Community Views

Starling is pleased to offer perspectives and insights from some of the top thought leaders from regulatory and supervisory bodies, industry, and academia.

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Adam Fine
Assistant Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University

Adam D. Fine conducts research at the intersection of psychology, law, public policy, and criminology.


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Adrienne A. Harris
Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services

Adrienne A. Harris joined the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) in September 2021 and was confirmed as Superintendent on January 25, 2022.


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Albert-László Barabási
Robert Gray Dodge Professor of Network Science and University Distinguished Professor, Northeastern University

Albert-László Barabási is the Robert Gray Dodge Professor of Network Science and University Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University.


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Alex Edmans
Professor of Finance at London Business School.

Alex Edmans is a Professor of Finance at London Business School. He is the author of Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit.


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Alex Gillespie
Professor in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science

Alex Gillespie is a Professor in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Editor of Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour. He has published six books and over a hundred papers.


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Alexandra Chesterfield
Head of Behavioural Risk, Natwest Group

Alexandra Chesterfield is the Head of Behavioural Risk for the NatWest Group where she leads a team of behavioural scientists to help get better outcomes for employees and customers.


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Alison Cottrell
past-CEO, Financial Services Culture Board

Alison Cottrell is the former CEO of the Financial Services Culture Board (FSCB). The FSCB, which ended operations in 2023, worked to raise standards of organisational behaviour, competence and culture for all financial institutions in the UK.


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Amy Edmondson
Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School

Professor Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School, a chair established to support study of human interactions that lead to the creation of successful enterprises and the betterment of society. She studies leadership, psychological safety, and organizational learning.


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Andrea Enria
Former Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank (ECB)

Andrea Enria was Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) from 2019 to 2024. Before that he was the first Chairperson of the European Banking Authority from March 2011.


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Senator Andrew Bragg
Senator for New South Wales, Australian Senate, Chair, Select Committee, Australia as a Technology & Financial Center

Senator Andrew Bragg is the Chair of the Select Committee on Australia as a Technology & Financial Center. Andrew Bragg is a Liberal Senator for New South Wales. Prior to his election to Federal Parliament in 2019, Andrew was an author and accountant.


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Andy Haldane
Chief Economist, Bank of England

Andrew G. Haldane, FAcSS FRS is a British economist who worked at the Bank of England between 1989 and 2021 as the chief economist and executive director of monetary analysis and statistics.


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Ann Pendleton-Jullian
Fellow, Stanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences

Ann Pendleton-Jullian is a Fellow at the Stanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. She is a writer, architect and educator whose work explores the interchange between culture, environment, and technology.


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Anna Bligh
Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Banking Association

Anna Bligh has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Banking Association since 2017. While working to strengthen bank culture and rebuild trust following the Hayne Royal Commission, Anna also drove the industry’s response to COVID-19.


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Anne Walsh
Chief Investment Officer for Guggenheim Partners Investment Management and a Managing Partner of Guggenheim Partners.

Anne Walsh is Chief Investment Officer for Guggenheim Partners Investment Management and a Managing Partner of Guggenheim Partners.


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Antoine Ferrere
Global Head of Behavioral & Data Science, Novartis

Antoine Ferrere is Global Head of Behavioral and Data Science at Novartis.


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Ari Redbord
Head, Legal & Government Affairs, TRM Labs

Ari Redbord is the Head of Legal & Government Affairs for TRM Labs and is the past-Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence at the US Department of the Treasury.


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Association of Banks in Singapore Culture & Conduct Steering Group
Culture & Conduct Steering Group of the Association of Banks in Singapore

The Association of Banks in Singapore formed the Culture & Conduct Steering Group (CCSG) in 2019 to promote sound culture and to raise conduct standards among banks in Singapore.


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Axel Weber
past-Chair, UBS, past-President, German Bundesbank

Axel Weber is the past-Chair of UBS and the past-President of the German Bundesbank and a member of the European Central Bank Governing Council from 2004 to 2011. He is a member of the Group of 30.


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Barbara Novick
Co-Founder and past Vice Chairman, BlackRock

Barbara G. Novick was a co-founder of BlackRock in 1988; Ms. Novick transitioned from Vice Chairman to Senior Advisor as of February 2021.


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Benjamin Van Rooij
Professor of Law and Society, University of Amsterdam School of Law; Director, Center for Law and Behavior

Benjamin Van Rooij is a Professor of Law and Society at the University of Amsterdam School of Law and the Director of the Center for Law and Behavior. He studies and teaches about the interaction between law and behavior. His current research focuses on individual differences in compliance, toxic corporate culture, and assumptions about behavioral change.


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Betsy Levy Paluck
Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs, Princeton University; Deputy Director, Kahneman-Treisman Center for Behavioral Science & Public Policy

Elizabeth Levy Paluck is a professor in the department of psychology and the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, where she also serves as deputy director of the Center for Behavioral Science & Policy. She is known for her work on social norms and social change, for which she won the 2017 MacArthur "Genius Grant."


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Bill Coen
past-Secretary General, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS)

Bill Coen was Secretary General of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) from 2014 to 2019. He is currently the Chair of the IFRIS Advisory Council. He also serves on the Global Advisory Board of MUFG and the Board of Directors of China Construction Bank.


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Bob Wardrop
Management Practice Professor of Finance, Director & Co-founder of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF)

Bob Wardrop is the Management Practice Professor of Finance at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School and the Director & Co-founder of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF).


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Bob Wigley
Chair of UK Finance

Bob Wigley is the Chair of UK Finance. Prior to this, he spent a career in finance, rising to be EMEA Chairman of Merrill Lynch and a member of the board of the Bank of England during the 2008 financial crisis.Bob Wigley is the Chair of UK Finance. Prior to this, he spent a career in finance, rising to be EMEA Chairman of Merrill Lynch and a member of the board of the Bank of England during the 2008 financial crisis.


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Where you can find the books that have inspired us

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