The Starling Compendium Contributors

Alexandra Chesterfield is the Head of Behavioural Risk for the NatWest Group where she leads a team of behavioural scientists to help get better outcomes for employees and customers.

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.

Professor Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School, a chair established to support study of human interactions that lead to the creation of successful enterprises and the betterment of society. She studies leadership, psychological safety, and organizational learning.

Anna Bligh has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Banking Association since 2017. While working to strengthen bank culture and rebuild trust following the Hayne Royal Commission, Anna also drove the industry’s response to COVID-19.

Axel Weber is the past-Chair of UBS and the past-President of the German Bundesbank and a member of the European Central Bank Governing Council from 2004 to 2011. He is a member of the Group of 30.

Barbara G. Novick was a co-founder of BlackRock in 1988; Ms. Novick transitioned from Vice Chairman to Senior Advisor as of February 2021.

Bill Coen was Secretary General of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) from 2014 to 2019. He is currently the Chair of the IFRIS Advisory Council. He also serves on the Global Advisory Board of MUFG and the Board of Directors of China Construction Bank.

Bob Wigley is the Chair of UK Finance. Prior to this, he spent a career in finance, rising to be EMEA Chairman of Merrill Lynch and a member of the board of the Bank of England during the 2008 financial crisis.Bob Wigley is the Chair of UK Finance. Prior to this, he spent a career in finance, rising to be EMEA Chairman of Merrill Lynch and a member of the board of the Bank of England during the 2008 financial crisis.

Brad Karp has been the Chairman of Paul, Weiss since 2008. One of the country’s leading litigators and corporate advisers, Brad has successfully guided numerous Fortune 100 companies, global financial institutions and other companies and individuals through “bet the company” litigations, regulatory matters, internal investigations, and corporate crises.

Bryan Stirewalt is a former Chief Executive of the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), having worked at the agency for 14 years.

Cameron Lawrence has served as the Director of Research for Starling Insights since 2021.

Carine Smith Ihenacho is the Chief Governance and Compliance Officer of Norges Bank Investment Management.

Charles Littrell is the Inspector of Banks and Trust Companies for the Central Bank of the Bahamas. In this role he leads the Bank Supervision Department and continues the Central Bank’s financial sector supervisory capacity building program.

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

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.

Admiral Charles “Chas” Richard served as the 11th commander of United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM) between 2019 and 2022.

Chris Woolard is the Former Interim CEO of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). He is currently a partner in the global auditing firm EY.

Christina Skinner is an assistant professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics at the Wharton School of Management. Her research focuses on central banking, the financial markets, separation-of-powers, corporate governance, and law and macroeconomics.

Clare Bolingford is the Executive Director, Regulatory Delivery for the New Zealand Financial Markets Authority (FMA). Clare is responsible for directing, planning and delivery of the FMA’s core regulatory functions across licensing, engagement and supervision of regulated individuals and firms.

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.

Daniela Jaramillo is Head of Sustainable Investing for Australia at Fidelity International. Prior to Fidelity, she was a senior responsible investment adviser at HESTA, one of Australia’s largest pension funds.

David Kiron is the editorial director of MIT Sloan Management Review. 

Edgar Schein is the Society of Sloan Fellows Professor of Management Emeritus and a Professor Emeritus at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Schein investigates organizational culture, process consultation, research process, career dynamics, and organization learning and change.

Elizabeth McCaul is a Former Member of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank (ECB). She joined the NY State Banking Department as First Deputy in 1995 and served as NY Superintendent of Banks from 1997-2003.