Nordic Trading Conference 2026

Speakers

Athina Trika

CFA, Equity Execution Sales, Kepler Cheuvreux

Athina is a senior financial markets professional with 15 years of experience in institutional sales, market structure, and trade execution. She currently works in Execution Sales at KCx. She previously, held roles at the London Stock Exchange Group, where she developed deep expertise in market infrastructure, liquidity, and execution. Athina holds a Master’s degree from London Business School and is a CFA Charterholder.

KCx is the No1 independent European equity broker and was voted 2024 Best Electronic Equities Trading winner by Market Choice Awards.

Björn Hagströmer

Professor of Finance, Stockholm University

Björn Hagströmer is a Professor in the Finance section at Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University, and a Visiting Research Economist at Sveriges Riksbank (the Swedish central bank). He received his PhD in 2010 from Aston University, Birmingham, UK. Björn’s research interest is centered on financial market structure, with applications to asset pricing, financial econometrics, and liquidity measurement. His work has been published in journals such as Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, and Journal of Financial Economics.

Bo Bjurgert

Co-founder & COO, ETPLink

Bo Bjurgert has more than 20 years’ trading experience at banks, hedge funds and proprietary trading firms. Bo began his trading career at JPMorgan in 2001 before joining Merrill Lynch in 2006. He has spent the past 15 years in the proprietary trading space, initially at Virtu Financial, and most recently leading the Business Development team at Jump Trading based in London.

In 2022 he co-founded ETPLink, a financial markets infrastructure provider, active in the ETF and tokenisation space.

Bo graduated from the Stockholm School of Economics with an MSc in Economics and Business Administration.

Carl-Henrik Söderberg

Savings Expert, Nordnet

Carl-Henrik Söderberg is a seasoned savings expert currently at Nordnet, where he provides insights and guidance on personal finance and investment strategies. With a strong background in financial markets, he previously held roles as Market Strategist at Ålandsbanken, Market Analyst at IG, and Head of Analysis at Aktiespararna, the Swedish Shareholders’ Association. Carl-Henrik brings deep expertise across macroeconomics, the stock market, and fund investing, making him a trusted voice in helping individuals navigate and optimize their financial decisions.

Daniel Kristiansson

Stewardship and Corporate Governance Specialist, Alecta

Daniel joined Alecta in 2023 as a specialist in governance and stewardship. He is leading Alecta’s work on governance, nomination committees and voting policy. Alecta is a mutual occupational pension fund, and among the largest pension funds in Northern Europe. The larger part of assets is managed in-house in an active and fundamental approach, with equity investments in Europe and the US. In line with Swedish governance tradition, Alecta as a large shareholder participates in the Nomination Committee of about 20 Large Cap companies in Sweden.

Elin Wiker

Market Strategist, Avanza Bank

Market Strategist at Avanza with a background in financial journalism and equity analysis. Elin spent several years as a host at EFN Ekonomikanalen and as an analyst at Humle Fonder.Today, she focuses on market insights and communication for the Swedish investment community. And she is a true Gen Z.

Elizabeth Brooks Callaghan

Senior Advisor, Propellant Digital

Elizabeth Brooks Callaghan is a senior fixed-income market structure specialist with over two decades of experience across regulation, transparency, and trading innovation in the UK and European markets. She is currently a Senior Advisor at Propellant Digital, supporting strategic growth and senior stakeholder engagement around evolving UK and EU transparency regimes. Elizabeth previously served as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at Etrading Software, where she was involved in consolidated tape initiatives in both the UK and EU. Prior to that, she spent over seven years at International Capital Market Association (ICMA) as a Senior Director, leading advocacy on MiFID II/MiFIR fixed-income transparency, helping design secondary bond market structure, and influencing industry best practice across the fixed-income trading ecosystem. A recognised industry voice on bond market transparency and data standards, Elizabeth has worked extensively with buy-side firms, sell-side institutions, trading venues, and regulators on initiatives designed to improve market efficiency and transparency. She is also a founding member of the FIX Committee (FIX Protocol Ltd).

Emelie Moritz

Independent Digital Assets Executive

Erik Einerth

Senior Expert of Capital and Derivatives Markets, SSMA

With over 35 years of financial market experience, Erik currently holds the position of Senior Expert of Capital and Derivatives Markets at SSMA. This role follows Erik’s work as Senior Business Development Manager and Regulatory Affairs Officer at Swedbank.

Erik has also had 20 years of trading experience as a derivatives market maker and equity trader. This involved working as Global Head of Equity Trading at SEB Enskilda and taking on the role of Head of Trading at Carnegie.

Erik Golrang

Head of Equities, SEB

Currently Head of Equities at SEB. Background as Head of Equity Research SEB and Head of Equity Research Nordea.

Felix von Bahr

Nordic Co-Chair, FIX Trading Community
Head of Nordic Sales, European Equities and Derivatives, Nasdaq

In his role as head of Nordic sales for equities and equity derivatives Felix is working closely with the key stakeholders of the Nordic trading community to understand their needs and develop the Nordic equity markets. Felix has spent the last 10 years at Nasdaq, prior to that he served as a manager for active retail clients at Avanza Bank and Nordnet Bank.

Florian Stasch

Executive Board Member & Director of Sales & Business Development, RULEMATCH AG

Florian Stasch is an Executive Board Member at RULEMATCH, a financial market infrastructure provider in trading, clearing, and settlement of digital assets, based in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. RULEMATCH was built to meet the highest standards of banks, securities firms and their institutional clients. Florian brings over 25 years of capital markets experience, having held roles at BNP Paribas, The Royal Bank of Scotland, and ABN Amro before transitioning into digital asset market infrastructure in 2022. At RULEMATCH, Florian is responsible for business strategy at the intersection of institutional trading infrastructure, crypto markets, and tokenized securities.

Hanno Klein

Technical Director, FIX Trading Community

Hanno Klein works as an independent consultant specialised in the standardisation of electronic interfaces and is the founder of FIXdom – “The Wisdom of FIX” in Germany (April 2019).

He is co-chair of the FIX Global Technical Committee (GTC) for the EMEA region since July 2010 and a member of the FIX Global Steering Committee (GSC).

His primary objective is to enable and promote the harmonised usage of FIX by the financial community, especially by exchanges, clearinghouses and other marketplaces. An increased adoption of FIX by this group of users requires a focus on performance together with true standardisation.

Hayley McDowell

Head of European Market Structure, RBC Capital Markets

Hayley is Head of European Market Structure at RBC Capital Markets. She joined the firm in 2021 after almost seven years working as a Senior Journalist and then Editor of London-based buy-side trading publication, The TRADE. Hayley’s focus at RBC is to provide timely insights on key market structure and regulatory developments to clients and colleagues, working alongside the product and quant teams and leveraging market structure trends to strengthen RBC’s low-touch trading offering. Hayley is also a member of several industry working groups at key trade associations, including AFME, ICMA and FIX Trading Community.

Helena Wedin

Head of ETF/ETP Europe, Nasdaq

Helena Wedin is Head of ETF/ETP Europe at Nasdaq, based in Stockholm, with more than 30 years of experience across financial markets, trading technology, and exchange operations. She has held leadership roles spanning exchange‑traded products, market design, trading and post‑trade infrastructure, and market‑technology advisory. As part of her current role, she focuses on the evolution of digital asset markets, including crypto ETPs, tokenization of financial instruments, and the integration of DLT‑based models into regulated exchange environments. Her experience includes defining market structure models, trading functionalities, and scalable business frameworks, as well as working closely with issuers, trading firms, and key market infrastructure providers.

Henrik Falk

Head of Trading, Swedbank

Henrik Falk, Head of Trading at Swedbank, overseeing risk taking in Credits, Rates, FX and Equity derivatives. Prior to this role he was responsible for the Rates trading business. Henrik has more than 10 years of experience in various trading and capital market roles at Swedbank, Morgan Stanley and Pareto Securities.

Henrik Husman

President, Nasdaq HelsinkiVP, Head of European Cash Equities, Nasdaq Inc.

Henrik Husman has served as President of Nasdaq Helsinki since 2016 and as Vice President of Cash Equities at Nasdaq European Markets since 2008. He previously served as Deputy CEO of Nasdaq Helsinki from 2008 to 2016. Prior to that, he held several executive positions at Nasdaq and its predecessors in Finland, having originally joined the Helsinki Stock Exchange in 1997.

Husman is a member of the ESMA Secondary Markets Standing Committee Consultative Working Group, Chairman of the Listing Committee of Nasdaq Helsinki, and Vice Chairman of the Board of the Securities Markets Association in Finland.

Ignatius John

Co-Chair Post-Trade Committee, FIX Trading CommunityVP, Product Management, Broadridge

Ignatius John, considered by many to be an IT visionary, is recognized as a pioneer in the use of the FIX Protocol for post-trade. As Global Trading Strategist at asset manager AXA Rosenberg, Ignatius implemented a complete post-trade solution in 2008 using the FIX Protocol. This accomplishment was highlighted in a leading industry journal on Trading, and was a precursor to the industry’s adoption of FIX for post-trade.

In various roles at AXA Rosenberg over two decades, Ignatius managed business strategy, product and technology development. He also worked for State Street Capital Markets on real-time trading technology. Ignatius has a proven track record of implementing functional improvements to the investment process, from pre- to post-trade in the US, Asia, and Europe, to increase workflow efficiency, mitigate risk and enhance portfolio returns.

James Baugh

Managing Director, Head of European Market Structure, TD Securities

James joined TD Execution Services in 2021 as Head of European Market Structure and has been instrumental in helping to develop its liquidity strategy. Prior to this, he spent five years at Citi as European Head of Market Structure and 11 years at London Stock Exchange, where as Head of Equity Sales he was directly responsible for initiatives like Turquoise Plato Block Discovery.

As a graduate of Newcastle University, Baugh began his career as a commodity analyst before spending the next six years at Dow Jones in a variety of roles including the management of their European Power Index business.

Jim Kaye

Executive Director, FIX Trading Community

Jim has worked in the financial industry for 25 years, mostly in equities electronic trading, market structure and regulatory implementation. He has been involved in FIX in various capacities over most of this period, having served as GSC co-chair for eight years, a director for five and as co-chair of various working groups.

Jimmy Kvarnström

Executive Director of Markets, Finansinspektionen

Jimmy Kvarnström is Executive Director of Markets at Finansinspektionen, Sweden’s financial supervisory authority.

In his role, he leads the supervision and regulatory development of Sweden’s capital and securities markets. This includes oversight of securities firms, fund management companies and financial market infrastructures for trading, clearing and settlement, as well as market conduct, transparency and consumer protection. Jimmy Kvarnström has extensive experience from senior leadership roles across the financial market ecosystem.

His background includes market infrastructure, financial institutions and regulatory functions, with a particular focus on securities markets, market integrity, governance and regulatory development.

Josefin Nilsson

CEO and Co-founder, Inovi AB

MSc Student in Finance and Economics at Karlstad University. CEO and Co-founder of Inovi AB, an AI-driven equity analysis platform providing market analysis through financial data and news flow integration. Experience roles as a Macro Analyst at Karlstad Finance Group, Vice Chair of Unga Aktiesparare (Young investors) Värmland, and Mortgage Specialist at SBAB.

Lars Barnekow

Managing Director, Head of FI Sales Sweden, Nordea

Magnus Lilja

Head of Private Banking, Avanza

30 years of experience from financial markets covering Equities, FX, Fixed Income, Credits, Distressed Debt, and Emerging Markets. Magnus serves as Head of Avanza Private Banking with +40 000 clients and AUM of EUR 45 bln. Prior to Avanza he held several senior leadership positions with SEB Markets globally.

Markus Mild

AVP, Government Relations, Nasdaq

Markus Mild is an AVP in Government Relations, bringing over 15 years of industry experience across derivatives and cash trading, as well as risk management. Prior to his current role, Markus spent ten years at Nasdaq within Regulatory Policy and Compliance, contributing to market structure and regulatory initiatives. He also served at Finansinspektionen (the Swedish FSA) as a Senior Market Analyst in the Markets Analysis Department, where he represented Sweden in ESMA Standing Committees. His combined regulatory and market background provides a strong foundation for navigating policy development and financial market oversight.

Mathias Westman

Portfolio Manager - Fixed Income, Swedbank Robur

Mathias Westman is a Portfolio Manager within Fixed Income at Swedbank Robur, where he manages SEK 115 billion across funds and mandates - spanning Scandinavian Rates and European & Scandinavian High Yield. Prior to stepping into his portfolio management role, Mathias headed High Yield trading at Swedbank Robur. Before joining Robur, he built seven years of experience in Fixed Income Sales & Trading, covering both the European and Scandinavian markets. Swedbank Robur is Sweden's largest asset manager, with over SEK 2,500 billion under management across more than 100 funds and discretionary mandates, investing across global markets and asset classes.

Matthew Coupe

Co-Chair EMEA Regional Committee, FIX Trading CommunityHead of Fixed Income Sales and Product EMEA, Susquehanna

Matthew Coupe is head of Fixed Income sales and product EMEA for Susquehanna, he was formally global head of cross asset market structure, based in London. He advises on the future market structure, forms the advocacy position of the markets division on areas of market structure, and engages with politicians, trade associations, regulatory bodies Sell side, Buy side, Trading Venues and Vendors. Further to this he develops explanatory and thought leadership pieces around Market Structure.

He has previously sat on the FCA’s Secondary Markets Advisory Committee, the CFTC’s Global Market Structure sub-committee, the FMSB’s board and currently co-chairs the FIX Trading Community for the EMEA region. A regulatory and trading specialist across multiple asset classes, particularly when looking market micro structure evolution across all asset classes, and the evolution of the trading ecosystem.

Moa Lidman

Strategy & Transformation Specialist, SwedbankVice Chair, Unga Aktiesparare (Young Investors)

Moa Lidman is a Strategy & Transformation specialist at Swedbank, working in the intersection of technology, customer behaviour and financial innovation. Passionate about empowering the next generation of investors, she also serves as Vice Chair of Unga Aktiesparare (Young investors), the largest youth investment organisation in the Nordics.

Øivind Amundsen

CEO, Euronext Oslo Børs & Member of the Managing Board Euronext

Øivind Amundsen has more than 23 years of professional experience at Oslo Børs. In 2020, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Euronext Oslo Børs and Member of the Managing Board of the Euronext Group. Prior to this appointment, he served as Executive Vice President responsible for Primary Markets and Legal Affairs.

Amundsen’s previous experience includes serving as Partner at the law firm Selmer, where he specialized in public equity capital market transactions. He has also been Executive Vice President for Corporate Affairs at KLP.

Amundsen holds a Master of Law (Cand.jur.) degree from the University of Bergen, and he is an Authorized Financial Analyst from the Norwegian School of Economics. He also holds a higher officer degree from the Royal Norwegian Naval Academy, and he has served as a naval officer on various vessels within the Royal Norwegian Navy.

Per Haldén

Portfolio Manager – Head of Multi-Asset Portfolios, Ruth Asset Management

Per Haldén is a senior PM and Head of Multi-Asset portfolios at Ruth Asset Management. He is responsible for portfolio strategy as well as the internal and external management of the company’s Multi-Asset funds. Before joining Ruth AM, Per held positions at Max Matthiessen Värdepapper and Skandia Liv Kapitalförvaltning. He holds an MSc in Economics from Uppsala University and is a CFA charterholder.

Peter Arvidsson

Co-founder & COO, Virtune

Peter Arvidsson is the co-founder and COO of Virtune, a regulated Swedish digital asset manager and one of Europe’s fastest-growing issuers of crypto ETNs, with approximately USD 300 million in assets under management. Since the company's inception in 2022, Virtune has earned the trust of more than 160,000 investors and currently have 23 physically backed crypto ETNs listed on European regulated markets (Warsaw Stock Exchange, Nasdaq Stockholm, Nasdaq Helsinki, Deutsche Boerse Xetra, Euronext Paris, Euronext Amsterdam).

Peter Johansson

Co-Head of Equities Nordics, Senior Vice President, Jefferies

Experienced Managing Director and thought leader within Equities Execution with a demonstrated history of working in the capital markets industry. Strong relationships within Equities related clients. Leading and demonstrating focus on efficiencies and automation. Finance professional skilled in Cash Execution, Sales Trading, Direct Market Access, Program Trading, Options, and Securities. In-depth OMS/EMS knowledge. Sales and marketing expertise throughout equities products and services.

Sajana Karunagaran

Product Manager, Aquis Exchange PLC

Sajana is a Market Analyst in the Aquis Exchange product and project management team. She is a Business, Finance & Management graduate from the University of East Anglia, and joined Aquis Exchange PLC in 2020. Sajana is currently preparing for the CISI Introduction to Securities and Investment exam.

Sami Kinnala

Head of Trading, Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Company

Sami Kinnala is Head of Trading at Elo, a Finnish pension investor, responsible for trade execution across asset classes. With a background spanning both technology and finance, he brings a systems‑oriented approach to trading operations and infrastructure.

Having started his career in IT, Sami focuses on pragmatic development of trading processes and technology, with an emphasis on reliability, efficiency, and long‑term sustainability. At Elo, he works to improve execution quality while gradually modernising the trading setup to meet evolving market requirements.

Wictor Comstedt

Nordic Co-Chair, FIX Trading CommunityChief of Sales, ETP and SI solutions, Nordea

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