Ryan Orton

Head of Financial Services & DeFi

Ryan Orton is Head of Financial Services DeFi at Trust Payments, a role he took on in January 2026. His mandate sits at the intersection of decentralised finance and financial services, operating from London.

Orton is concurrently a Venture Partner at Brain-Too-Free Ventures, a Singapore-based VC fund focused on early-stage Web3 and AI companies, a position he has held since May 2023. In that capacity he identifies, evaluates, and mentors early-stage startups, with a specific focus on enabling APAC expansion of Western innovation through the fund's APAC network. Prior to Trust Payments, he held a Strategic Growth role at WebID from April to December 2025. His broader career spans 17 years in B2B fintech and payments, with prior positions at Visa, J.P. Morgan, and Barclays, alongside four years focused on blockchain, Web3, and AI.

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Laurence Arnold is Global Head of Innovation at AXA Investment Managers, leading innovation strategy since 2019 including blockchain and tokenization efforts such as AXA IM's first stablecoin and blockchain-registered transactions with Société Générale. She holds a master's in Finance from Paris-Dauphine.

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Mike O'Reilly

President, Fidelity Digital Assets, Fidelity

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