Make Equity Work
London Summit

Tom has been with Winterflood for over 3 years and is responsible for co-owning and driving the strategic development, direction, and growth of this newly formed, specialist business within Winterflood. Winterflood are one of the UK’s leading Market Makers and provide extensive services in Global Trade Execution, Custody and Platform Solutions. Tom has over 20 years’ experience in the FS Industry with expertise in stockbroking and stock plans. Tom has previously worked at MM&K, Killik and Co, EQ and Link Group, with extensive experience in UK and overseas stock markets across technology, business development, commercials and client relationship.

Anna Humphrey is a Partner in the Executive Compensation practice at Goodwin. She joined Goodwin in 2025. Anna specialises in employee incentives and regularly advises clients particularly in the technology and life sciences sectors. Anna advises on the full range of employee incentive matters, including structuring and implementing the equity incentive arrangements of private and public companies and multinational groups. She has extensive experience supporting venture-backed companies and their investors and regularly advises on strategic M&A transactions and IPO mandates.

Christian Hyldig is an Associate Partner in Aon’s Equity Services team, based in Copenhagen. He helps companies design and optimize equity compensation programs, supporting organizations through growth, IPOs, and global expansion. With over 15 years of experience in share plans, Christian previously served as a Vice President at Morgan Stanley, where he led the development and ownership of Morgan Stanley’s EMEA share plan financial reporting solution and advised companies on a broad range of equity compensation matters. Christian holds a Master’s degree in Accounting from Copenhagen Business School, specializing in IFRS 2, and is a Certified Equity Professional (CEP). He serves on the Board of Directors of the Global Equity Organization (GEO) and is a regular speaker at global equity compensation conferences and industry events.

Andrew Foster is the Founder of InfinitX, a financial market infrastructure and technology company focused on improving liquidity and access in private and unlisted markets. InfinitX owns and operates JP Jenkins, the UK's largest venue for unlisted securities, which provides companies and investors with a regulated environment to buy and sell private company shares. With extensive experience across capital markets, private companies, and financial technology, Andrew has been instrumental in developing innovative solutions that bridge the gap between private and public markets. Under his leadership, InfinitX has built technology and market infrastructure that supports issuers, brokers, wealth managers, and investors seeking greater access, transparency, and liquidity in private assets. Andrew is a passionate advocate for broadening investment opportunities and helping growth companies access capital throughout their lifecycle. He regularly works with regulators, market participants, and industry stakeholders to develop new market structures that support innovation, shareholder liquidity, and long-term business growth. Andrew is also a founding member of the Association for Private Markets, which seeks to support the Private markets in the UK as they evolve. Today, Andrew focuses on expanding private market access internationally and building next-generation market infrastructure that enables more efficient investment in private assets.

Elena Petrou is Head of Share Schemes at Aviva plc, with responsibility for all Aviva share plans globally. She joined Aviva in 2013 from UBS. Elena runs the UK’s Share Plans User Group (SPUG), a community for share plan professionals and issuers. She also serves as a member of the ProShare Advisory Panel.

Paul is the Group Head of Equity at Revolut, with responsibility for all Revolut share plans globally. Prior to joining Revolut he worked in-house at FTSE 100 companies, in consulting roles and as an external advisor at HMRC.

Ed is the CEO of Flock, a fully digital insurance provider for commercial motor fleets. We’re on a mission to make the world quantifiably safer, with telematics-powered insurance that reduces crash frequency by over 10% year-on-year. Hundreds of commercial fleets now trust us to keep their drivers safe and their vehicles on the road. We're proud to work with global brokers like Aon and Marsh, supported by great investors like Octopus, Chamath/Social Capital, and Anthemis, and we're partnered with leading insurance companies like Admiral and Haven to provide absolute peace of mind to our customers.

Darren Smith is a global equity and rewards leader with over a decade of experience advising multinational organizations on complex tax, compliance, and mobility challenges. As the Global Rewards Practice Leader at Vialto Partners, he focuses on building and scaling innovative solutions that support global workforces across more than 170 jurisdictions. Prior to Vialto, Darren served as Head of Global Advanced Solutions and Global Intelligence at Morgan Stanley, where he led the development of market‑leading strategies addressing complex equity compensation and workplace benefit issues. He has also held senior leadership roles across international organizations and previously served as a Professor of Finance, combining deep technical expertise with a strong commitment to thought leadership. Darren holds a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Alberta, alongside a master’s degree in finance and strategic management.

Tim joined The London Stock Exchange in April 2019 and has responsibility for potential AIM and Main Market IPOs across The Midlands, Wales, East Anglia, Cambridge and Oxford. In addition, he has national responsibility for all Healthcare and related IPO business; and is on the project delivery team for LSEG’s private company secondary market, Private Securities Market. He spent his earlier career working across a range of industry sectors in UK small and mid-cap advisory roles at Teather & Greenwood, Charles Stanley Securities and Cantor Fitzgerald Europe.

Hannah is a Legal Director and on the Board of Directors at Tapestry Compliance, an award-winning UK law firm specialising in global equity incentives. She advises on the implementation and operation of all forms of global executive and employee equity and incentive plans, including the design and establishment of new plans, global compliance, managing grants and maturities under existing plans and on technical tax and legal matters. Hannah has significant experience with tax-qualified and non-tax-qualified arrangements and the use of employee trusts. She also advises on the impact of corporate transactions that may affect a company's global incentive arrangements. Hannah is a Fellow of the Global Equity Organization (GEO) and a member of GEO’s Board of Directors as well as Chair of GEO’s Future Leader Program. She also co-chairs and sits on other leading industry Boards / Committees in the UK, including the Share Plan Lawyers’ Governance and Regulatory Committee and Practical Law Company’s Share Schemes and Incentives Consultation Board.

Sarah Beddoes is the founder of Innovative Legal, a legal consultancy providing Fractional General Counsel support to growing companies that are not yet ready for a full-time in-house lawyer but need pragmatic, commercially focused legal support. Innovative Legal also provides AI advisory services, helping businesses navigate AI regulation, governance, responsible AI, and the legal implications of deploying AI tools and technologies. Sarah has worked across both private practice and in-house roles, including at the magic circle law firm Freshfields and Olswang (now CMS). Before launching Innovative Legal, she was General Counsel, Company Secretary, and Co-Chair of the Committee for Responsible AI at an AI technology scale-up with operations across the UK, the US and Australia. In that role, she became recognised as a legal thought leader in AI, with particular expertise in AI regulation, responsible innovation and AI ethics. Sarah was named a Woman Leader in Tech Law at the 2024 Women, Influence & Power in Law UK Awards and was also recognised as a Rising Star for two consecutive years in the Thomson Reuters London Super Lawyers lists.

Harry Borovick is General Counsel and AI Governance Officer of Luminance. As well as working at the forefront of the development of AI for legal operations, Harry is the Programme Director of the AI Governance Leadership Programme at Kings College London, and lectures at Queen Mary University London and UC Law San Francisco on applied legal AI and AI ethics. Harry also sits as an AI advisor to CiArb and is the author of AI and The Law: A Practical Guide to Using AI Safely.

Dexter Tang is a member of Google's Global Equity Management team, leading all aspects of Google's International Equity Compliance and Operations. With over a decade of expertise in global mobility and equity compliance and administration, Dexter manages complex projects across 64 jurisdictions, serving approximately 70,000 employees throughout APAC, LatAm, and EMEA. He is a passionate advocate for leveraging automation and artificial intelligence to scale global equity operations. Beyond his technical leadership in tax compliance and plan administration, Dexter is also an avid advocate for belonging and inclusion having previously served as the Intersectionality Lead for Google Pride@ EMEA. Prior to Google, he held key global mobility management roles at PwC in Australia and Malaysia.