The Starling Compendium Contributors

Colin Mayer is an Emeritus Professor of Management Studies at Saïd Business School and a Visiting Professor at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford.

David Rouch is a partner at Freshfields. David is widely recognised for his technical expertise in financial services law and regulation. He works with the full range of financial market participants on both their advisory and transactional matters – dealing with some of the market’s greatest regulatory challenges.

As Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council (2017-2018), Gary Cohn managed the US economic policy agenda, stimulating economic expansion, job creation, and wage increases through historic tax and regulatory reform. Prior to that he was the President and Chief Operating Officer at Goldman Sachs where he worked for more than 25 years.

Gillian Tett is chair of the editorial board and editor-at-large (US) of the Financial Times. She writes weekly columns, covering a range of economic, financial, political and social issues, and is co-founder of the FT’s Moral Money: a twice weekly newsletter that tracks the ESG revolution in business and finance.

Martin Wheatley was the first CEO of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) serving from 2012 until 2015. Prior to that he was the CEO of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission.

Sir Keith Skeoch is the former CEO of Standard Life Aberdeen (now-abrdn), and previously served as the Chair of the UK Financial Reporting Council from 2020 to 2021. He is now the Non-Executive Chairman of insurer QBE’s European Operations.

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

Stephen spent a 25-year career in risk management and corporate intelligence, providing clients with insights into the causes of organizational dysfunction or under-performance.

Curry was nominated by President Obama to serve as head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). As Comptroller of the Currency (2012-17), Curry led the US federal agency that charters, regulates, and supervises national banks and federal savings banks.