Bio

Nadira Hardial is the Senior Vice-President responsible for Corporate Technology at Brown Brothers Harriman. She is responsible for the platforms that support the Finance, Compliance, Risk, Human Resources and Enterprise functions of the Bank. In support of Inclusion in Technology careers in Banking and Finance, Nadira founded the Women in Technology community at BBH.

Prior to joining Brown Brothers Harriman, Nadira was a Senior Vice-President for Fund Services applications, for Citibank’s Securities and Funds Services division. She led the design and implementation of a new proprietary ETF servicing platform, in line with Citi’s global product strategy.

At Merrill Lynch, as Director, Nadira was responsible for Margin and Collateral Management Technology as well as several Credit Risk applications, supporting the firm’s global Institutional Business. She conceptualized and implemented the firm’s strategic margin platform, including cross-asset portfolio management capabilities as part of the toolset supporting Prime Brokerage.

In a career spanning over 25 years in Financial Services Technology, Nadira was also an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley, where she managed the Tax and Gain Loss Technology program for Wealth Management. Earlier in her career, Nadira held various application development roles at Barclays, Societe Generale and UBS. She started her career as a Middleware developer working for Pepsi-Cola. Nadira holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Information Systems from Baruch College.

Bio

Johna Till Johnson is the CEO & Founder of Nemertes Research, an 18-year old research-advisory firm specializing in the business impact of emerging technologies. Ms. Johnson spearheads Nemertes’ security and risk management practice, where she works with Fortune 200 financial services, manufacturing, utility, and other leading organizations.

Ms. Johnson’s career in information security began more than 25 years ago when, as a young engineer, she developed security products for Mosler Security Systems. In the early 1990s, she ran the lab-testing program at Data Communications Magazine, which uncovered vulnerabilities in the then-novel RSA two-factor authentication system. In the mid-1990s, Ms. Johnson ran the Global Networking Strategies Service at the META Group, which included META’s security and risk management offering. Subsequently, she served as the Chief Technology Officer overseeing the security practice for Greenwich Technology Corp., a global consulting and engineering firm that developed and implemented leading-edge security architectures for financial services firms and other global organizations.

Bio

Johna Till Johnson is the CEO & Founder of Nemertes Research, an 18-year old research-advisory firm specializing in the business impact of emerging technologies. Ms. Johnson spearheads Nemertes’ security and risk management practice, where she works with Fortune 200 financial services, manufacturing, utility, and other leading organizations.

Ms. Johnson’s career in information security began more than 25 years ago when, as a young engineer, she developed security products for Mosler Security Systems. In the early 1990s, she ran the lab-testing program at Data Communications Magazine, which uncovered vulnerabilities in the then-novel RSA two-factor authentication system. In the mid-1990s, Ms. Johnson ran the Global Networking Strategies Service at the META Group, which included META’s security and risk management offering. Subsequently, she served as the Chief Technology Officer overseeing the security practice for Greenwich Technology Corp., a global consulting and engineering firm that developed and implemented leading-edge security architectures for financial services firms and other global organizations.