Alan is responsible for developing the global cross asset FIX connectivity value proposition for HSBC. His team provide development and maintenance of the FIX environment and Customer on-boarding including Customer Support services, enabling them to trade Equities, Futures or FX online across the FIX gateways in the US, Europe and Asia.

Alan spent 20 years in Information Technology in the Markets arena, before transferring into the Business area in 2007. Prior to joining HSBC in 2005, Alan was the Chief Technology Officer of E-Crossnet. His experience includes creating an online multi-broker trading environment that enabled straight through processing for Customers orders / executions and FIX enabling the Buy-side Equities Matching environment for E-Crossnet.

Regional Responsibilities = Global (London, US and HK)

Ronald Gould is Chief Executive Officer, Asia-Pacific, Chi-X Global. Before joining Chi-X, he served as Senior Advisor at the United Kingdom’s Financial Services Authority and Managing Partner of the Watch House Alliance, a financial services consultancy. He is also the former Chief Executive Officer and founder of ABG Sundal Collier ASA (“ABGSC”), a listed specialist investment bank. Prior to ABGSC, Ron was Senior Executive Vice President and Managing Director of AXA Investment Managers. He was previously Vice Chairman of Barclays Bank Global asset management business. Earlier, he founded one of the first international investment groups in the US, one of the first foreign owned trust banks in Japan, as well as successful investment management companies in Asia, Japan, the UK and continental Europe.

Mr. Edward Mangles is the founder and Publisher of FIXGlobal, the official publication of the FIX Protocol. He has a long history within the financial technology sector and has worked closely with FPL for a number of years. He has supported the organisation’s Asia Pacific committee for the past 8 years, playing a key role in promoting FIX adoption across the region. He has also worked for leading financial publishing and marketing firms in both London and Hong Kong. In March 09 Mr. Edward Mangles was appointed FPL Asia Pacific Regional Director.

Gordon has a wide experience of the financial industry. He started his career as an investment consultant before gaining further experience in corporate finance, conventional fund management, equity portfolio trading and transition management, derivative and quantitative research and proprietary quantitative trading with an investment bank and a hedge fund. He has worked for Bacon & Woodrow (he was a share partner), Goldman Sachs, SG Warburg, UBS, Commerzbank, WMG and now HSBC.

Gordon holds a degree in mathematics from Cambridge University, is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and a long-standing member of the FTSE Europe/Middle East/Africa Regional Committee. He has also in the past been an examiner for the Institute of Actuaries in Finance & Investment and the Advanced Certificate in Derivatives. He is a member of the professions Disciplinary Pool and sits on the Environmental research group. He is also co-chairman of The Actuarial Profession’s Climate Change and Energy Task Force.

Hongjie manages the Electronic Trading business for UBS Securities in China, which is part of the UBS Direct Execution Services including DMA and Algorithmic trading etc.

Hongjie has many years of Trading and IT experience and he holds a Bachelor degree in Physics as well as a Master degree in Computer Science.

Matt is responsible for trading Australian equities, as well as managing six other equity traders on the Asia-ex Japan desk, based in Hong Kong.

Prior to joining Fidelity eight years ago, Matt spent five years at Citi in Melbourne, first on the sell side, then joining the buy side as an equity dealer.

Brook Teeter is a Director and Head of Client Trading & Execution Sales for the Asia Pacific Region at Credit Suisse. Brook has been with Credit Suisse for 5 years and is based in Hong Kong. He has been in the financial services industry for over 14 years. Prior to joining Credit Suisse he was the Head of Institutional Sales at E*Trade Financial in Hong Kong and Singapore. Brook has also worked for Javelin Technologies in Hong Kong and San Francisco as the Head of Electronic Sales for Asia and led US sales teams for Gordon, Haskett and Co., a boutique brokerage and Financial Software company in New York and San Diego.

Brook has been an active member of the US and Asia Pacific FPL (FIX Protocol Limited) Steering Committee since 2000 and is active in promoting the protocol throughout the region in his current role of Co-Chair Global Membership Committee. He has previously held the position of Co-Chair of the Asian Education and Marketing Committee and has written and spoken extensively on the subject of FIX and Electronic Trading, regularly attending conferences and meeting with varying exchanges and regulatory bodies across Asia.

Mr. Teeter holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and advanced degrees in Finance and Marketing from the University of Delaware.

Michael Wang is Head of Dealing in China Int'l Fund Management Co., which was jointly established in 2004 by Shanghai Int'l Trust & Investment Co. and JP Morgan Asset Management. Before he joined CIFM in Mar 2008, Michael has worked for JP Morgan Asset Management Taiwan as Head Dealer. He has very good experience to help a local desk to cope with increasing global trading needs.

Jane Yuan is Head of QFII Trading at Haitong Securities. Her team provides trade execution and sales trading service for over ten QFIIs and scores of international institutions. She joined Haitong’s QFII team in 2003 as one of the earliest QFII sales traders in China. Prior to this, Jane was a bond trader for 2 years.