Helen Burgess is a strategic Commercial Director at S&P Global Market Intelligence, responsible for the commercial strategy and growth of Fixed Income Primary Markets. With nearly four decades of experience across global capital markets, Helen is recognised as a leading expert in fixed income workflows, market structure, digitisation, and strategic partnerships spanning both primary and secondary markets. Throughout her career, Helen has held senior leadership, sales, relationship management, and business development roles at some of the world's leading financial institutions, including S&P Global, Liquidnet, Credit Suisse, Nomura, JP Morgan, and Northern Trust. She has consistently delivered commercial growth, built high-value global client relationships, and led strategic initiatives across fixed income, convertible bonds, high yield/high grade markets, and electronic trading. A respected industry ambassador and frequent speaker at international conferences and industry forums, Helen is passionate about driving innovation in capital markets through electronification, data monetisation, workflow optimisation, and collaboration between issuers, investors, and intermediaries. She is also an active mentor, supporting the development of future industry talent through several professional mentoring programs. Helen completed executive education programs at Oxford Saïd Business School - FinTech and NYU Stern School of Business - Advanced Business Managment, further strengthening her expertise in fintech, leadership, and market innovation