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WOMEN IN FINANCE AWARDS 2019 | HONG KONG

GlobalTrading Journal and Markets Media Group hosted the inaugural Women in Finance Awards Asia on Friday, May 3 in Hong Kong. The sold-out luncheon event at the Four Seasons Hotel convened about 150 top-level executives across the capital markets industry featuring leading buy-side managers and sell-side banks, HKEX as well as technology providers. Buy-side firms in the audience included BlackRock, T. Rowe Price, AllianceBernstein, JP Morgan Asset Management, State Street Global Advisors, and Fidelity. Planning and development of the event was spearheaded with the support of the industry advisory group, which features top executives from the leading organizations based in Asia. The awards event recognized 14 women across 13 firms: CEO of the Year: Azila Abdul Aziz, Kenanga Futures Excellence in Leadership: Nellie Dagdag, DTCC Individual Achievement: Lauren Degney, Citi Crystal Ladder: Jessica Morrison, Morgan Stanley Trailblazer: Carrie Cheung, BNP Paribas Excellence in Sell-Side Trading: Josephine Kim, BAML Excellence in Buy-Side Trading: Christine To, T Rowe Price Best in Trading Platforms: Shilesh Shekhawat, Virtu Financial Excellence in Fintech: Lisa O’Connor, SWIFT Excellence in Asset Management: Belinda Boa, BlackRock Rising Stars: Nicola McGreal, State Street Global Advisors Sandy Ngai, AllianceBernstein Vivian Peng, JP Morgan Asset Management Lily Xiong, BlackRock The event was greatly supported by sponsors including Citi, BlackRock, BNP Paribas, DTCC, SWIFT, HKEX, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Nomura/Instinet, Virtu Financial, Refinitiv, Pathfinder and Morgan Stanley. Look out for upcoming video interviews with the most recognized women in the industry. Markets Choice Awards Women in Finance Awards will be hosted in New York City, November 2019. Congratulations to all the winners!

Excellence in Marketing & Communications: Victoria Mellor, NEX

Excellence in Risk Management: Tracy Rucker-Wilson, Vanguard

Trailblazer: Marina Lutova Meyers, Citadel

CAO of the Year: Marie Patton, OpenDoor Securities

Excellence in Marketing & Communications: Marie Chinnici-Everitt, DTCC

Individual Achievement: Lydie Hudson, Credit Suisse

Excellence in Trading Platforms: Lindsey Burik, Mizuho

Excellence in Electronic Trading: Kathryn Zhao, Cantor Fitzgerald

Excellence in Multi-Asset Trading: Jenny Chen, Societe Generale

Excellence in Trading Equities: Emma Quinn, AllianceBernstein

Excellence in Hedge Funds: Anna Vela, Millenium Partners

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Women in Finance luncheon on November 7, 2017

Markets Media http://marketsmedia.com held its third annual Markets Choice Awards: Women in Finance luncheon on November 7, 2017, at Tao Downtown in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. The event convened nearly 400 market professionals from institutional investment firms, hedge funds, trading desks at the biggest global banks, exchanges, trading platforms, and technology providers. More than 40 awards were given out, For a full list of winners, see http://marketsmedia.com/event/women-finance-awards-luncheon/

CEO of the Year: Jennifer Nayar, Vela

Jennifer Nayar, Vela -- CEO of the Year. Speaking at Markets Media's 2017 Women in Finance Awards luncheon https://marketsmedia.com Our winner heads a leading trading-technology firm that rebranded last year and this year made not one but two acquisitions within a month’s time, both directed at offering clients smarter access to global liquidity. She has successfully driven the growth of market data businesses since 2007, in senior management positions at exchange operators and technology providers. As a CEO, and as an individual, she follows two key principles: never stop learning, and help others by sharing your knowledge. The CEO of the Year is Jennifer Nayar of Vela. Full information and a list of Winners can be found at http://marketsmedia.com/event/women-finance-awards-luncheon/

Lifetime Achievement: Eileen K Murray, Bridgewater Associates

Eileen K Murray, Bridgewater Associates -- Lifetime Achievement. Speaking at Markets Media's 2017 Women in Finance Awards luncheon https://marketsmedia.com As co-CEO of the world’s largest hedge fund, our winner is responsible back-office and support operations, with oversight of about 750 employees. She describes her childhood, growing up in an NYC housing project, as “low in income, but rich in many other ways.” After graduating from Manhattan College, she entered the world of finance and it has been an upward arc from there. Often, she has been the “first woman” in the roles she has played — after beginning her career at KPMG, Eileen joined Morgan Stanley where she became Chief Operating Officer of the firm’s Institutional Securities Division. She later joined Credit Suisse as Head of Global Technology, Operations, and Product Control, where she became the first woman appointed to Credit Suisse’s Executive Board. At work, she focuses on steady leadership and innovation, and throughout her career, she has championed programs to help women and men balance work and family responsibilities, as well as diversity, workforce training, and career development initiatives. After hours, she has made active community, charitable and professional association involvement a priority, and has devoted enormous amounts of time to the organizations she has supported over the years. The winner for Lifetime Achievement is Eileen K. Murray of Bridgewater Associates. Full information and a list of Winners can be found at http://marketsmedia.com/event/women-finance-a

Excellence in Banking: Elinor Hoover, Citigroup

Elinor Hoover, Citigroup -- Excellence in Banking. Speaking at Markets Media's 2017 Women in Finance Awards luncheon https://marketsmedia.com A 28-year finance veteran, our winner is the Global Co-Head of the Consumer Products Group in the Corporate and Investment Banking division of a global bank. Her role includes advising corporations globally within the Food & Beverage and Household & Personal Care industries on a broad range of strategic and corporate finance issues. She also serves as Vice Chairman of Capital Markets Origination, which manages equity and equity-related financings, debt financings, derivatives and other structured risk solutions. A graduate of Yale University, she is an avid musician and serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. The winner for Excellence in Banking is Elinor Hoover of Citigroup. Full information and a list of Winners can be found at http://marketsmedia.com/event/women-finance-awards-luncheon/

Disruptor of the Year: Susan Estes, OpenDoor Trading

Susan Estes, OpenDoor Trading -- Disruptor of the Year. Speaking at Markets Media's 2017 Women in Finance Awards luncheon https://marketsmedia.com Disruptor of the Year is for the person who has most shaken up the space they work in. Our winner co-founded an all-to-all, session-based trading platform to fill the liquidity vacuum for off-the-run US Treasuries and Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities. A 35-year veteran of capital market structure, she took her firm live in April 2017, and in the first five months, received more than $130 billion in orders and matched multiple billions in trades. The winner has disrupted by introducing a new market structure that transitioned a portion of the market from an incumbent risk-intermediary model, to a riskless-principal model, where buy side matches with buy side and sponsor-dealers settle trades but do not take risk. Our Disruptor of the Year is Susan Estes of OpenDoor Trading LLC. Full information and a list of Winners can be found at http://marketsmedia.com/event/women-finance-awards-luncheon/

Individual Achievement: Susan Cosgrove, DTCC

Susan Cosgrove, DTCC -- Individual Achievement. Speaking at Markets Media's 2017 Women in Finance Awards luncheon https://marketsmedia.com As Managing Director and CFO at a large financial organization, our winner leads the firm’s global finance and treasury teams and oversees the company’s efforts to strengthen its financial processes and capital position. Throughout her 32-year career, she has balanced resiliency and flexibility in managing difficult circumstances that require persistence and resolve, such as during the financial crisis and the Lehman Brother’s liquidation – all while being the best leader she can be, constantly elevating the way she thinks and driving accountability for herself and her team. Her advice to women starting out in finance for when they may feel intimidated: “embrace those moments when you feel uncomfortable. It is here that you grow.” The winner for Individual Achievement is Susan Cosgrove of DTCC. Full information and a list of Winners can be found at http://marketsmedia.com/event/women-finance-awards-luncheon/

Trailblazer: Joanna Davies, NEX Traiana

Joanna Davies, NEX Traiana -- Trailblazer. Speaking at Markets Media's 2017 Women in Finance Awards luncheon https://marketsmedia.com As its name implies, the Trailblazer Award is for someone who has blazed a career trail for women. Our winner has indeed blazed quite a trail. Starting in an entry-level back office job at a brokerage firm at age 18, sans university degree, she learned every role from the ground up and aspired to be a futures broker. She studied, took the necessary exams and proceeded to work as a broker in listed derivatives for nearly 10 years in an extremely male-dominated era. She felt the relationship-heavy listed derivatives business was one that suited her personality, and she developed a client network and lifelong friends that would springboard her career development. Now a 25-year sell-side veteran, she is a managing director at a market infrastructure technology provider, where she focuses on providing a single platform for customers to interface with markets, so they don’t have to develop and manage multiple proprietary connections to participants and intermediaries. The Trailblazer Award winner is Joanna Davies of NEX Traiana. Full information and a list of Winners can be found at http://marketsmedia.com/event/women-finance-awards-luncheon/

Excellence in Fixed Income Trading: Thea Williams, T. Rowe Price

Thea Williams, T. Rowe Price -- Excellence in Fixed Income Trading. Speaking at Markets Media's 2017 Women in Finance Awards luncheon https://marketsmedia.com Our winner heads global fixed income trading at a buy-side giant. This 31-year market veteran sees several core investment themes that can equally be applied to people management: (1) To invest, whether it is in people or portfolios, where there is the greatest potential. (2) Have a consistent, well-defined approach executed with integrity, focused on achieving long-term goals while leveraging short-term opportunities; and (3), to embrace diversification as diversity within a team to promote increased innovation and improve decision making. The winner for Fixed Income Trader of the Year is Thea Williams of T. Rowe Price. Full information and a list of Winners can be found at http://marketsmedia.com/event/women-finance-awards-luncheon/

CIO of the Year: Cindy Finkelman, FactSet

Cindy Finkelman, FactSet -- CIO of the Year. Speaking at Markets Media's 2017 Women in Finance Awards luncheon https://marketsmedia.com Our Chief Information Officer of the Year drives technology strategy and solution delivery for all internal business processes at a major financial data and information company, where she also oversees quality assurance for the product and the company’s project management office. She demonstrates leadership by sponsoring a forum at her company to help people grow their skills and take personal responsibility for their own development. A number of people at her organization have engaged in this development program and have flourished as a result. The winner for CIO of the Year is Cindy Finkelman of FactSet. Full information and a list of Winners can be found at http://marketsmedia.com/event/women-finance-awards-luncheon/

Excellence in Leadership: Karen O’Connor, trueEX

Karen O’Connor, trueEX -- Excellence in Leadership. Speaking at Markets Media's 2017 Women in Finance Awards luncheon https://marketsmedia.com Our winner is President & COO of a swaps execution facility for interest rate swaps and credit derivatives. She has held leadership positions in successful start-up companies. Professionally, she is passionate about joining start-up companies that have the opportunity to be transformative — going where others have not in creating viable businesses that provide solutions to longstanding problems. With each sale of a company, her goal is to give back in a meaningful way, for example by building a teaching lab for inner-city students or endowing a financial investment fund where students can learn the tools of real-time investing. We wish her the best in these altruistic endeavors. The winner for Excellence in Leadership is Karen O’Connor of trueEX. Full information and a list of Winners can be found at http://marketsmedia.com/event/women-finance-awards-luncheon/

Crystal Ladder: Andrea Leung, Deutsche Bank

Andrea Leung, Deutsche Bank -- Crystal Ladder. Speaking at Markets Media's 2017 Women in Finance Awards luncheon https://marketsmedia.com The Crystal Ladder award is for a woman who has climbed through the ranks to reach senior management. Our winner, an Illinois native, started her Wall Street career in 1994 as vice president in equity derivatives at JP Morgan. In 2002 she moved to Deutsche Bank, where the team of synthetic equity traders expanded from 5 to 80 under her management. She is now managing director of relationship management at Deutsche Bank, where she focuses on sales strategy and cultivating senior management relationships for hedge fund, pension, and investment management clients. She is active in women’s networking in corporate finance and markets, which is the toughest area in the bank to attract and retain women. She has a passion for helping women, and for her job covering clients — she combines the two because she feels that women still struggle to get ahead and initiatives need to come from “top down.”

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