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The regulatory crossroads of TradFi and digital finance: Keynote – Baroness Dr. Kay Swinburne, House of Lords
The Future of Digital Finance 2024
We were honoured to be joined by Baroness Dr. Kay Swinburne from the House of Lords at our recent Future of Digital Finance event jointly hosted with GBBC.
Drawing on her years of legislative and financial services experience, Baroness Swinburne delivered a keynote speech covering topics including the UK's opportunity to lead in both innovation and regulation post-Brexit, the importance of a collaborative approach for regulation of blockchain and digital assets, including cross-border cooperation for shaping global financial frameworks, the challenges of balancing innovation with financial stability and consumer protection and the role of initiatives like the UK's new Digital Securities Sandbox in fostering innovation.
Speaker:
- Baroness Dr. Kay Swinburne, House of Lords
Prior to her current legislative, advisory and FS consulting roles, Kay has had a successful career in financial services pre and post being elected to the European Parliament (2009-2019), As a leading EU legislator serving as Vice Chair of the Economics and Monetary Affairs Committee, she shaped EU and global financial services legislation.
On leaving elected office, Kay became Vice Chair of KPMG UK’s Financial Services practice and Chair of the EMA Risk & Regulatory Insight Centre. She is an active voice in the financial markets (former Chair IRSG) and has led special projects on financial regulation – including Fintech (Kalifa Review), UK competitiveness (CMIT) and capital market infrastructure (FCA advisory committee) as well as ESG issues.
Baroness Swinburne entered the House of Lords as a Peer and Government Whip (Baroness in Waiting) in June 2023 and served as a Government Minister in DLUHC. She continues to participate in legislation in the Lords with a particular interest in FS, fintech, AI and all things science.
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