The Starling Compendium Contributors

Harvey Whitehouse is a Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Magdalen College. He is the Director of Oxford's Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion and a founding director of Seshat, a vast database on human history that enables scholars and scientists to test hypotheses about the rise and fall of human civilizations.

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.

Alessandro Santoni is the Head of On-site Inspections and AQR Section in the Division of Financial Risk Inspections at the European Central Bank (ECB).

Alex 'Sandy' Pentland is a Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) Fellow at Stanford University and the Toshiba Professor of Media Arts & Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Craig Mundie is a distinguished technology executive with a career defined by significant contributions to the technology industry and public policy. He advises organizations and governments on emerging technologies, particularly in areas such as fusion energy, cybersecurity, quantum computing, molecular medicine, and artificial intelligence.

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

Dante A. Disparte is the Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy and Operations for Circle, a financial technology firm and the issuer of the world’s leading regulated digital currencies.

Elia Resch is the Director of Partnerships at Digital Transformation Solutions, a core part of the team behind initiatives such as the University of Cambridge SupTech Lab and GovSpace, and driver of the mission to accelerate the public sector’s digital transformation advancing more inclusive, sustainable, and accountable economies.

Eugene A. Ludwig, 27th Comptroller of the Currency, is a business and civic leader and expert on banking, regulation, risk management, and fiscal policy.

Fernando Restoy became Chair of the Financial Stability Institute on 1 January 2017. He had been Deputy Governor of the Bank of Spain since 2012. Previously, he held other senior positions at the Bank of Spain, which he joined in 1991.

Francis Fukuyama is the Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), and a faculty member of FSI’s Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law. He is also Director of Stanford’s Ford Dorsey Master’s in International Policy, and a professor (by courtesy) of Political Science

Jean-Paul Servais is Chair of the International Organization of Securities Commissions and Chair of the OECD Corporate Governance Committee.

Kathryin Judge is the Harvey J. Goldschmid Professor of Law at Columbia Law School.

Margaret Levi is a Professor Emerita of Political Science at Stanford University. She serves as a Senior Fellow at both the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.

Peter Conti-Brown is the Class of 1965 Associate Professor of Financial Regulation at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Nonresident Fellow in Economics Studies at The Brookings Institution.

Reid Hoffman is the co-founder of LinkedIn, co-founder of Manas AI, and a partner at Greylock.

Richard Edelman is CEO of Edelman, a leading global communications firm.

Roy F. Baumeister is one of the world’s most prolific and influential psychologists. He has published over 700 scientific works, including over 40 books.

Sandra Matz is the David W. Zalaznick Associate Professor of Business at Columbia Business School and the author of Mindmasters: The Data-Driven Science of Predicting and Changing Human Behavior.

Shigeru Ariizumi is Vice Minister for International Affairs of the Financial Services Agency (FSA) of Japan. He plays leading roles in various international fora. He is a member of the FSB Plenary and serves as the Chair of the Executive Committee of the IAIS and the Vice Chair of the Board of IOSCO.

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.

Dame Susan Rice was Chair of the UK Financial Services Culture Board (appointed on 1 January 2020 as the Chair of the Banking Standards Board) until it ceased operations in 2023.

Tiff Macklem was appointed Governor of the Bank of Canada, effective June 3, 2020, for a seven-year term. As Governor, he is also Chair of the Bank’s Board of Directors and a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).