Equities Leaders Summit USA 2026 | Buy Side Equity Trading Conference

Where Buy-Side Trading Leaders Stay Ahead

Equities Leaders Summit is the only event built for the full equities trading ecosystem — from asset managers and hedge funds to brokers, banks, and tech innovators. From AI disruption to global volatility, walk away with the tools to adapt faster, trade smarter, and shape the desk of tomorrow.

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List of Participants for the 2025 Stock Leadership Summit

Fabien Oreve

Deputy Global Head of Trading and Securities Financing - Head of Equity Trading
Candriam

Number of votes: 82007 Yield rate: 190.36%

Ashwin Venkatraman

Head of Asset Management Trading Technology
J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Number of votes: 81684 Yield rate: 175.37%

Joe Bellman

Head of Dealing
Arbuthnot Latham & Co Ltd

Number of votes: 77155 Yield rate: 154.33%

Jeff Bolduc

Head of Trading , Portfolio Finance, and Portfolio Implementation
AQR Capital Management

Number of votes: 70426 Yield rate: 188.52%

Marc Wyatt

Head of Global Trading
T. Rowe Price

Number of votes: 69913 Yield rate: 188.74%

Simon Steward

Head of European Equity Trading
Capital Group

Number of votes: 60952 Yield rate: 138.96%

Dimitri Mongeot

Derivatives Trader
AXA Investment Managers

Number of votes: 58972 Yield rate: 144.52%

Michael Kurz

Fund Manager Equities
MN

Number of votes: 58925 Yield rate: 162.37%

Joe Collery

Head of Trading
Comgest AM

Number of votes: 58689 Yield rate: 184.57%

Pranav Malhotra

Head of Algo Execution Technology
Man Group

Number of votes: 58037 Yield rate: 156.50%

Patrick Brown

Head of Trading & Financing Business Delivery
Norges Bank Investment Management

Number of votes: 55683 Yield rate: 133.78%

Chris Collins

Equity Trader
Lazard Asset Management

Number of votes: 53241 Yield rate: 154.36%

Callum McPherson

Head of Dealing
Evenlode Investment

Number of votes: 52874 Yield rate: 168.66%

Tanya Epstein

General Counsel
Citadel

Number of votes: 50628 Yield rate: 138.36%

Tim Miller

Senior Trader
Fidelity International

Number of votes: 49712 Yield rate: 170.15%

Timothee Consigny

Chief Technology Officer
H2O

Number of votes: 49340 Yield rate: 151.34%

Stuart Lawrence

Head of Equity Trading
UBS Asset Management

Number of votes: 49142 Yield rate: 135.47%

Petros Kyliakoudis

Senior Trading Data Analyst
Baillie Gifford

Number of votes: 49058 Yield rate: 136.27%

Didier Van Heirstraeten

Head of IT Investment Management
Candriam

Number of votes: 46355 Yield rate: 158.43%

Adrian Bradshaw

Senior Equity Trader
Invesco

Number of votes: 45361 Yield rate: 96.41%

Michail Steliaros

Global Head of Equity Portfolio Engineering & Trading
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

Number of votes: 42693 Yield rate: 129.36%

Matthieu Chardot

Global Head of Execution
BNP Paribas Wealth Management

Number of votes: 41124 Yield rate: 127.19%

Matt Howell

Global Head of Trading Strategy
T. Rowe Price

Number of votes: 37325 Yield rate: 127.32%

Benjamin Bouillou

Co-Head of Global Equity Trading
Man Group

Number of votes: 37238 Yield rate: 155.29%

Andrew Etherington

Head Multi Asset Total Return
AXA Investment Managers

Number of votes: 34588 Yield rate: 135.43%

Huw Gronow

Head of Dealing
Newton Investment Management

Number of votes: 31320 Yield rate: 99.30%

Agathe Dulac

Global Co-Head, Capital Markets and Dealing
Barclays Private Bank

Number of votes: 30914 Yield rate: 125.50%

Tom Stevenson

Head of Equity Trading, EMEA
Fidelity International

Number of votes: 30635 Yield rate: 132.78%

Antish Manna

Head of Execution Analytics and Principal Quant
Man Group

Number of votes: 30524 Yield rate: 97.33%

Vincent Chailley

Group Chief Investment Officer
H2O Asset Management

Number of votes: 29914 Yield rate: 118.69%

Matthieu Chomez

Execution trader
Société Générale Luxembourg

Number of votes: 29666 Yield rate: 158.34%

Peder Viervoll

Head of Quantitative Trading
Norges Bank Investment Management

Number of votes: 29642 Yield rate: 110.69%

Arjun Singh-Muchelle

Executive Director, Government & Regulatory Affairs, EMEA
Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Number of votes: 28965 Yield rate: 90.31%

Alison Hollingshead

Chief Operating Officer, Investment Management
Jupiter Asset Management

Number of votes: 28825 Yield rate: 148.12%

Manuel Stratmann

Head of Trading
Universal Investment

Number of votes: 28693 Yield rate: 167.34%

Sam Vaughan-Jones

Senior Equity Dealer
Royal London Asset Management

Number of votes: 28014 Yield rate: 77.69%

Grainne O'Connor

Senior Equities Trader
Fidelity International

Number of votes: 27788 Yield rate: 110.55%

Stephen Mock

Principal, Chief Technology Officer
AQR Capital Management

Number of votes: 27369 Yield rate: 136.47%

Virginie Saade

Head of Government and Regulatory Policy
Citadel

Number of votes: 26914 Yield rate: 147.52%

Ash Sharma

Multi-Asset Trading Analytics Manager
Aviva Investors

Number of votes: 26752 Yield rate: 145.29%

Axel Botte

Head of Markets Strategy
Ostrum Asset Management

Number of votes: 25425 Yield rate: 160.33%

Donny DeBarr

Lead Trader - Trading Systems & Analytics
Voloridge Investment Management

Number of votes: 25023 Yield rate: 154.98%

Daniel Nicholls

Head of Trading
Federated Hermes

Number of votes: 23581 Yield rate: 123.69%

Simon Hørdum Bonde

Head of Trading Quants
Nordea Asset Management

Number of votes: 21692 Yield rate: 132.60%

Jamie Ovenden

Chief Technology Officer
Schroders

Number of votes: 21568 Yield rate: 90.36%

Mike Poole

Head of Trading
Jupiter Asset Management

Number of votes: 21483 Yield rate: 80.87%

Oliver Pratley

Global Head of Research Relationships
Invesco

Number of votes: 20221 Yield rate: 74.65%

Mathias Eriksson

Head of Global Equity Execution
Andra AP-fonden (AP2)

Number of votes: 20120 Yield rate: 102.35%

Jason Conan-Davies

Head of Trading
Nutmeg

Number of votes: 18004 Yield rate: 70.35%

Inés de Trémiolles

Global Head of Trading
BNP Paribas AM

Number of votes: 17462 Yield rate: 69.47%

Benjamin Mahe

Head of HT Execution
AXA Investment Managers

Number of votes: 17452 Yield rate: 47.52%

Danielle Fregeau

Global Equity Trader
Impax Asset Management

Number of votes: 17250 Yield rate: 55.46%

Cathy Gibson

Global Head of Trading
Ninety One UK Limited

Number of votes: 17100 Yield rate: 99.47%

Pablo Fernandez

Senior Equity Dealer
BBVA Asset Management

Number of votes: 16693 Yield rate: 78.61%

Rob Chapman

Senior Trader
American Century Investments

Number of votes: 15636 Yield rate: 62.74%

Muriel Faure

Chair of the AFG's Technological Innovations Commission
AFG

Number of votes: 12528 Yield rate: 58.69%

Philip Bille

Head of Buyside Dealing Desk
Bank Degroof Petercam

Number of votes: 12527 Yield rate: 66.34%

Curated Content to Meet Your Trading Needs.

Here's a snapshot of the topics we'll cover this January.

Panel: Around the World in 30 Minutes – The Impact of the Global Macro Environment on Your Trading Desk

Panel: The Yin and Yang of New Trading Venues – Exploring the Point at Which Innovation Gets Curtailed by Too Much Fragmentation

Panel: Optimizing Your Tech Stack for Cross-Asset Trading

Panel: Performance Under Pressure – Maintaining Mental & Physical Health for Sustainable Trading and Nurturing Talent (Open to Buy-Side Only – Off the Record)

RRegulator Keynote: New Developments in US Market Structure – Update from the SEC

Spotlight: Tokenizing Equities Securities – The Where, Why & How

Why Equities Leaders Summit is Rated #1

The Crossroads of the Equities Trading Community

30+ thought-provoking sessions inviting Buy-Side, Sell-Side, and Tech input. With over 30+ speakers, you'll walk away with renewed confidence in your strategy plus a fresh perspective.

Actionable Takeaways to Achieve Liquidity

Join liquidity leaders through a mixture of case studies and panels with live Q&A and polling as well as interactive roundtables, workshops, boardrooms and think tanks to enable you to learn from and network with the great minds in the audience.

You're in Great
Company

The opportunity to network with all the major buy side, sell side, platforms and technology leaders in attendance by connecting via our app to make new connections and build lasting relationships.

Brightest Traders from the Best Firms Attend

“This event truly addresses the equity trading challenges facing the buy side. An excellent way to learn how my peers are tackling the same issues.”

Brendan Gorman
SVP Trading
Lazard

“Relevant topics, engaging discussions, fantastic attendance from both buy side and sell side and providers, and flawlessly executed. ”

Leonid Hmelnitsky
Head of Global Equity Trading
Mellon Capital

“No other event brings together so many buy side alongside major market participants from the full equity trading value chain. A unique networking experience”

Selena Gonzales
Head Trader
Eagle Global Advisors

“This event gave me the unique opportunity to discuss issues facing my daily workflows in small roundtable sessions with a represented peer group of leaders from all size organizations to source current solutions and planting ideas to focus on in the coming year”
Michael Warlan
Head of Global Trading
Third Avenue

“We have definitely gained quality prospects, not just quantity. The open environment and interactive formats have allowed us to gain real insight into our target market and their challenges”
William Devin
Director
RBC

“A great conference from at least two perspectives – insightful sessions with unique content from a diverse panel of speakers, and it attracts a large network of senior trading professionals from the buy and sell side”
Miles Huffman
Head of Quant Analytics
Vanguard

Community in Numbers

Audience Composition Seniority Breakdown Buy-Side Firm Types Full Attendee Breakdown

45%

Buy-Side

35%

Sell-Side

20%

Vendors & Technology

Spanning both buy- and sell-side firms:

22%

C-Level & Founders

57%

Head/Director-Level

12%

VP-LevelManager-Level

8%

Manager-Level

11%

Over $5B

46%

Asset Management Firms

23%

Hedge Funds

15%

Pension Funds

16%

Insurance Funds

Reflecting the full spectrum of our audience:

35%

Asset Managers

10%