ICMA Future Leaders (IFL) initiative is designed to benefit the younger generation of finance professionals in ICMA’s membership, connecting them with the services and networking opportunities which can enhance their careers in debt capital markets.
IFL focuses on three core areas: Career Progression; Education; and Networking.
It is led by a steering committee of individuals in the early stages of their career, to provide the Association with guidance and input on how ICMA can communicate with the rising generation of finance professionals, as well as ideas on events and initiatives. The committee members currently represent the main ICMA regions in Europe and Asia Pacific.
For more information on how you can access and take advantage of ICMA’s services, please contact futureleaders@icmagroup.org
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- ICMA Future Leaders Member Representatives
- ICMA Legal & Regulatory Helpdesk
- ICMA Podcast
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ICMA Future Leaders is led by a steering committee composed of individuals in the early stages of their capital markets career, drawn from ICMA member firms from Europe and Asia Pacific. Members of this committee are as follows (click on the links below to see the profiles of the ICMA Future Leaders Committee members):
Alex Malitsky (Chair)
TD Securities
Tom Capon (Head of the IFL Legal Working Group)
Linklaters LLP
Claire Conway
Commerzbank
Grégoire Denoy
Natixis Investment Managers
Stefano Finesi
European Stability Mechanism (ESM)
Majoke Hegen
NWB Bank
Katharina Joseph
UBS Europe SE
Hendrik Kühne
Helaba
Alberto Maria Villa
UniCredit Bank AG, Milan Branch
Charlotte Müller
Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd
Piotr Pasterny
ING Bank NV
Celia Price
Mizuho International plc
Anna Reuterskiöld
DNB
Charles Tissier
Addleshaw Goddard (Europe) LLP
Sébastien Van Campenhoudt
Euroclear
Max Weis
UBS AG
Alex Malitsky
TD Securities
Alex Malitsky born in Kiev, Ukraine and raised in Hannover, Germany, works as a DCM Originator at TD Securities in London. Prior to this position, Alex spent 4 years as a FIG/SSA Syndicate at NORD/LB. He holds a Master of Science in International Accounting and Finance from the University of Liverpool as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. During his studies in Liverpool, Chicago and Detroit, Alex has published several academic papers on impacts from low interest rates and remuneration models of DAX30 executives. He is currently a CFA Level 3 candidate.
Alex won the 2018 ICMA Essay competition and thus was invited as a public speaker at the European Central Bank as well as the Public Issuer Sector Forum 2019 in Vienna.
“I am truly looking forward to being part of the Future Leaders Committee! There are so many opportunities arising from closer collaboration between generations but also across different experts within our industry. IFL displays a unique platform to make the best of each new development, build long-lasting business relationships and establish the foundation for trustful collaboration within international capital markets.”
Tom Capon
Linklaters LLP
Tom is a Managing Associate at Linklaters, sitting in the structured finance group of the capital markets practice, and he has a range of experience across finance products. Tom sits on the Future Leaders Committee as a representative of the IFL Legal Working Group, a group which he chairs within the Future Leaders initiative and which aims to be the conduit through which the Future Leaders initiative can connect with lawyers in ICMA member firms.
Tom grew up in London and studied languages at the University of Exeter (graduating in 2010), before going on to study law and train at Freshfields. He is also chair of City Future, a think-tank for the City and a networking group for young professionals in the Square Mile.
“The Future Leaders initiative of the ICMA is a fantastic way to encourage networking and wider market awareness among young professionals, and I am particularly excited about helping facilitate this in the context of capital markets lawyers at ICMA member firms”.
Claire Conway
Commerzbank
Claire joined Commerzbank‘s Debt Capital Markets Origination team in 2021, where she supports the coverage of European Financial Institutions. Claire is half German half Irish and holds a BA in Modern Languages from the University of Cambridge as well as a MSc in Management & Finance from HEC Paris.
"I am very much looking forward to joining such an international association and connecting with other young professionals in the finance industry. I hope to contribute in a meaningful way to promote ICMA’s platform, its network and educational offering."
Grégoire Denoy
Natixis Investment Managers
Grégoire was born at the end of the 80s in Guadeloupe, French West Indies. Graduated from MS Techniques Financières at ESSEC, French master of chartered accountant (DSCG), MSc in Financial Audit at ESSCA and BSc in Economy at the University of Angers, he began his career in the financial sector 10 years ago. Grégoire started working for EY in financial audit before being selected for the General Inspection programme at BPCE group (Natixis CIB, Natixis Investment Managers, Caisse d’Epargne, Banques Populaires etc.). Then, he was in charge of the commercial strategy monitoring in the trading floor. He is currently working on compliance and internal control processes digitalization as a project director for Natixis Investment Managers (1,250 bn EUR AuM) which is one of the main asset manager in the world.
Grégoire joined ICMA Future Leaders initiatives 5 years ago in order to further deepen his professional skills, but also share his expertise. He organized several major events about blockchain and crypto-assets, digital in finance and the place of millennials in the working environment and also several informal afterworks with entrepreneurs. He is keen to work on projects and to share ideas on key trends and future challenges of the industry with his peers. He finds this as a great opportunity to be part of a community of young colleagues from different countries to share best practices, and to connect and enhance careers.
Stefano Finesi
European Stability Mechanism (ESM)
Stefano is a legal counsel at the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), where he deals with a wide range of capital markets matters. He joined the ESM in 2017. Prior to this, he spent almost six years in private practice, in Italy and London, working primarily on banking and debt capital markets transactions as well as regulatory issues.
He holds graduate and postgraduate degrees in law from LUISS Guido Carli University (Rome) and is dual-qualified in England and Italy.
Stefano looks forward to contributing to the work of the Future Leaders Committee, with a view to increasing awareness of ICMA’s potential among the younger generations, particularly in terms of networking opportunities and as a platform to share innovative ideas and best practices.
Majoke Hegen
NWB Bank
After finishing her studies, Majoke started her career as a business change consultant for financial services. In this role she mainly helped various banks implementing regulatory changes such as MiFID II, MAR or Regulatory Reporting related topics. Working on these topics, her interest towards financial markets and treasury related matters grew. In November 2019 she decided to join the Treasury team of NWB Bank where she has been amongst other working on liquidity- and capital management, collateral management and all kind of ALM related topics and projects.
“I’m very pleased to join the Future Leaders Committee of the ICMA. It is a great way to connect with the broader financial community. I really look forward to develop- and share knowledge on the key challenges and opportunities our sector is facing these days!”
Katharina Joseph
UBS Europe SE
Katharina has been part of UBS’ credit sales team for Germany and Austria since April 2021 focusing mainly on Investment Grade, hybrids and financials. Prior to that Katharina, worked as Business Manager to the Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income at Union Investment for three years. She started her career in finance in London, working for Third Bridge, supporting Private Equity clients with research and market intelligence. At university she worked for several art galleries at different art fairs and started her own travelling art gallery, Kajo Collection.
Katharina holds a bachelor in Liberal Arts and Sciences from Maastricht University and Master of Science in International Management from King’s College London.
“As part of ICMA Future Leaders I am thrilled to promote ICMA’s insightful courses, mentoring platform and help young talent to get started in financial markets.”
Hendrik Kühne Helaba
Hendrik joined Helaba in Frankfurt as a Vice President in September 2021. He is a Credit Trader for Financials providing liquidity to institutional clients and to the market. Previously he worked for BayernLB in Munich as a Vice President and traded Financial Credit until 2015 and later Corperate Credit.
Hendrik joined the ICMA Future Leaders Committee as a representative for Germany in 2015 and gives the German young professionals a voice and connects them to the ICMA community.“I am very happy to support ICMA Future Leaders to connect the many young professionals in the financial industry in Europe. Our committee can learn from experienced leaders to create chances for the next generation. ICMA supports us with its platform and a huge network that is very important to get ready for the challenges in the future in an ever-changing industry.”
Alberto Maria Villa
UniCredit Bank AG, Milan Branch
Alberto Maria Villa, from Milan Italy, is a Bocconi University graduate (with a Msc. in Finance and a Bachelor in Economics) and a Merit Award Scholarship recipient, class 2006.
At the present date, Alberto is a Director in the IG & CEEMEA Bond Syndicate within UniCredit.
Alberto has been working in Syndicate since 2010 and in Fixed Income since 2008, after a stint in Lazard&Co on its Italian M&A Desk.
Alberto day-to-day advises European and CEE Financial Institutions across the capital structure on pricing and optimized wholesale market access. Furthermore, he utilizes the UniCredit Value Chain platform to deliver to its client base an efficient, de-risked and nimble execution.
Alberto is keen to contribute within ICMA Future Leaders and looks forward to the networking and best practices sharing opportunities the platform offers.
Charlotte Müller
Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd
Charlotte is a Swiss and Swedish national, and has a strong affinity to Asia where she lived for the first 16 years of her life. She holds a Bachelor and Master degree from the University of St. Andrews in the UK, where she studied Finance and Management. Upon graduating in 2015, Charlotte joined Swiss Re's Asset Management division in Switzerland. She works in the macro investment strategy team, which is responsible for assessing economic and financial market developments as well as producing Swiss Re's top-down investment strategy views across asset classes and geographic regions.
"As a member of the ICMA Future Leaders committee, I am keen to strengthen further connections among young professionals and experienced leaders. I am also eager to help foster an open and constructive dialogue on the key opportunities and challenges facing our sector both now and in the future."
Piotr Pasterny 
ING Bank NV
Originally from Poland, Piotr finished his studies there, earning Bachelor degree in Economics and Master degree in Finance (Quantitative Risk and Asset Management). Shortly after graduating, Piotr joined ING. Having moved through many areas of the bank (Finance, Operations) and multiple countries, he has joined Financial Markets at ING London in 2017, focusing on balance sheet optimization and interest rate derivatives. Since then, he gained broad financial markets expertise working on multiple important projects, including the IBOR transition.
Piotr has earned his CFA charter in 2022, and currently focuses on inflation derivatives and rates trading at ING in Amsterdam. He is passionate about new technologies and programming, skills which he uses to improve existing processes in his current environment.
'I look forward to joining IFL committee, an important platform for young professionals in the financial industry; In the ever-changing landscape of Financial Markets, it is essential for the participants to engage in networking, exchange of ideas and views in order to be better prepared to face the challenges the future holds.'
Celia Price
Mizuho
Celia is a Vice President in the Sustainable Finance Solutions team at Mizuho, supporting and advising corporate and financial clients 
across EMEA who are looking to raise funds in sustainable formats in the international bond markets. Following her graduation from UCL with a BSc degree in Economics, she started her career in the UK Corporate Debt Capital Markets Origination team at RBC Capital Markets, before joining Mizuho in 2020. Outside of work, Celia sits on the Future Leaders Shadow Board and Governance Committee of volunteer organisation Women in Banking and Finance.
Given Celia’s responsibilities for supporting issuers in accessing bond finance across ESG Use of Proceeds and Sustainability-Linked formats, she participates in a number of ICMA’s working groups related to Sustainable Finance.
'I'm pleased to be able to help advance IFL’s work, engaging the next generation of finance professionals, using ICMA’s existing platform as a catalyst for networking, mentoring and career development opportunities.'
Anna works as an Associate Director at DNB Markets IBD in Stockholm. Having started her career in the field of debt capital markets, she subsequently specialized in sustainable debt structuring (green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bond origination) for five years before returning to originating bonds both with and without an ESG-label.
“I look forward to joining the ICMA Future Leader Committee and continue its important work. Financial Markets will doubtlessly face new challenges in the coming years and the education, mentoring and networking that is at the core of what the ICMA offers in this forum will help build resilience across the industry”
Charles Tissier
Addleshaw Goddard (Europe) LLP
Charles Tissier is a Counsel in Addleshaw Goddard (Europe) LLP Finance practice in Paris and is a recognized lawyer in the field of finance/structured finance. He has recognized expertise in capital markets transactions, including debt capital markets, derivative and repos/stock-lending transactions.
He has developed a strong expertise in domestic and complex cross-border financial transactions and disintermediated financing and regularly advises financial institutions, borrowers and investors at all stages of the structuring or restructuring transaction. Charles advises French or foreign financial institutions and corporates on their issuance, investment and debt-rating transactions (euro bonds, EMTN programmes, hybrid securities, Euro PP, covered bonds, high yield, commercial paper, NSV/Schuldschein…) and liability management transactions.
Charles also advises on fintech, blockchain and cryptocurrency assets.
He joined Addleshaw Goddard (Europe) LLP in 2021. Prior to this, he spent 10 years in the Finance/Capital Markets departments of other international law firms. He holds graduate and posgraduate degrees in law from Paris X and Paris Dauphine.
Charles hopes to contribute to the FLC by continuing to promote the IFL initiative to facilitate young professionals to connect with the leaders within the financial industry, especially in Paris. This initiative also allows the future leaders to share their views in a current regulatory and market environment which is becoming increasingly complex.
Sébastien Van Campenhoudt
Euroclear S.A.
Sébastien Van Campenhoudt works as a Public Affairs Officer at Euroclear, specialising in policy topics related to new technologies (DLT, crypto-assets, etc.) and post-trade regulations (CSDR, SFD, etc). Prior to joining the Government Relations and Public Affairs’ team, he was leading a team of Credit Officers who’s role was to manage and assess the credit exposures of Euroclear Bank in the Middle-East, Africa, Oceania and Switzerland. Prior to this, he worked as a Hedge Fund specialist within FundSettle. He joined the Euroclear Group in 2010.
Max Weis
UBS AG
Max joined UBS in 2013 initially working in Debt Capital Markets. In 2018 he moved to CHF Syndicate focusing predominantly on the issuance of CHF bonds for financials across their capital structure. Prior to joining UBS, Max graduated with a Bachelor of Economics from the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich as well as a Master in Banking and Finance from the University of St. Gallen.
"Joining ICMA in 2020 is dually exciting and challenging due to the unprecedented market environment. I value the opportunity to contribute to the shaping of the future of financial markets through collaboration with ICMA colleagues and the broader market participants."
