Bjorn Sibbern, CEO of SIX, reviews a year of strategic progress and sets out the group’s priorities for 2026 as it works to build a more connected and interoperable European market.

Craig Donohue, Chief Executive Officer of Cboe Global Markets, reflects on his first year at the helm, outlining how Cboe is sharpening its strategic focus, strengthening its core markets, and positioning itself for growth across derivatives, data, and emerging areas such as prediction markets and digital assets.

Andrej Bolkovic, Chief Executive Officer of OCC, outlines the practical steps required to support extended and near-continuous trading in U.S. listed options, examining the implications for clearing, risk management, market infrastructure and investor protections as markets move towards longer trading hours.

Islam Abdel Azim Azzam, Chairman of the Egyptian Stock Exchange, tells us what has changed in the business over the past year and what he is looking forward to in 2026.

Magnus Almqvist, CEO of Exberry, examines how continuous access, new asset formats and real-time risk are forcing exchanges to rethink their operating models.

Stijn Vander Straeten, CEO at Crypto Finance Group, explains how the organisation is building the infrastructure needed to support the next generation of institutional finance.

Tomasz Bardziłowski, President of the Warsaw Stock Exchange Management Board, tells us how record index levels, surging investor participation and an expanding ETF market made for an exceptional year.

Ilia Prozorov, Lead Product Development at Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, discusses how product innovation, market infrastructure development and a focus on international accessibility are supporting the evolution and global positioning of Abu Dhabi’s capital markets.

Jae Kwang Jung, Senior Manager at Korea Exchange, reflects on how the Market Infrastructure Certificate programme reshaped his thinking on market regulation and microstructure, and how questioning long-standing assumptions has become essential as Korea’s capital markets enter a new era of competition and structural change.