Carolyn Weinberg

Carolyn Weinberg

Chief Product and Innovation Officer

BNY

Carolyn Weinberg is the Chief Product and Innovation Officer at BNY and a member of the company’s Executive Committee.

Prior to joining BNY, Carolyn served as Chief Product Innovation Officer of BlackRock, where she was responsible for driving the product innovation, development, and commercialization of products globally for the world's largest asset manager. Previously, Carolyn created structured derivatives solutions for corporations at Citibank, where she was Head of the North America Corporate Solutions Group. She was also Deutsche Bank's Head of Risk Solutions Structuring, a member of Morgan Stanley's Corporate Derivatives Group, and a consultant at McKinsey & Company.

Carolyn graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in applied mathematics and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. She is an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School, serves on the Board of The Allen-Stevenson School, and the Dean’s Advisory Council of the Harvard Radcliffe Institute.

Featured Sessions

Thursday, March 19, 2026
11:50 am

Rewiring Finance: Modernizing Market Infrastructure for an On-Chain Future

Global financial markets are undergoing a foundational transformation. Legacy systems built decades ago are being challenged by new technologies—from distributed ledgers and real-time settlement rails to AI-powered risk management and tokenized assets. Market participants, regulators, and infrastructure providers now face a shared imperative: how to modernize safely, efficiently, and collaboratively.

This one-on-one interview will explore how market infrastructure is evolving, and what modernization really means for liquidity, efficiency, and resiliency, including:

  • Integrating modern infrastructure—DLT, cloud, and digital assets—into existing market systems.
  • Balancing innovation with regulatory and operational risk management.
  • The future of settlement, clearing, and custody in a tokenized economy.
  • Public-private collaboration: how institutions and regulators can shape the new financial rails.
  • The business case for modernization: efficiency gains, transparency, and access.