Mr Simon O’Brien joined the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) in September 2015. He leads the team responsible for authorisation and supervision of Market Infrastructures, which include Recognised Investment Exchanges, Recognised Clearing Houses, Multilateral Trading Facilities (MTFs), Organised Trading Facilities (OTFs) and Crypto Asset Exchanges. His team is also responsible for Recognising Remote Exchanges, Remote Clearing Houses and Remote Members. As part of his responsibilities, Simon focuses on developing a robust capital market within ADGM, leading key projects including ADGM’s Crypto Asset regulatory framework and its Remote Member framework for ADGM Exchanges and Clearing Houses.

Prior to FSRA, Simon had senior management and technical experience within both Australia and the UAE, having worked at the Australian Securities Exchange, and at two start-up exchanges (Head of Listing at NASDAQ Dubai and Head of Supervision at Asia Pacific Stock Exchange (Sydney Stock Exchange). He also held a senior role leading the Primary Markets team in Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA).

Simon has a Bachelor of Economics and a Post-Graduate Diploma, Arts (Applied Economics) from the University of Queensland, as well as a Graduate Diploma (Applied Finance and Investment) from FINSIA (Australia).