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.

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.

Ann Pendleton-Jullian is a Fellow at the Stanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. She is a writer, architect and educator whose work explores the interchange between culture, environment, and technology.

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 Wardrop is the Management Practice Professor of Finance at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School and the Director & Co-founder of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF).

Cecilia Skingsley became Head of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub in September 2022. She is a member of the BIS’s Executive Committee. Previously, she held the position of First Deputy Governor of Sveriges Riksbank since November 2019.

Christopher Calabia is the Chief Executive for the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA). Chris is an experienced supervisor with expertise in global standards and innovation. Prior to his appointment, Chris worked from 2017-2021 at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as the Senior Advisor for Supervisory & Regulatory Policy in Financial Services for the Poor.

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.

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.

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.

Douglas W. Arner is the Kerry Holdings Professor in Law, an RGC Senior Fellow, and Associate Dean (Taught Postgraduate) of the Faculty of Law at The University of Hong Kong.

Francesca Hopwood Road is the Head of the Bank for International Settlements Innovation Centre in London.

Greg Medcraft was Director of the Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs of the OECD from November 2017 to July 2021 contributing guidance, strategy and support for the Directorate’s policy and standard-setting work for financial and commercial enterprises.

James Hennessy is a senior vice president and senior advisor in the Supervision Group at the New York Fed. Since 2014 he has led the bank's Governance and Culture Reform Initiative.

John Seely Brown “JSB” was the Chief Scientist of Xerox Corporation until April 2002, and director of the renowned Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) until June 2000.

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

Maria Ana Barata is a senior policy advisor to the European Banking Federation for Prudential Policy & Supervision

Marion was appointed as CEO of the Irish Banking Culture Board (IBCB) in March 2020. Previously she had been Acting CEO since April 2019. Marion initially joined the IBCB in August 2018 on secondment from the Bank of Ireland (BOI).

Mark Cooke joined HSBC in 2014 as Group Head of Operational Risk. In that role, Mark led a team of risk officers across the firm’s global footprint, overseeing non-financial risks such as compliance breaches and staff misconduct, before taking a sabbatical in 2020. Earlier, Mark held senior leadership roles at Barclays and UBS in risk, finance and operations. Today he is Chairman of ORX, the financial services industry association for Operational Risk Management.

Michael Brown was the Director of the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) at the U.S. Department of Defense from 2018 to 2022.

The New York Federal Reserve makes the US financial system stronger and more stable by executing monetary policy, delivering financial services, supervising financial institutions, and providing thought leadership.

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.

Randal Quarles previously served as Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System from 2017 to 2021, and he was the Chairman of the Financial Stability Board from 2018 to 2021.

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.