About Jannah Patchay

I specialise in financial markets innovation, and in helping firms to define, develop and execute their commercial strategies in a highly regulated environment. My passion lies in building the capital markets of the future, harnessing emerging technology to create new and innovative financial services and products that can promote wider social benefit and greater access to financial services. My interest also lies in market structure - the participants in financial markets, how they interact, and the consequences of the ways in which they interact - and for finding creative solutions to the challenges around access to markets and liquidity. This encompasses both traditional financial markets and asset classes, and the emerging field of digital asset market structure and regulation. Across two decades' experience in the Financial Services sector, I have provided advisory, consulting and delivery services to a wide cross-section of market participants including exchanges, tier-1 investment banks, brokers, funds and start-up businesses. This includes a range of engagements for clients, including assisting in the launch of new trading venues, businesses, products and services, interpreting and implementing new regulations, and advising on regulatory, business and operational strategy. My regulatory subject matter expertise lies in financial market structures and applicable regulations, such as Dodd-Frank, EMIR and MiFID / MiFIR, with a particular emphasis on cross-border and extraterritorial issues (yes, that includes Brexit). I am a member of the Steering Committee of Global Blockchain Convergence, working with the SteerCo to drive the regulatory agenda and leading regulatory consultation responses and advocacy with respect to CBDC, stablecoins, digital assets and decentralised finance. As a member of the Whitechapel Think Tank's Future of Payments WG (with representatives from industry, government and academia, and supported by Innovate Finance and the City of London Corporation) I am also involved in developing policy recommendations and advocacy around digital money and its potential for advancing financial inclusion and payments innovation. And finally, I write on financial innovation topics for Best Execution magazine and other outlets. Read some of my articles and observations on digital assets and markets here - https://www.bestexecution.net/category/bestex-topics/crypto-assets/ And an archive of my opinions on regulatory and market structure topics can be found at https://www.bestexecution.net/tag/jannah-patchay/