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Esme Pau
Head of Capital Markets and Policy
CertiK
Esme Pau is Head of Capital Markets and Policy at CertiK, the world’s largest blockchain security auditor. She works with regulators, policymakers and financial institutions to shape the future of digital capital markets, with a focus on security, market integrity and resilient frameworks.
Previously one of Asia's first institutional digital assets analysts and a top-ranked investment analyst, she advised Fortune 500 boards on digital innovation and global asset managers on capital allocation, and has built digital assets capabilities at financial institutions. Across nearly 20 years in digital transformation, institutional investing, and multi-jurisdictional policy, she brings capital markets, commercial, and regulatory experience. She holds a law degree from the London School of Economics and is a CPA (Australia) and CFA Charterholder.
Speaking At
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2:00–3:30pmMon 16 NovPublic-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 3Open
The Scaling Challenge in Tokenized Markets
GL1 Dialogue: Infrastructure for a Programmable Financial System
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Audrey MetzgerDirector of Innovation & Financial Market InfrastructuresBanque de France
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Esme PauHead of Capital Markets and PolicyCertiK
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Holger NeuhausHead of Market Innovation & Integration, Design Manager for TokenisationEuropean Central Bank
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John O'NeillManaging Director, Digital Assets & Currencies, CIBHSBC
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Masashi WatanabeManaging Director, Head of Digital AssetsMUFG Bank, Ltd.
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Naveen MallelaGlobal Head of PaymentsStandard Chartered Bank
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Peiying ChuaPartner, Asia Head of Fintech, Head of Singapore Financial RegulationLinklaters
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Stephanie CabossiorasChief Strategy & Global Policy OfficerSociete Generale-FORGE
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Toh Wee KeeGlobal Head of InsightsKinexys by J.P. Morgan
About this session
Global Layer One (GL1) has brought together policymakers, financial institutions and infrastructure providers to advance an ecosystem of open, interoperable and trusted digital infrastructures. This collaboration has produced practical outputs such as the Programmable Compliance Toolkit, which provides a common approach to implementing compliance across tokenized asset systems, and the Market Infrastructure Toolkit, which is already being used by market infrastructure providers to assess and demonstrate alignment with internationally recognised standards and risk management principles.
This roundtable convenes the GL1 community to share experiences from adopting and applying these toolkits, including practical implementation lessons and considerations for broader adoption. Participants will also look ahead to how this work can be extended to support new use cases and capabilities as the industry progresses towards a programmable financial system.
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