Societe Generale in 2014, Sonia’s role has been extended to listed derivatives execution (DMA and algo focus). Sonia holds a Master’s degree in financial mathematics.
Roni Yunesian,
Head of Research Desk, International Securities Trading, Leumi Bank
Roni Yunesian is currently Head of International Markets Research Desk at Bank Leumi. He covers Israeli institutional clients such as pension funds, provident funds and mutual funds, providing them with Equity and Fixed Income investment ideas and research. Mr. Yunesian has been managing the desk since 2011. Before establishing the desk, Mr. Yunesian served as an international markets analyst at Leumi. Between 2000-2008 Mr. Yunesian worked at Bank Hapoalim where he served Initially as Private Banking Investment advisor, a Structured Products Manager and starting 2007 as a Ultra High Net worth Investment advisor, international markets. Mr. Yunesian holds a B.A of Economics from Ben Gurion University and M.B.A from Bar Ilan University
LSEG Derivatives
Anastasia Kutsepalova,
Head of International Business, Capital Markets, LSEG
Anastasia Kutsepalova is Head of International Business for Capital Markets at London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG). She oversees the International Order Book, international derivatives business for London Stock Exchange Derivatives Market and leads a number of strategic international sales initiatives. Ms Kutsepalova engages with key buy side participants, hedge funds, propriety trading firms, brokers and banking institutions across the CIS region, Russia, Greater China region and Israel. Prior to LSEG, Ms Kutsepalova was a Sales Director at Otkritie New York where she was responsible for the development of all global electronic services in the US. She spent over five years with Otkritie Financial Group, focussed on building its international electronic trading platform. Prior to Otkritie she worked at ODL Securities and CME Group. Ms Kutsepalova received her Masters in Finance from Cass Business School.
Richard Walker,
Head of Business Development, Curve Global
Richard is responsible for Business Development and Marketing at CurveGlobal. In addition to growing CurevGlobal’s footprint within the Dealer, Market Maker, Bank, Hedge Fund, CTA, Insurance and Asset Management Community, he is tasked with identifying the core market requirements from these firms as they seek to evolve their businesses in response to competitive pressure, regulatory change and other market forces.
Richard has spent 25 years in financial markets in a variety of sales, business development and marketing roles. Most recently he led client clearing sales at LCH; in his five year tenure he saw SwapClear grow its client clearing business fifteen-hundredfold, from $240Bn at the end 2011 to $360Trn in the summer of 2016. Richard arrived from Nomura where, among other responsibilities, he launched and ran Nomura’s managed account platform. Richard spent nine years in San Francisco working in a sales and marketing capacity for several FinTech firms; including Infinity Financial Technology (acquired by SunGard in 1998), Calypso and most recently Traiana. Richard began his career in Capital Markets at Swiss Bank in London.
Richard holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and a B.Sc (Eng) in Aerospace Systems Engineering
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