Head of Digital Asset Strategy
Jack Pouderoyen is Head of Digital Asset Strategy at Swift, a position he has held since November 2025. He leads Swift's digital assets strategy, guiding the company's approach to digital assets and digital currencies across the global banking sector. His team is responsible for the design and development of the Swift ledger and has previously led tokenized asset and blockchain interoperability efforts within the Swift community. Prior to this role, he held a Strategy and Innovation position at Swift from April 2023 to November 2025, and a Strategy role from November 2021 to August 2023.
Before joining Swift, Pouderoyen spent nearly a decade at Deutsche Bank, where he held roles including Vice President in Cash Management Sales within the transaction banking and treasury services business, and Analyst in CIB Finance. Between his time at Deutsche Bank and Swift, he worked as a Senior Consultant at Deloitte Consulting in Los Angeles from January 2019 to January 2021, and as a Consultant at Anderson Strategy Group, an MBA student-run consulting firm, from December 2018 to June 2019. He holds an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
Head of Strategic Partnerships
Jamy Malaigre, a payment innovation expert, has been advising executives at Swift for over 10 years. Winner of several challenges in finance and entrepreneurship, he is a graduate of INSEAD.
Managing Director, Head of Innovation
Nick Kerigan is Managing Director, Head of Innovation at Swift, a position he has held since July 2020. In this role, he is responsible for stewarding the innovation strategy, executing the portfolio of innovation sprints, and leading Swift's response to disruptive trends including digital currencies, tokenised assets, and new forms of money.
Prior to joining Swift, Kerigan was Managing Director for Future Payments at Barclays, where he focused on creating next-generation customer experiences and partnering with FinTechs. He has over 20 years of experience working in payments and banking across developed and emerging markets. His areas of expertise include digital payments, growth strategies, product development, and blockchain and digital assets. He serves as Chair of the Advisory Board at The Payments Association, a role he has held since January 2023.
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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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