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Alison Cottrell
CEO, Financial Services Culture Board

Alison Cottrell is the CEO of the Financial Services Culture Board (FSCB) which works 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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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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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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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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