Board Members

Lorna Boucher
Instinet
Lorna is a Managing Director, CMO, and Global Head of Social Responsibility for Instinet Incorporated, and sits on the firm’s Global Executive Committee.
As CMO, she is responsible for brand strategy and integrated, multi-channel marketing and communications for the global broker-dealer’s internal and external stakeholders.
As Instinet’s Global Head of Social Responsibility, she launched and heads a grassroots program called “The Inspire Network”, empowering Instinet employees to help drive the firm’s social and community initiatives spanning Philanthropy, Inclusion, Responsibility and the Environment.
She joined Instinet in 2016. Previously, Lorna worked in senior-level strategic branding and marketing roles for over 25 years, including brands such as KCG (now Virtu), UBS Investment Bank, Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co., and Bankers Trust Company (now Deutsche Bank).
She is a frequent industry and academic speaker on subjects such as Branding & Marketing, Personal Branding, and Women in the Workplace.

Clarissa De’Giorgio
Euronext

Cathy Gibson
Ninety One
Cathy is the global head of trading at Ninety One responsible for leading the trading function that supports our global investment teams. Cathy has a wealth of investment experience, most recently heading up dealing at Royal London Asset Management.
Prior to this she was head of fixed income trading, UK at DWS Asset Management.
Cathy obtained a BA in Pure Economics degree and a Master’s in Economic Science from the University College Dublin.

Duncan Higgins
Sustainable Trading
Duncan Higgins is the founder and CEO of Sustainable Trading, a membership network dedicated to driving positive change on environmental, social and governance (ESG) within financial markets trading. With 25 years’ experience in financial markets,
specialist expertise in trading technology and workflows, market microstructure, and regulation.
He previously held long standing sales and product positions at the agency broker and trading technology provider ITG (acquired by Virtu Financial) and within UBS Investment Bank.
Duncan was also part of the team that successfully launched the Turquoise MTF.

Christoph Hock
Union Investment

Frank Loughlin
AllianceBernstein

Etienne Phaneuf
ArchES