Horacio Barakat

Head of Digital Innovation / GM, Fixed Income Platforms , Broadridge Financial Solutions

Horacio Barakat is Co-Head of fixed income post-trade platforms at Broadridge, driving product strategy, revenue, and sales pipeline. He is also Head of Digital Innovation, leading the development of digital solutions for capital markets. As part of his responsibilities, Horacio is the GM of Broadridge’s DLT Repo platform (DLR), which he created and developed to become the leading global repo platform and has reached over $2T in monthly volume. He started his career at Broadridge as VP of Corporate Strategy and responsible for the development and execution of the company’s blockchain strategy, including principal investments and organic product development activities. Prior to joining Broadridge, Horacio held a variety of roles in investment banking, providing M&A and capital raising advise to financial services and financial technology firms. Horacio received his Industrial Engineering degree from Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina) and his MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College