Nic is an expert in People and Performance Management with over 11 years? experience of advising on IT-based business solutions at board level to the UK's financial services industry. He has worked with many of the UKs most recognised financial services brands to deliver flexible and impactful software solutions. Nic is a specialist in the Senior Managers Regime; Regulatory Compliance; Conduct Risk Management and Training & Competence. He is also an authority in Quality Assurance; Complaint Management & Customer Feedback systems and Treating Customers Fairly. Nic is an advocate of the need to focus on managing individual competence and cultural conduct when targeting tangible real-world performance benefits and productivity gains. 

Jake Green is a partner in Ashurst's financial regulation practice. He regularly advises financial institutions in relation to a wide range of regulatory and compliance issues with a natural focus at present in relation to Brexit, SMCR and MiFID matters. Jake advised several global banks in relation to their implementation of the SMCR in 2016. Ashurst are currently advising a wide range of investment firms, including investment banks, fund managers and inter-dealer brokers with their preparedness for the regime coming in at the end of this year. This includes advice to several enhanced firms.

Tiina Lee is Chief Executive Officer, UK & Ireland at Deutsche Bank. She is responsible for Deutsche's activities in the UKI region and she chairs the UKI Executive Committee. She has held a number of roles within Deutsche Bank running trading and capital markets businesses, she has advised European financial institutions on the debt and equity capital markets and was Head of UK Strategy before being appointed UK Chief Operating Officer. Latterly, Tiina served as Head of Equities & FIC UK and Deputy CEO, UKI. Tiina began her 29 year career in investment banking at Hill Samuel Bank and Lehman Brothers. She is the Executive Sponsor of dbGo, Deutsche Bank's Gender Diversity & Inclusion Network in the UK. Tiina also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Charities Aid Foundation and the Advisory Board of TheCity UK.

Kate Mozzicarelli is head of the Corporate Advisory Legal Team at Morgan Stanley in London. She is responsible for a team that provides advice on governance, finance, operations, risk, and internal control matters. Kate was responsible for leading Morgan Stanley's implementation of the Senior Manager & Certification Regime when it was established in 2016 and currently oversees the operation of the firm's SMCR framework.  She is now advising on the extension of the regime in respect of Morgan Stanley's investment management business in the UK. Kate joined Morgan Stanley as a lawyer covering Global Capital Markets and transferred into her current role in 2014. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, she worked as a corporate lawyer in private practice at a London law firm.

Tracey joined Standard Chartered in March 2017. She currently holds the position of Group Head Corporate Affairs, Brand & Marketing and Group Head, Conduct, Financial Crime and Compliance.

Prior to joining the Group, Tracey served as Acting Chief Executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) from September 2015 to June 2016. She joined the then Financial Services Authority (FSA) in 2001, where she held a number of senior roles, including: Director of Supervision and Authorisations, and Director of Enforcement and Financial Crime. Tracey also served as a Board Member of the FSA from April 2013, as a member of the Financial Policy Committee of the Bank of England, and as Non-Executive Director of the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) from September 2015 to June 2016. In 2016, Tracey received a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for her services to financial service consumers and markets.

Tracey sits on the board of UK Finance, is a member of the International Regulatory Strategy Group (IRSG), and is an Honorary Professor at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary University of London. She co-chairs the 30% Club Higher Education Initiate.

Daron Pearce is the CEO of EMEA Asset Servicing at BNY Mellon and acts as SMF3 for the Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch and SMF6 for BNYM (International) Ltd. In this role Daron has overall responsibility for the management of our Asset Servicing business in the EMEA region. This role requires Daron to manage day to day delivery of service to our clients, set the strategic direction for the business and  ensure businesses adhere to all  relevant risk,  compliance and regulatory guidelines.

Daron sits on a number of BNYM committees including the EMEA Operating Council, Senior Leaders meeting and the EMEA Revenue Council.

Daron joined BNYM in December 2000, to set up BNY SmartSource (the Bank's Asset Management Outsourcing Business) in Europe. He graduated from the London Business School's Senior Executive programme in 2010 and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments.

Ian Price leads the operation of the Senior Managers Regime across the RBS Group.  He joined RBS in 2015 and worked on the implementation of the SMCR across the Group.  Prior to that he spent 10 years at the FSA and then the PRA, where he played a central role in the development of the PRA?S SMCR.  He also led on a number of other governance and accountability initiatives at the regulators, including representing the UK in the development of European policy on governance, and the transition of governance and accountability requirements to the 'twin peaks? regulation of the FCA and PRA.