Arash Massoudi
Corporate Finance and Deals Editor,
Financial Times

Arash Massoudi has led the Financial Times’ coverage of mergers and acquisitions since 2014 from London. He writes about the biggest deals, dealmakers and trends in global business, breaking news and writing features about companies such as SoftBank, HNA Group and 3G Capital.

Julia Hoggett
Chief Executive Officer,
London Stock Exchange

Julia Hoggett is chief executive officer of London Stock Exchange. She oversees the exchange’s primary and secondary markets and associated products and services from both a regulatory and commercial perspective. She has spent her entire career in capital markets and knows the key role they play in providing vital capital to companies and institutions and delivering returns for individual and institutional investors.

The Rt Hon Lord Hill of Oareford CBE
former EU Commissioner for Financial Stability
Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union

Lord Hill took office as European Commissioner in November 2014 with responsibility for financial regulation across the whole of Europe. His flagship programme was the development of a European Capital Markets Union to increase the flow of investment capital throughout the EU. Lord Hill resigned as Commissioner in the immediate aftermath of the UK referendum on EU membership in June 2016.

Helen Thomas
Business Columnist,
Financial Times

Helen Thomas first joined the Financial Times in 2004 and was part of the team that pioneered the launch of the FT’s popular markets blog FT Alphaville. She later wrote for the Lex column in New York, covering the fallout of the 2008 financial crisis. She also held the roles of US M&A correspondent and mining correspondent.