Paul Chilcott, Ph.D.

Advisor to the Governor, Bank of Canada

Paul Chilcott was appointed Advisor to the Governor in 2015. In this role, Mr. Chilcott focuses on payments system and financial market issues. He coordinates the Bank’s involvement in the modernization of Canada’s national payments systems and leads the Bank’s work on central bank digital currencies. He also represents the Bank at various committees at the Bank for International Settlements, including the Markets Committee and the Committee on the Global Financial System. 

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Miguel Díaz, Ph.D.

Head of Toronto Centre, BIS Innovation Hub

Mr. Díaz has guided the development, operation, analysis and regulation of financial market infrastructures in Mexico, including the modernisation of the country's primary payments system. He is also Chair of the Consultative Group on Innovation and the Digital Economy (CGIDE) established at the BIS Representative Office for the Americas. A Mexican national, he holds a PhD in Business Economics from the University of Chicago. ... Read More

Darrell Duffie, Ph.D.

Adams Distinguished Professor of Management and Professor of Finance of the Graduate School of Business, Stanford 

Darrell Duffie is the Dean Witter Distinguished Professor of Finance at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. He is a fellow and member of the Council of the Econometric Society, a research fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Duffie was the 2009 president of the American Finance Association and chaired the Market Participants Group in 2014. Duffle holds an MA from the University of New England, Australia, and a PhD from Stanford University. His recent books include How Big Banks Fail (Princeton University Press, 2010), Measuring Corporate Default ... Read More

Brian Gelfand

Senior Advisor, EY Canada

Brian Gelfand is the Digital Assets and Financial Markets Infrastructure Lead for EY Canada.  He has more than 25 years of experience in financial markets regulation and financial market infrastructure, including leadership roles in derivatives market operations, derivatives market regulation and supervision, and securities and derivatives clearing and settlement.  His experience spans all aspects of markets and post-trade services, from high level policy and strategy to initiative leadership and execution. Brian served as Special Advisor to the Secretary General of IOSCO before joining the Montréal Exchange, where he occupied senior leadership roles in business development, market operations and microstructure, corporate relations, and ... Read More