David Bullen

David Bullen founded his own independent advisory consultancy in 2012, specialising in capital market electronic trading and market structure change; driven by technology advancement and regulatory reform. Prior to this, David led Citigroup Global Markets’ Interest Rates & Corporate Credit e-Trading and e-Commerce businesses for 17 years. Before that David managed Citi's cross-asset class fixed income & foreign exchange e- businesses in EMEA and was also heavily involved in the launch of the FIX protocol to the Equities market whilst at Salomon Brothers in the mid-90's. He has significant cross-asset class appreciation of change in wholesale capital markets. David’s clients, at trading venues, investment banks and investment managers, span areas as diverse as regulatory-driven futurisation in OTC derivative interest rate space, efficiency changes in fixed income primary markets, a technology network utility-driven initiative in European credit markets pre trade ‘axe’ information, a global investment management company’s e-strategy and advising a regional investment bank on ecommerce and regulatory reform strategy. David has also advised technology start-up companies through their development to launch and early stage build out. David is currently the Secretary-General of the Electronic Debt Markets Association (EDMA) in Europe; the trade association focused on (cash and derivative) market regulations for all European fixed income Multilateral Trading Facilities. David also acts as Secretary-General of the Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) and Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM) Association (APARMA). David also co-ordinates the Systematic Internaliser Registry Data Group of the leading Approved Publication Arrangements (APAs) in Europe serving as Independent Steering Committee chair. Frequently, David develops, chairs and contributes to leading financial industry conferences, roundtable discussions and workshops, both in-person & virtual, acting as independent moderator and facilitator. David is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment and served as a Trustee Director of a £4bn pension scheme for 10 years