Executives

Jamie Davenport

Columbia Threadneedle Investments

Jamie is the Head of Global Data Vendor Management at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, a buy side Asset Manager he joined in 2017. Prior to that Jamie spent 5 years leading JPMorgan’s EMEA Market Data Vendor Management function covering the Corporate and Investment Bank where he specialised in non real time market data used across Fund Services. With over 20 years experience at JPMorgan Jamie has a broad experience across financial services with specific interest in reducing costs, vendor governance, contract negotiation, and developing others. In his spare time Jamie is a keen naturalist, enjoying the English countryside with his family, and a follower of Football, Cricket, and Golf, playing the latter when his wife allows him. Jamie joined the Exec in September 2018.

Matthew Leigh

IPUG

Email: matthew.leigh@ipug.org

Matthew's Market Data career spans 20 years, starting with one of the main vendors and includes the financial institutions of Lloyds Banking Group. as the Head of Market Data, ABN AMRO and Rabobank International. His Market Data experience covers the technical, commercial and compliance aspects of market data services across vendors and technologies. Matthew is interested in technology, in managing costs and in delivering effective services and is "excited to contribute to the informed and supportive community that IPUG represents". In his spare time he enjoys sailing and keeps fit cycling and running. He joined the Exec in May 2017.

Iman Szeto

Aberdeen Standard Investment

Email: iman.szeto@ipug.scot

Iman has been working in the Securities Industry with Global Custodian Banks and Asset Managers, notably Northern Trust, HSBC and UBS Asset Management. He specialises in Reference and Market Data Change Management and had managed Operation and Technology teams at worldwide financial centres. During the period when he was working in London, he had regularly presented Data Management topics at financial conferences to drive industry wide change. Iman chaired IPUG from July 2005 to July 2006. He gained an MBA in Finance with CASS Business School and studied Physics with Computational Mathematics in Edinburgh. He enjoys badminton and quality time with his two children.

European IPUG & Cost Optimisation SIG

IPUG

Email: david.berry@ipug.org

European IPUG & Cost Optimisation SIG

IPUG Exchange Compliance SIG

Advisory to IPUG for Exchanges SIG

Email: exchangecompliance@ipug.org

Will’s core specialism is licensing for regulated markets. Ensuring data use, in particular data use within applications, is cost optimised, contractually compliant and administratively efficient. Will has held leadership positions within the UBS and HSBC MDS teams and is currently consulting, assisting clients with their market data licensing requirements. Will has served on FISD, SIFMA, AFME, ASIFMA and FIA working groups and committees and is currently the chair of UK IPUG Exchange and Compliance Special Interest Group.

Caroline Poisson

UBS

Email: caroline.poisson@ipug.org

Caroline is the Chair of IPUG and has been working in Market Data for over 20 years, across different commercial MDS teams, from administration, business analyst, compliance and procurement teams for multiple companies. She has been in her current position at Chain IQ for the past 8 years, and heads up the Market Data Procurement team for UBS. In her spare time, Caroline runs around for her 3 boys, cooks a lot, and gets to go swimming whenever she can.

Ryan Cummings

Barclays

Email:

Added By Admin

IPUG Events

Information Providers User Group (IPUG)

Email:

Manages all member events for IPUG