Paul P. Andrews

Secretary General
International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)

Paul joined IOSCO in March 2016 after 18 years at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in Washington DC. He was reappointed to a second term in March 2019. From 2003 to March 2016, Paul served as Vice President and Managing Director, International Affairs, at FINRA, the largest independent regulator for all US securities firms. In this capacity he directed FINRA's international engagements and worked closely with key regulators and regulatory bodies worldwide, including IOSCO.
Prior to joining FINRA, Paul spent eight years at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where he worked in the Division of Market Regulation and the Office of the General Counsel. Prior to the SEC, Paul spent four years in private legal practice in Washington, DC. He is a graduate of the Catholic University School of Law in Washington DC and of Villanova University in Pennsylvania.

Nandini Sukumar

Chief Executive Officer

Nandini Sukumar is the Chief Executive Officer of the World Federation of Exchanges, the global association for exchanges and CCPs. The WFE represents more than 250 exchanges and clearing houses globally, educating stakeholders on the vital role played by market infrastructures in the real economy and as a standard setter, finding the consensus on issues among the global membership. WFE exchanges are home to nearly 53,000 listed companies, and the market capitalisation of these entities is over $93 trillion; around $88 trillion (EOB) in trading annually passes through the infrastructures that the WFE members operate (at end 2019). WFE’s 57 member CCPs collectively ensure that risk takers post some $1 trillion (equivalent) of resources to back their positions, in the form of initial margin and default fund requirements
Ms. Sukumar, who became CEO of the WFE in March 2015, is Vice Chair of IOSCO’s Affiliate Members Consultative Committee.

Fianna Jurdant

Senior Advisor

Amer Bisat, PhD.

Managing Director

Amer Bisat, PhD., Managing Director, is Head of Sovereign and Emerging Markets Alpha within BlackRock's Global Fixed Income and a member of the Fundamental-GFI Executive team. In this role, he manages EM and sovereign allocations in a number of flagship products including BlackRock's Strategic Investment Opportunities and Strategic Global Bonds Funds.
Mr. Bisat's service with the firm dates back to 2013. Prior to BlackRock, he was a partner in two macro hedge funds (Traxis and Rubicon), and held portfolio management responsibilities at UBS and Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Between 1991 and 1998, he was a senior economist at the International Monetary Fund where he helped negotiate high profile programs with Russia, Ukraine, and Egypt. Mr. Bisat has taught graduate level economics courses at Columbia University. He co-authored a book on globalization and academic and policy papers on growth and financial sector development issues. He is a trustee of a number of Middle Eastern cultural and art institutions and a member of the Council of Foreign Relations.

Karim Chedid

Investment Strategist for ETFs and Index Investments

Jalil Tarif (Moderator)

Secretary General

Stephen Fisher (Moderator)

Managing Director

Stephen Fisher, Managing Director, is a member of BlackRock's Global Public Policy Group and Global Public Policy Steering Committee. Stephen focuses on global and European regulatory policy issues impacting end-investors. He represents BlackRock on the ICI's Atlantic Council, ICMA's Asset Management and Investors Council and holds a number of industry advisory roles.
Prior to joining BlackRock in November 2010, Stephen established the Dutch Banking Association's Brussels office and was an Advisor on financial markets policy at the European Banking Federation. Before Brussels, Stephen worked in London at the Financial Services Authority and HM Treasury in a range of supervisory and regulatory policy roles.