Nicolas Guyard

Nicolas Guyard

Global Head of Global Markets Operations BNP Paribas
Nicolas Guyard
With over 20 years of experience at BNP Paribas, Nicolas has held various positions within CIB Operations across Hong Kong, India, and Portugal, where he has been based since 2021. He currently serves as the Global Head of Markets Operations, leading teams that support Global Market businesses, ALM-T, and other BNP Paribas entities utilizing Global Markets products. Nicolas is driven by a passion for organizational transformation, client experience, and risk management, and is deeply committed to building high-performing teams.

Main Day 1 | 16th September

4:45 PM Advisory Board Panel: Looking back – Looking forward: A deep dive into the progress the capital markets operations industry has made and an outlook on what the future holds to help you best prepare your division.

  • Which transformation initiative will deliver the highest value for Buy Side firms if prioritised over the next 5 years?
  • What are your key learnings of the last 5 years of leadership that will help to shape how you drive your firm's Ops function moving forward?
  • Where does the buy side need better cross industry support to meet shared industry objectives?
  • How are you preparing more junior leaders to equip the function for future success?

Main Day 2 | 17th September

11:25 AM Head of Operations Working Group: How do you redesign post-trade operating models for a world that is faster, more fragmented, and geopolitically unstable—without increasing risk? *Chatham House Rule*

  • Moving from asset-class silos towards cross-asset ownership
  • Defining embedded risk and liquidity roles inside operations
  • Building for a globally implemented play book for fragmented market regulations
  • Breaking down siloes between operations, data and technology

An off-the-record, invitation-only session where operations leaders share strategies, debate market outlooks, and collaborate on solutions to the most pressing challenges facing their function today.

*Open to 15 Sell Side Heads of Operations*

Session Hosted under The Chatham House Rule

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Nicolas.

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