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Overview

ICMA Future Leaders (IFL) is designed to benefit the younger generation of capital market professionals in ICMA’s membership, connecting them with the services and networking opportunities which can enhance their skills and careers.

It is led by a steering committee that provides the Association with guidance and input on how best to communicate with the younger generation working in the debt capital markets, organising events and other initiatives to cultivate this community.

IFL is here not only to bridge the gap - to help young professionals to navigate and find their way in the complex world of capital markets - but also to make a positive impact on careers through its various initiatives.

IFL focuses on four core areas and getting involved starts with you!

Networking

Networking face to face events in the respective regions

Training

Support and guide young professionals towards Education & Training

Mentoring

ICMA Mentoring Platform

Coffee Connection sessions - Connecting future leaders with senior members of the ICMA community

Brainstorming

ICMA Podcasts

IFL News

22 January: Harness the power of Linkedin

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For more information on how you can access and get involved, follow the ICMA Future Leaders LinkedIn page, and sign up to our newsletter to stay informed.

You may also contact futureleaders@icmagroup.org or your regional representatives from the Committee members tab.

Committee members

ICMA Future Leaders is led by a steering committee composed of individuals drawn from ICMA member firms from Europe, Asia Pacific and Africa. Members of this committee are as follows:

Asia Pacific
Ezien Hoo Executive Director, Credit Research Analyst Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd
Austria
Alexander Schierlinger Treasury Manager OekB	Katsiaryna Souvandjiev ESG Funding and Innovation Lead Raiffeisen Bank International AG
Belgium
Astrid De Schryver Sustainable Finance Solutions Expert KBC Securities NV	Sébastien Van Campenhoudt Head of Chairman Office Euroclear
France
Alina ShaptefratsFixed Income Product Manager Euronext
Germany
Maximilian Klinkenbusch Vice President - Group Treasury, Asset Liability Management, Liquidity & Funding Commerzbank	Samira Lampe Debt Capital Markets Origination Crédit Agricole CIB (Frankfurt)	Oliver Pilz Rates Trading Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale
Iberia
Mercedes Badía Ortega Treasury Markets Operator, Interest Rates and Sovereign Risk Cecabank	Carlos Soler Martin E-commerce Trading Analyst Santander CIB
Italy
Viviana Massari Global Syndicate & Capital Markets - Bond Syndicate Unicredit	Marta Molteni Debt Capital Market Analyst Banca Akros
Ireland
Neal BreslinOf Counsel A&L Goodbody	Hannah MalikGlobal Banking & Markets Internal Control Scotiabank
Luxembourg
Camilo Realpe Head of Market Access and Data Services Luxembourg Stock Exchange	Jean-François Thielens Long Term Funding Financial Analyst Banque Internationale à Luxembourg
Netherlands
Majoke Hegen Treasurer NWB	Piotr Pasterny Vice President, Trading ING Bank NV
Nordics
Anna Reuterskiöld Banker, Family Office Initiative DNB Bank ASA Vice Chair
South Africa
Rhulane Mahane Trade Control Specialist Liberty Group	Prudence Zitha Legal Counsel South African Reserve Bank
Switzerland & Liechtenstein
Charlotte Müller Chief Economist Europe Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd	Ingo Stössel Director, UBS Global Wealth Management UBS
UK
Alexander Malitsky Director - Fixed Income Syndicate & Origination TD Securities Chair of IFL committee	Thomas Capon Counsel Linklaters LLP	Michael Sansen Head of SSA & Covered Bond Trading Morgan Stanley	Celia Price Director, Sustainable Finance Solutions Mizuho

West Africa
Odinaka Linus-Nwokonkwo Fixed Income dealer Access Bank Plc	Chukwuebuka Ikem FX/Fixed Income Trader Rand Merchant Bank Nigeria

In order to facilitate the communication within this community, ICMA members have nominated their main representative for ICMA Future Leaders:

Company	Future Leaders contact
A&L Goodbody, Ireland	Neal Breslin
Access Bank Plc, West Africa	Odinaka Linus-Nwokonkwo
Addleshaw Goddard LLP, France	Charles Tissier
Africa Finance Corporation, Nigeria	Catherine Okwara
Aktiebolaget Svensk Exportkredit (publ), Sweden	Tobias Bylund
Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP, United Kingdom	Louise Mitchell
Arthur Cox	Gavin McArdle
Ashurst LLP, United Kingdom	Khadija Patel
AXA Investment Managers GS Limited.	Benjamin Mahe
Baker & McKenzie LLP, United Kingdom	Maxim Khrapov
Banca Akros, Italy	Marta Molteni
Banca Zarattini & Co. SA, Switzerland	Robin Buechler
Banco BPI, S.A., Portugal	Sofia Pereira Santos
Banco de Sabadell SA, Spain	Rocio Gismero Marín
Banco Santander, Spain	Carls Soler Martin
Banque Centrale de Compensation, France	Konstantina Travlou
Banque et Caisse d'Epargne de l'Etat, Luxembourg	Jorge Barros
Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (BIL)	Jean-François Thielens
Belfius Bank & Insurance, Belgium	Myriam Idrissi
British Arab Commercial Bank plc, United Kingdom	Robert Churchus
BNP Paribas Asset Management, France	Patrick Simion
Bonelli Erede Lombardi Pappalardo LLP, United Kingdom	Francesca Alesse
BRD Groupe Societe Generale SA, Romania	Bogdan Voicu
BrokerTec Europe Limited, United Kingdom	Tanja Kuehn
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, United Kingdom	Jonathan Stevens
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, United Kingdom	Lara Lindeque
CaixaBank, S.A., Spain	Natalia García González
Cecabank, Spain	Mercedes Badía Ortega
CMS Legal Services EEIG, United Kingdom	Anubha Shrivastava
Commerzbank AG, Germany	Maximilian Klinkenbusch
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Germany	Samira Lampe
Dentons UK and Middle East LLP, United Kingdom	Ed Varney
DNB Bank ASA, Sweden	Anna Reuterskiöld
Enel SpA, Italy	Leonardo Vagaggini
Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., Belgium	Sébastien Van Campenhoudt
Eurofima European Company for the Financing of Railroad Rolling Stock, Switzerand	Nofal Shehzad
Euronext Paris SA, France	Alina Shaptefrats
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), United Kingdom	Ayris Acikalin
European Stability Mechanism (ESM), Luxembourg	Chao Wu
Fitch Ratings Ltd., United Kingdom	Elle McMahon
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, United Kingdom	Magdalen Christie
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, United Kingdom	Sophie Daker
ING Bank N.V., The Netherlands	Piotr Pasterny
International Fund for Agricultural Development, Italy	Marco Antonio Palacios
Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., Italy	Liborio Masciandaro
Investec Bank plc, United Kingdom	Nikolaos Kafkas
Inveztor Ltd., United Kingdom	Isabella Hill
KBC Securities NV	Astrid De Schryver
King & Wood Mallesons, Australia	Angela Chung Claire Warren
Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale, Germany	Oliver Pilz
LCH Limited, United Kingdom	Shivangi Karia
Liberty Group Limited, South Africa	Rhulane Mahane
Linklaters LLP, United Kingdom	Thomas Capon
Luxembourg Stock Exchange, Luxembourg	Camilo Realpe
Macfarlanes LLP, United Kingdom	Faizer Coker
Macquarie Bank Limited	Elliott Guest
Mayer Brown International LLP, United Kingdom	Serena Mussoni
mBank S.A., Poland	Ewa Krzyśków
Milbank LLP, United Kingdom	James Warbey
Mizuho International plc, United Kingdom	Celia Price
Moody's Investors Service Limited, United Kingdom	Ram Sri
Morgan Stanley, United Kingdom	Michael Sansen
Morrison & Foerster LLP, United Kingdom	Amelia Cheng
MUFG Securities (Europe) N.V., The Netherlands and United Kingdom	Ruth Ferris
Municipality Finance Plc, Finland	Karoliina Kajova
Nasdaq Stockholm AB, Sweden	Axel Holm
National Bank of Canada, Canada	Yicen Lu
Natixis Investment Managers, France	Grégoire Denoy
NatWest Markets plc, Germany	Dominic Riethmueller
Nederlandse Waterschapsbank N.V., The Netherlands	Majoke Hegen
NORD/LB, Germany	Lukas Heitzmann
NowCM, Luxembourg S.A.	Florian Waizenegger
Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG, Austria	Alexander Schierlinger
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited, Singapore	Ezien Hoo
Pérez-Llorca Abogados SLP	Santiago Bertola
Raiffeisen Bank International AG, Austria	Katsiaryna Souvandjiev
Rand Merchant Bank, West Africa	Chukwuebuka Ikem
RBC Europe Limited, United Kingdom	Ella Benson
Scotiabank, Ireland	Hannah Malik
Scotiabank, Perú	Renzo Daniel Crisologo Alvarez
Shook Lin & Bok LLP, Singapore	Melissa Huang
Simmons & Simmons LLP, United Kingdom	Stephanie Egbe
SIX Swiss Exchange AG, Switzerland	Jan Zürcher
Slaughter and May, United Kingdom	Adriana Simpson
SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Limited, United Kingdom	Luke Shepherdson
South African Reserve Bank, South Africa	Prudence Zitha
Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd, Switzerland	Charlotte Müller
SynTao Green Finance, China	Gao Lu
TD Securities, United Kingdom	Alexander Malitsky
Tradeweb Europe Limited, United Kingdom	Tom Butler
TreasurySpring Management (Jersey) Limited, United Kingdom	Csongor Mathe
UBS, Switzerland	Ingo Stössel
Unicredit CIB, Italy	Viviana Massari
UK Debt Management Office, United Kingdom	Mohamed Ben Tahayekt
Virgin Money, United Kingdom	Thomas Mather
Wiener Börse AG, Austria	Héctor Mohedano
Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP, United Kingdom	David Griffiths

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