Traditional and Market Data Summit 2025

Emily Brooke-Dean is Head of Data at iSAM Helix, where she leads data strategy and innovation for systematic investment solutions. She brings nearly a decade of experience in quantitative finance and technology, having previously held senior roles at Winton.

Jag Sidhu is Head of Market Data at Investec Bank Plc, where he has led the firm’s market data strategy since 2017. With over 25 years of experience across financial services and technology, Jag has held roles spanning market data management, trading systems, and trade floor technology at Investec, Santander UK, and IBM.

He is deeply engaged in driving innovation, operational efficiency, and diversity within the market data industry, regularly contributing to panels and discussions across the sector. Jag also holds Executive Certificates in Strategy & Innovation and Technology & Operations from MIT Sloan Executive Education.

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Currently interim Global Head of the Schroders Data Office. Peter has held senior positions as Chief Data and Technology Officer at Outra, CDAO at Exasol, Group Director Data Sciences at Legal and General and also held the position as CDO of LGIM (L&G Investment Management). Before joining L&G Peter was Chief Data Officer at Southern Water after a period as Head of Data at The Pensions Regulator (TPR). Before joining TPR Peter spent 17 years providing data strategy consultancy across the not for profit sector, financial services and FMCG, working with large multi-national organisations and blue chip brands. Peter is a specialist in Data Strategy, Data Technologies, Master Data Management Strategies, Data Governance Frameworks, GDPR and Data Science. Peter is the co-author of ‘The Chief Data Officer’s Playbook’ published by Facet November 2017, ‘Data-Driven Business Transformation’ published in March 2019 by Wiley, the 2 nd edition ‘The Chief Data Officers Playbook’ published 2020 and ‘Halo Data’ published in September 2023. Peter was Co-founder and partner at Carruthers & Jackson founded in 2018 with his co-author Caroline Carruthers. Peter is an international speaker on Data, Artificial Intelligence, Innovation and business transformation and co-founded the Chief Data Officers’ Summer School which has an international alumni of 1500+.

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Abhijeet Gaikwad is Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at ADG Capital Management, a London-based Quantitative Multi-Strategy fund trading globally across asset classes. With over a decade of experience managing quantitative strategies at leading multi-managers, Abhijeet specializes in portfolio construction, research, and risk management. At ADG, he drives innovation by leveraging scalable technologies, data-driven insights, and a multi-strategy framework to deliver superior risk-adjusted returns for investors. His leadership is defined by a deep focus on systematic investing, cross-asset diversification, and robust risk controls.

Abby joined Man 10 years ago as a Commercial Analyst and today manages the Data Sourcing and Strategy team, looking after data needs across all of Man’s Investment Managers. Prior to joining Man, Abby worked for Rolls Royce, as a business analyst preparing proposals for aero-engines sales. Abby also has a Master’s degree in Physics from the University of Durham.

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Angana is responsible for multi-asset data solutions that Bloomberg offers to its systematic traders, quant strategies and fundamental research teams. Prior to joining, Angana was Head of Product at SigTech, a quant platform that was spun-out from the hedge fund, Brevan Howard. Angana has also spent more than a decade in index research and quantitative strategies at Deutsche Bank, S&P Dow Jones Indices and State Street. She has a degree in Computer Science from Madras University and an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad.

Anna is a senior executive in financial data and technology segment with over 20 years of experience. Proven track record in business transformation of data and technology, senior market data and trading procurement roles and defining and implementing major change programmes leading to significant cost savings.

Anna has a strong track record for strategic leadership and successfully delivering complex projects across global organisations. She has exceptional communication skills with an ability to build effective partnerships with executive stakeholders, front-office, back-office, IT, and finance. Recognised for being able to motivate and influence and build high performant teams.

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Bill has worked in the financial services and IT industries his entire career at companies like Citi, IBM and his current venture, BCC Group. He holds an MBA from Fordham Gabelli School of Business. He is a published author and lectures on subjects such as market data, cloud computing, analytics, and cryptocurrencies.

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Danesh has been apart of Neudata's research team since 2022. Since joining the team, he has helped high frequency and fundamental trading firms identify novel datasets across various asset classes. Today, Danesh sits on Neudata's macro research team helping build relationships and grow the companies coverage of alternative and traditional data products.