Speakers
André Brunner
Programme Manager, Pontes and Appia
European Central Bank
André Brunner is Programme Manager for the Pontes and Appia initiatives at the European Central Bank, where he leads the Eurosystem’s work on the use of distributed ledger technology for wholesale central bank money settlement and the future evolution of Europe’s financial market infrastructure. Prior to joining the ECB, André held senior leadership positions in banking and consulting. He brings more than 25 years of experience in financial services, technology and large-scale transformation, including DLT, tokenisation and digital assets. André holds a degree in Computer Science with a minor in Business Administration.
Speaking at SFF 2026
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1:30–2:10pmFri 20 NovPolicy StageHall 3, Singapore EXPOOpen
Policy Rewiring
Keeping Money Moving: Financial Resilience in an Age of Emerging Risks
Policy StageHall 3, Singapore EXPOOpen
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Colin PayneHead of InnovationFinancial Conduct Authority (FCA)
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Thomas MoserAlternate Member of the Governing BoardSwiss National Bank
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André BrunnerProgramme Manager, Pontes and AppiaEuropean Central Bank
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Jael TanHead of Government ProgrammesGlobal Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)Moderator
About this session
As financial systems become more digital and interconnected, new technologies are reshaping the risks to their resilience. Quantum computing could eventually undermine the cryptography securing today’s financial infrastructure, frontier AI is changing the scale and sophistication of cyber threats and fraud, and the growth of tokenised money raises new questions about the reliability of the infrastructure on which it depends.
This session brings together perspectives from central banking, financial regulation and digital money to examine how the financial system can prepare for these risks before they materialise. What needs to happen now to ensure that emerging technologies strengthen financial infrastructure rather than create new points of failure? -

