Jason Waight, Head of Regulatory Affairs and Business Management, MarketAxess
Jason Waight is the Head of Regulatory Affairs at MarketAxess and is a member of the management team for Europe and Asia. Mr. Waight is responsible for analysing the impact of regulatory changes on the firm’s credit trading, post-trade and market data businesses. Furthermore, he is also responsible for identifying and pursuing opportunities created by regulatory change and for overseeing the program of work to ensure MIFID II compliance. Previously, Mr. Waight was the COO and Deputy CEO of Trax, helping oversee the integration of the business within MarketAxess Europe before becoming the Head of European Operations at MarketAxess in 2014. Prior to this, Mr. Waight was with Euroclear from 2003 until 2010, where he eventually became Head of Product Management. From 1997 until 2003, Mr. Waight was at CRESTCo until its acquisition by Euroclear. Mr. Waight graduated from the University College London with a degree in Law and was also awarded a Securities Institute Diploma from the Securities Institute (now Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment).