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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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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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Carolyn Rogers
Former Secretary General, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada

Carolyn Rogers is the Secretary General of the BCBS. She is currently the Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada.


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Christopher Rich
General Counsel, FICC Markets Standards Board

Christopher Rich is the General Counsel for the FICC Markets Standards Board (FMSB), a standard setting body for the global wholesale fixed income, currencies and commodities (FICC) markets. Mr. Rich has overall responsibility for all FMSB Working Groups and their publications including Standards, Statements of Good Practice and Spotlight Reviews.


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Dr. Charles F. McMillan
Former Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Dr. Charles McMillan was the 10th Director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.


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Holly J. Gregory
Co-chair of Sidley Austin LLP’s Global Corporate Governance Practice

Holly J. Gregory is a co-chair of Sidley Austin LLP’s global Corporate Governance practice and co-leads its ESG and Crisis Management teams. Holly counsels publicly held, private and not-for-profit corporations on the full range of governance issues.


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John Flint
Former Group CEO, HSBC

John Flint is the former Group CEO of HSBC. As of 2021, Mr. Flint was appointed to be the CEO of the UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB).


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Joshua Rosenberg
Advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Joshua Rosenberg is currently an Advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and was previously Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer, and Head of the Risk Group. Mr. Rosenberg was responsible for the New York Fed’s risk management framework including its approaches to operational, financial and enterprise risk. Mr. Rosenberg also served on the Executive Committee and chaired the Risk Subcommittee.


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Kristen Jaconi
Executive Director, Peter Arkley Institute for Risk Management, USC Marshall School of Business.

Kristen Jaconi is an Associate Professor of the Practice in Accounting and the Executive Director of the Peter Arkley Institute for Risk Management at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business.


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Martin Moloney
Secretary General of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)

Martin Moloney is the Secretary General of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). Prior to joining IOSCO, Martin was Director General of the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) and before that he worked as a Special Adviser on Risk and Regulation to the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI).


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Rose Gailey
Partner and Global Lead of the Organization Acceleration and Culture Shaping Center of Excellence, Heidrick & Struggles

Rose Gailey is a partner in Heidrick & Struggles’ Costa Mesa office and the global lead of the Organization Acceleration and Culture Shaping Center of Excellence.


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Sarah Dahlgren
Former Head of Supervision, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Sarah Dahlgren is the former Head of Supervision for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Currently, Sarah is a Partner in the Risk Practice at the global consultancy McKinsey & Co.


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Simon Thompson
Chief Executive Officer, Chartered Banker Institute

Simon Thompson is the Chief Executive Officer of the Chartered Banker Institute.


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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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Ted MacDonald
Senior Technical Specialist, FICC Markets Standards Board (FMSB)

Edward (Ted) MacDonald is a member of the FICC Markets Standards Board Secretariat, is an accredited mediator and maintains active links with Ivey Business School and its Leader Character programme. As a financial services practitioner, he has held senior roles in business origination, risk management, board-level governance, and more recently, regulation.


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