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Emmanuelle Pecenicic is Head of Digital Assets Distribution at Fidelity International, based in Hong Kong, a role in which she has led global distribution for digital assets since 2023, including the commercialisation of the firm's Bitcoin spot strategy and its tokenised fund capabilities. Pecenicic joined Fidelity International in 2021 as Head of Digital Propositions and Partnerships Asia ex Japan. She previously spent more than a decade at BNP Paribas Asset Management, which she joined in 2011 as an Investment Specialist in European Equities in Paris before moving to Hong Kong in 2012 to cover China RMB capabilities and Indonesian equities. From 2017 she designed and led BNP Paribas Asset Management's Augmented Investments Programme, focused on AI and blockchain adoption, and later led its global digital strategy. Pecenicic holds an MSc in Financial Management and a Diplôme des Grandes Écoles in Financial Analysis from EDHEC Business School, and sits on the board of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong.

Etienne Bernard is Deputy Global Head of International Trade & Transaction Banking at Crédit Agricole CIB, the title under which he announced the bank's partnership with Ant International in November 2025. He joined Crédit Agricole CIB on 8 June 2015 as Global Head of Transaction Banking. He previously held management positions at RBS, most recently heading Global Transaction Banking in EMEA, led Commercial Coverage at ABN AMRO, and worked for Citibank, Deutsche Bank and Société Générale, over a career of more than 25 years in transaction banking at the time of his arrival. He holds an engineering diploma from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale in Switzerland.

Isabel Schmidt is Executive Platform Owner, Payments Enablement Platform at BNY, and authored the firm's September 2026 paper on modernizing the payments operating model. Schmidt was previously Co-Head of Global Payments Products within BNY Mellon Treasury Services.