John Lund

John is an independent industry practitioner specialising in derivatives and collateral management. He advises the buy side (asset managers and others) on responding to market and regulatory change [including EMIR, UMR and MiFID II].  Previously he worked with the sell side developing derivatives clearing and collateral management services. He speaks frequently at conferences on industry change as well as related impacts (operations, finance and technology).  He also works with industry organisations including ISDA and the IA as vendors and industry utilities. Current areas of focus include optimising the cost of derivatives in the new world, operational efficiency and automation of new regulatory processes and looking beyond regulation.  Previously he was a senior manager in Accenture’s capital markets practice for over 10 years.  John will be leading the session ‘All you need to know about the Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR):  How can you best prepare your business now to be on the right side of regulators and remain competitive?’ on 13th September.