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Peter Kerstens
Advisor, DG FISMA
European Commission
Peter advises on Technological Innovation, Digital Transformation and Cybersecurity at the European Commission’s financial services department. He has lead work on the European Commission’s Fintech Action Plan and Digital Finance Strategy and co-chaired the European Commission’s Fintech Taskforce. Peter is often referred to as the architect of Mica (the EU Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation) and Dora (the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act).
Peter has extensive experience in EU policy and regulation in a wide variety of fields, including single market, financial services, digitalisation, security, foreign policy sanctions, consumer protection as well as health and food safety. Earlier in his career, Peter was Finance Counsellor at the EU Embassy in Washington DC. He has also been a member of the private offices of the commissioner for the internal market and services and the commissioner for health and consumer protection. Before joining the European Commission, Peter advised major corporations on EU policy and regulatory affairs.
He is a Dutch national and holds double magna cum laude master degrees in European affairs and political science from the College of Europe in Bruges and the University of Leuven, Belgium. He is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University Law School and a consummate public speaker.
Speaking At
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9:30–11:00amMon 16 NovPublic-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 1Open
The Scaling Challenge in Tokenized Markets
Tokenized Markets: Frictions, Choices and the Path to Interoperability
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Alan CroftsHead of Innovation & FintechFMA New Zealand
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Herman SchuellerDirector, Innovation & Technology Risk - SupervisionDubai Financial Services Authority
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Jaime PradenasHead of Financial Technology HubCentral Bank of Chile
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Kushal BalluckSenior Manager, FMI Innovation & Payments PolicyBank of England
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Peter KerstensAdvisor, DG FISMAEuropean Commission
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Tang WeiHead of Public Policy, Southeast Asia & Greater ChinaStripe
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Toh Wee KeeGlobal Head of InsightsKinexys by J.P. Morgan
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Witit SynsatayakulDigital & Innovative Finance SpecialistAsian Development Bank
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Dr. Wong Huei ChingExecutive Director, Digital Strategy & InnovationSecurities Commission Malaysia
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Jael TanHead of Government ProgrammesGlobal Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)Moderator
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Maha El DimachkiChief Executive Officer, GFTN SolutionsGlobal Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)Moderator
About this session
Tokenization projects today are often built vertically, with each initiative solving a specific problem within its own ecosystem. Yet tokenizing an asset in isolation does not deliver the full potential of tokenization. Benefits such as atomic settlement and greater capital efficiency depend on interoperability across the entire transaction chain — from the asset and its supporting infrastructure to trading, settlement and the movement of money. The challenge is how countries and institutions can pursue their own tokenization ambitions while avoiding the fragmentation that siloed approaches risk creating.
This roundtable brings together findings from a year of open-call research, alongside problem statements and perspectives from private-sector practitioners navigating the practical choices, risks and constraints of tokenization. It will explore how a decision-making framework can help countries assess their starting points and ambitions, identify the capabilities required across the transaction chain, and consider different pathways towards more interoperable markets. Looking ahead to 2027, participants will discuss emerging problem statements and the coordination, partnerships and policy support needed to connect individual initiatives into a more coherent financial ecosystem.
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