Executives

Chief Executive Officer

Thomas Steimann joined REGIS-TR SA in 2019 from the Spanish Central Securities Depository Iberclear, where he was external advisor for strategic projects in the area of domestic and cross-border post-trade securities services.

Between 1998 and 2017, Thomas was at Deutsche Bank SAE in Madrid, initially with responsibility for non-resident institutional clients’ securities clearing & custody activity in the Spanish market, and from 2006 to 2017 as head of securities clearing & custody and depository bank services for all institutional clients. His responsibilities in this role included P&L for the business unit, control and supervision of operational service delivery and representation of the business to market participants, supervisory authorities and industry groups.

Thomas began his professional career at Westdeutsche Landsbank’s Düsseldorf headquarters, later taking responsibility for the Controlling department for Treasury and Foreign Exchange at West LB (Europa) AG in Madrid. He has a degree in Business Administration from the University of Cologne and is fluent in German, Spanish and English.

Managing Director

Before joining REGIS-TR as joint Managing Director, Irene was the Managing Director of Link Up Markets, the joint venture set up by ten Central Securities Depositories to enable interoperability, improve efficiency and reduce the post-trade processing costs of cross-border securities transactions. She has been a Board Member of ALMUS, the association of SWIFT members and users in Luxembourg, and an active participant in industry forums on market standards and infrastructures, business re-engineering and pricing.

Earlier in her career, Irene held a number of roles in finance and lending operations at the European Investment Bank and Schlumberger Limited. She has a degree in Economic and Political Science from the Catholic University of Mons and an MBA from Solvay Business School in Belgium.

Managing Director

Alfonso Alcalá joined REGIS-TR SA in 2019 as an integral contributor to the governance and coordination of the IT activities of the company. His professional career began as a research engineer in 1989 at IBM Research and Development Center in Madrid. Holding various responsibilities in information technology and digital transformation throughout his career, Alfonso joined BME Inntech, the value-added service company of Bolsas y Mercados Españoles, as Chief Technology Officer in 2001 to lead the development and operations of technological solutions for the Iberian and Latin-American financial sector. Prior to joining REGIS-TR, Alfonso was the General Manager of Openfinance, a BME Inntech company specialising in the implementation of technological solutions in the wealth management industry for private & personal banks, insurance companies, family offices, brokerages firms, and asset management companies across Europe. He has accomplished an Executive Education Program (PDG) at IESE Business School and has a Masters in Physics from Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Chief Executive Officer

John Kernan was appointed CEO of REGIS-TR UK Ltd in July 2020, after his role as COO of REGIS-TR UK since April 2019, and a member of the executive management of REGIS-TR S.A. since 2014. In over 25 years in securities services, John has held multiple executive roles, mainly at Clearstream and Deutsche Bank in the UK and Luxembourg, and also at State Street in Ireland where he was Head of Custody Operations.

Previously a lecturer on Custody and Registration for the Irish Fund Industry Association, he is now a regular writer and speaker on European trade reporting regulation. A dual national of the UK and Republic of Ireland, John holds a combined honours degree in Arts & Social Sciences from the University of Kent.

Managing Director

Before becoming Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of REGIS-TR UK LTD in July 2020, David held the same role at REGIS-TR S.A. for over 9 years, leading the business and IT implementation of the EMIR and SFTR services in the EU and FinfraG services in Switzerland. He joined the company in 2011 to drive the REGIS-TR project after having headed up the Market Supervision Department at MEFF (Spanish Derivatives Exchange) for over 9 years. David joined the BME Group in March 2000 as a derivatives trader at the MEFF front-desk. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from San Pablo CEU University, Spain, and a Master of Quality Audit from Comillas Pontifical University (ICADE), Spain.

Chief Compliance Officer

Sara joined REGIS TR UK as Chief Compliance Officer in October 2022, following Compliance roles at a boutique asset management firm, and EMI and FX firms. She holds a Diploma in Investment Compliance from the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments, and a BSc in Geology from Imperial College London.

Before specializing in Compliance in 2012 she worked in Operations, after moving into Financial Services from geotechnical roles.