Honorary Professor, Government & Board adviser, UN/UNECE WP.6 AI project lead, iNED, Author, Research Director, TEDx speaker and Risk Specialist with more than 30 years experience in global financial markets, thereof >20 years in Risk. Co-founder of Citizen Shareholders., building a global SaaS ...more

Honorary Professor, Government & Board adviser, UN/UNECE WP.6 AI project lead, iNED, Author, Research Director, TEDx speaker and Risk Specialist with more than 30 years experience in global financial markets, thereof >20 years in Risk. Co-founder of Citizen Shareholders., building a global SaaS in the impact investing space, focussed on evolutionary change with revolutionary effect - beyond greenwash. Ex-Rating agency analyst and Subject matter expert for Operational risk, Credit risk, Rating agencies and Structured Finance. Previously, COO/CRO at a DaaS/AaaS/PaaS Ai FinTech start-up providing uniquely accurate political risk metrics, multilateral Trade finance forecast, 'Weaponisation / Trade war' indices and economic country risk data. Creator/Author of the 'New Global Conduct Risk Paradigm' (GCRP, for bank/FIs - released into the public domain in September 2016) and the 'Universal Conduct Risk Paradigm' (UCRP, for all non-banks/FIs - released into the public domain in April 2017). More recently with an increasing research focus on Ethics in Ai, behavioural insights, regulatory compliance, operational, model, conduct, people, systemic, strategy risks, stress testing, scenario analysis, capital modelling, behavioural pattern analysis, thematic risk reviews, cyber security and FinTech start-ups. Creative and mutli-lateral thinker, able to synthesise complex and intricate requirements into straight-forward and easy to understand policies with a passion for embedding formal processes into a living and breathing culture of the organisation. Well-rounded, hands-on experience in high-profile consulting projects with major international clients including some of the largest financial institutions, multinational development agencies, governments and regulatory authorities. Successful track record for implementing major change programmes as catalyst to maximising organisational efficiency. Well regarded thought-leader and lecturer with some of the world’s best academic institutions and frequent appearances at the industry’s top speaking circles. Published author/editor of several books and other technical publications. Certified Ethical hacker. Licensed UAV pilot and holder of the CAA (UK) A2 Certificate of Competency ('A2 CofC') for commercial UAV operations as well as the FAA (US) Recreational Flyer Training ('TRUST') certificates. (ECB-SSM "fit & proper" person & UK "Settled status)less