Director - Equity & Cryptocurrency Product Development
Payal Shah is Director of Equity Research and Product Development at CME Group, based in London. She leads the development of new products in the equity and alternative investment markets, including futures and options contracts on key benchmark indices such as the S&P 500, NASDAQ-100, Dow Jones, Russell, FTSE, Ibovespa, Nikkei 225, and TOPIX indices. Since joining CME Group in 2016, she has been directly involved in the creation of Cryptocurrency Reference Rates, Bitcoin Futures and Options Contracts, and Ether Futures. She also serves on the CME CF Cryptocurrency Oversight Committee.
Prior to CME Group, Shah was an ETF Product Specialist at MSCI, where she held a Vice President-level role from January 2014 to August 2016, focusing on ETFs, delta-one products, smart beta strategies, and ESG investing. Before that, she was in Delta One ETF Sales at Credit Suisse and held an Equity Sales Trader role at Morgan Stanley within the Equity Derivatives Group.
SMD, Global Head of Equities, FX & Alternative Products, CME Group
Tim McCourt is Senior MD and Global Head of Equities, FX and Alternative Products at CME Group, leading its equity index, FX, cryptocurrency and alternative product strategies. Before CME (2013) he ran the Americas index and Delta One book at RBS and spent a decade at JPMorgan. BA Boston College, MBA Wharton.
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Strategic Partnerships & Private Events
Noé Giglio leads Strategic Partnerships and Private Events at The Big Whale, a market intelligence platform on digital assets founded in 2022 and headquartered in Paris. He is based in London and has been active in the digital assets sector since 2019, building expertise across onchain finance and investment strategies and a network spanning financial institutions, corporates, and digital asset companies across Europe.
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Head of Institutional Research
Max Coniglio is Head of Institutional Research at The Big Whale, an independent market intelligence platform on digital assets founded in 2022 and headquartered in Paris. In this role he sits within the firm's research and analyst team, which produces editorial coverage, briefings, and research serving the platform's institutional client base.
MD, Head of EMEA Fintech at J.P. Morgan
Manuel Costescu is a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan, where he co-heads the EMEA Innovation Economy team and serves as a Global Fintech Champion. In this role he advises the region's fastest-growing fintech, SaaS and e-commerce companies across a range of corporate and investment banking solutions.
Costescu began his career as a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company in New York, and earlier worked as a banker at J.P. Morgan covering European public sector clients before returning to the firm. He is a regular speaker at industry events on innovation, fintech and digital finance.
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