Tina is Head of Legal Services at ISLA, where she oversees all aspects of our legal documentation and opinions work for the benefit of ISLA members. This includes the management of our various legal working groups and streams to determine new and ongoing priorities and initiatives, as well as the relationships with external counsel and our netting opinions provider, aosphere.

Tina is also ISLA’s lead for ISLA Connects. ISLA Connects was launched by ISLA in 2024, with the aim of providing a forum for ISLA member firm representatives employed in the securities financing industry to connect, and enable ISLA to reach market participants who may not have the opportunity to interact with us via ISLA working groups or attend our annual conferences or other regional events.

Tina is a securities lending professional, having spent 11 years at Deutsche Bank in a senior Sales and Marketing role in the Equity financing team. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Tina worked in a sales and relationship management role supporting the securities lending trading desk at Morgan Stanley.

Zoë Balkwell is Global Head of Pre-Trade and Trading Solutions at Pirum. She spearheads the development and adoption of Pirum’s pre-trade connectivity solutions, including Pirum TradeConnect, which provides bilateral multi-asset and global trading capabilities. Zoë joined Pirum from JPMorgan Chase & Co., where she served as Head of Flow Trading for EMEA, leading the global bank’s agency securities finance trading desk for equity and fixed income. Her previous positions include senior securities finance roles at State Street, EquiLend, and Merrill Lynch, having started her career as a Securities Finance Software Engineer at Goldman Sachs. Zoë is a Physics and Business graduate from University of Warwick and has a passion for data, automation and innovation.

Chris is Managing Director and Co-Head of Securities Finance within Market Services at RBC Investor Services. His responsibilities include leading the global securities finance business, focusing on trading distribution and product strategy, overseeing the team in both Europe and Asia. Chris joined the securities lending desk at RBC IS in 2008 and has 20+ years of industry experience. Prior to RBC IS, Chris previously held roles within both SBL Trade Support and Settlement teams at UBS AG. He holds a Bachelor of Arts with honours in Politics from the University of Essex.

Rob Frost is Global Head of Business Solutions at Pirum, where he has spent over 17 years driving product innovation and development across the securities finance ecosystem. Prior to joining Pirum in 2008, Rob was an industry practitioner at Goldman Sachs and HSBC. Rob has been part of the leadership team at Pirum, driving the evolution from post-trade services to a comprehensive pre- and post-trade solution covering securities lending, repo, and collateral management.

Tony joined ISLA in September 2023 as a Regulatory & Markets Consultant, and in April 2024 Tony accepted a permanent position at ISLA as Director of Market Practice.

Based in London, and working closely with a cross-section of industry stakeholders, Tony is focused on supporting the continuous alignment and further development of ISLA Best Practices. This considers, amongst other things, aspects such as legal frameworks and constructs, digital and technology, market operating models, peer associations’ standards, as well as regulatory impacts (including T+1).

Tony brings with him over 30 years of financial markets experience working in senior operational roles across the buy and sell side. Prior to joining ISLA, Tony was most recently the SFTR SME at MUFG Securities EMEA Plc.

Emma Johnson is an experienced post-trade professional now working at The ValueExchange, where she heads up Industry Advocacy and Insight. Over her 25+ years in securities post-trade she has held senior positions within product and operational teams at leading financial institutions including JP Morgan as European Head of Custody Industry and Regulatory Developments, and Deutsche Bank as European Head of Market Advocacy for their Securities Services business. A leading figure in securities post trade, in recent years, Emma’s remit has focused on market and regulatory advocacy, market infrastructure, and industry developments. Emma has held senior industry positions including co-chairing the ECB AMI-SeCo Securities Group (SEG), AFME Transaction Clearing and Settlements Committee, the AFME Market Settlement Efficiency Taskforce and vice-chair of the AGC European Focus Committee. Emma now co-leads the EU T+1 Industry Committee’s Settlement Technical Workstream and SSI Taskforce and, having previously co-led the UK Accelerated Settlement Taskforce’s Lessons Learned from the US now co-leads the Risk & Compliance workstream.

As the Managing Director and Head of Market Services Solutions at RBC Investor Services Kyle oversees lender management and sales for the RBCIS Securities Finance program and leads a cross-product technical sales and relationship management team also covering foreign exchange and cash management solutions. Kyle joined RBCIS in 2010 and previously worked for RBC Financial Caribbean. Over the past 16 years Kyle has held various positions in operations, risk & investment analytics and deal management. Based in Toronto, Kyle works closely with beneficial owners and internal partners in the provision of securities financing products and market driven solutions to the Bank’s clients. Kyle is also a board member at the Canadian Securities Lending Association (CASLA) and is the Chair of the International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Steering Group. He holds a Bachelor of Administrative Studies with Honours in Finance from York University.

Alex is EMEA SBL Desk Head at UBS and has been with UBS for 22 years, covering numerous capacities including time in New York overseeing international supply in the region.