Charlie Walker

Deputy CEO London Stock Exchange Group

Charlie is Deputy CEO of the London Stock Exchange plc having joined in 2018 to lead the Equity and Fixed Income Primary Markets businesses.

Charlie is a capital markets specialist and previously worked within J.P. Morgan Cazenove’s Equity Capital Markets team responsible for originating and executing equity transactions. He has assisted in raising over £45bn of equity capital across five continents on behalf of clients.

During his time at JPMC, Charlie also worked in Sydney raising capital for companies on the Australian Stock Exchange as well as taking primary responsibility for the South African equity capital markets practice.

Main Day 1 | 22nd April

9:00 IPO Reform Interview: Breaking the IPO model - Which new market pathways could bring companies back to Europe?

Europe’s equity capital markets are at an inflection point. IPO volumes remain subdued, delistings are rising, and founders increasingly bypass public listings in favour of private capital or overseas exchanges. But what if the problem isn’t cyclical at all- and the IPO model itself is broken? This session brings together the market’s most forward-thinking voices to explore how new approaches- from tokenised listings and alternative funding platforms to regulatory resets and hybrid models blurring the lines between private and public markets- could rewrite the rules of going public. How should UK and EU policymakers respond? Can innovations from the digital asset space and new public-private pathways be integrated into mainstream capital raising? And what will it take to restore Europe’s relevance as a destination for growth companies?

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