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Walter Massey
Physicist and the former Chair of the Bank of America

Walter Massey is a physicist and the former Chair of Bank of America, having led the bank through the 2008 financial crisis. He is the Chair of the Giant Magellan Telescope Organization, and is President Emeritus of Morehouse College and of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, former Director of the National Science Foundation, and former Director of Argonne National Laboratory.


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Bryan Hubbard
consultant focused on banking and financial services risk and reputation.

Bryan Hubbard is a consultant focused on banking and financial services risk and reputation. He has provided outcome-focused strategic communication counsel to federal agency heads and chief executives for more than 30 years


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Charles Randell
Former Chair, UK Financial Conduct Authority

Charles Randell served as the Chair of the UK Financial Conduct Authority from 2018 to 2022. He was previously a member of the Bank of England's Prudential Regulation Authority since its founding in 2013.


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Daniel Davies
Former Bank of England economist and investment bank analyst

Daniel Davies is the author of several books. He is a former Bank of England economist and investment bank analyst.


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Elise Bant
Professor of Private Law and Commercial Regulation.

Elise Bant is Professor of Private Law and Commercial Regulation at The University of Western Australia, a Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, and consultant to HFW Australia.


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Jamie Fiore Higgins
Author, Bully Market: My Story of Money and Misogyny at Goldman Sachs

Jamie Fiore Higgins is a former Managing Director at Goldman Sachs and is the author of Bully Market: My Story of Money and Misogyny at Goldman Sachs.


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Jonas Heese
The Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Accounting & Management Unit at Harvard Business School.

Jonas Heese is the Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Accounting & Management Unit at Harvard Business School.


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Keith Noreika
Partner, Simpson Thatcher; past-Acting Comptroller of the Currency (US)

Keith Noreika is a Partner at Simpson Thatcher and a member of the Financial Institutions Practice. Keith’s practice focuses on banking regulation and related litigation.


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Mark Pagel
Royal Society and Professor of Evolutionary Biology at University of Reading in the UK.

Mark Pagel is a Fellow of the Royal Society and Professor of Evolutionary Biology at University of Reading in the UK. He is best known for his work on building statistical models to examine the evolutionary processes imprinted in animal and human behavior, from genomics to the emergence of complex systems—to language and culture.


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Michelle W. Bowman
Member, Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System

Michelle W. Bowman has been a member of the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System since she was appointed in November 2018, and her term ends in January 2034. Prior to this, she served as the state bank commissioner of Kansas.


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Raihan Zamil
Senior Advisor at the Financial Stability Institute

Raihan Zamil is a Senior Advisor at the Financial Stability Institute (FSI) housed within the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Raihan joined the BIS in 2011 and currently oversees the FSI’s banking supervision dissemination programme and outreach activities in the Asia-Pacific region.


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Ruth Walters
Senior Advisor at the Financial Stability Institute (FSI) housed

Ruth Walters is a Senior Advisor at the Financial Stability Institute (FSI) housed within the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Ruth joined the FSI in March 2018.


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Starling Insights
Starling Insights Editorial Board

Starling's team of editors provide review and analysis of current trends and developments in the industry.


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Wayne Byres
Former Chair, Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA)

Wayne Byres is the Former Chair of the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA).


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