Glen Fernandes is the Head of Digital Business Design across the Euroclear Group Strategy and Products. He is responsible for helping shape the transition of Euroclear’s business into a future model powered by digital and data. Mr Fernandes has previously held senior roles in the Euroclear’s Strategy and Product management where he was responsible for heading the Fixed Income Primary markets business and leading strategic business development and fintech investment opportunities, to help shape Euroclear’s overall strategic and innovation direction.
Mr Fernandes also chairs an international group of Central Securities Depositories (CSDs), Custodian banks & Fintechs under the International Securities Services Association (ISSA) to help create a common market understanding for the adoption of Digital Assets and Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) in capital markets. Mr Fernandes has over 20 years of experience in capital markets and financial technology across America, Europe and Asia Pacific. He joined Euroclear in 2014 having earlier worked for investment banking and securities services business lines at JP Morgan, Nomura, and Lehman Brothers where his work spanned key product and technology roles. Mr Fernandes holds a Masters in Business Administration from Vlerick Business School Belgium, in addition to Bachelors studies in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering.”