InvestOps Europe 2025

20 - 22 October 2025

CNIT Forest, Paris

Stephane Janin

Stephane Janin

Global Head of Regulatory Developments and Public Affairs AXA Investment Managers

Stéphane Janin, Head of Global Regulatory Developments and Public Affairs, AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM).

Stéphane heads up AXA IM’s Global Regulatory Developments and Public Affairs directorate at worldwide level.

Before joining AXA IM in 2015, Stéphane was Head of the International Affairs Division at the French Asset Management Association (AFG), responsible for international regulatory strategy and promotion.

He was previously Head of Market Surveillance and Responsible for Strategy and Risks at the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF). Still at French level, since 2020 Stéphane has been a member of AMF’s External Advisory Committee as well as a member of AFG’s Non-Executive Director Strategic Committee.

At European level, since 2021 Stéphane has been Co-Chairman of the Asset Management and Investors Council, International Capital Markets Association (ICMA). From 2018 to 2021, he was a member of the Board of Directors at the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA). Beforehand, within the European Commission, he was a Seconded National Expert from 2000 to 2004 – in charge of drafting and negotiating UCITS, Hedge Funds, Credit Rating Agencies and Market Abuse legislations on behalf of the European Commission.

At worldwide level, Stéphane is a member of the World Economic Forum (Davos Forum)’s working group on “The Future of Capital Markets”.

Stéphane started his carrier at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in Washington D.C.

He graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (IEP) – “Sciences Po”, in Paris.

Main Day 1 | 21st October

2:35 PM Panel: Succeeding in Private Markets: How can you build the skillsets, tech stack and regulatory frameworks required to navigate complex and opaque investment instruments and capitalise on rapidly growing opportunities in private markets?

  • What operational challenges make private markets more complex than public markets? 
  • How can firms improve transparency and efficiency when dealing with private market investments? 
  • What emerging technologies are helping firms navigate private market complexities? 

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

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