The Starling Compendium Contributors

Starling is honored to feature contributions from some of the leading voices in regulation and supervision, industry, the legal profession, scholars, and other thought leaders.  

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Andrea Enria

Former Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank (ECB)

Andrea Enria was Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) from 2019 to 2024. Before that he was the first Chairperson of the European Banking Authority from March 2011.


Colin Mayer

Emeritus Professor of Management Studies, Saïd Business School, Oxford University

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.


Nicolai Tangen

Chief Executive Officer of Norges Bank Investment Management.

Nicolai Tangen is the Chief Executive Officer of Norges Bank Investment Management, Norway’s $1.5 trillion sovereign wealth fund.


Simone di Castri

Co-Founder and Co-Head of the Cambridge SupTech Lab.

Simone di Castri is the Co-Founder and Co-Head of the Cambridge SupTech Lab. He is a public policy specialist and frontier digital economy and financial market leader with 15 years of high-impact engagement in the fields of banking, payments, telecoms, and technology.


Douglas W. Arner

Kerry Holdings Professor in Law, The University of Hong Kong.

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.


Greg Baer

President and Chief Executive Officer at the Bank Policy Institute.

Greg Baer is the President and Chief Executive Officer at the Bank Policy Institute. Previously, he served as President of The Clearing House Association and Executive Vice President and General Counsel of The Clearing House Payments Company, the largest private sector payments operator in the United States.


Elise Bant

Professor of Private Law and Commercial Regulation.

Elise Bant is Professor of Private Law and Commercial Regulation at The University of Western Australia, a Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, and consultant to HFW Australia.


Maria Ana Barata

Senior Policy Advisor for Prudential Policy & Supervision

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


Anna Bligh

Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Banking Association

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.


Michelle W. Bowman

Member, Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System

Michelle W. Bowman has been a member of the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System since she was appointed in November 2018, and her term ends in January 2034. Prior to this, she served as the state bank commissioner of Kansas.


Elizabeth Broderick

Principal of EB&Co

Elizabeth Broderick is an internationally recognised human rights expert, and Principal of EB&Co, a specialist consultancy focusing on high-level strategic consulting and transformation, particularly in the areas of gender equality, diversity, inclusion and cultural renewal.


Wayne Byres

Former Chair, Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA)

Wayne Byres is the Former Chair of the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA).


Sharon Donnery

Deputy Governor, Financial Regulation

Sharon Donnery was first appointed Deputy Governor in March 2016 and has been an ex-officio member of the Central’s Bank Commission since that date. She has held the Deputy Governor, Financial Regulation role at the Central Bank of Ireland since 1 July 2022 and is a member of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) and the General Board of the European Systemic Risk Board.


Emily Erikson

Director of Fox International Fellowship and Professor of Sociology and the School of Management

Emily Erikson is the Joseph C. Fox Academic Director of the Fox International Fellowship and a Professor of Sociology and the School of Management (by courtesy). She has authored several books, most recently Trade and Nation: How Companies and Politics Reshaped Economic.


Neil Esho

Secretary General of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.

Neil Esho is Secretary General of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. Prior to this, he served as the Deputy Secretary General, having joined the Basel Committee Secretariat in April 2006.


Henry Farrell

Professor of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

Henry Farrell is the SNF Agora Professor of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and the 2019 recipient of the Friedrich Schiedel Prize for Politics and Technology.


Peter Gleason

President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD),

Peter Gleason is president and CEO of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), the most trusted association for corporate directors who want to expand their knowledge, grow their network, and maximize their potential. For nearly 50 years, NACD has been the leading voice of the director, setting the standard for governance education, best practices, and thought leadership. Our leadership continues to raise standards of excellence and advance board effectiveness at thousands of member companies.


Chris Gower

Executive Director for the Cross- industry Insights Division of APRA.

Chris Gower is the Executive Director for the Cross- industry Insights Division of APRA. The division is responsible for risk analysis, insight and response, with the aim of identifying risks as they emerge and ensuring regulated entities respond appropriately.


Adrienne A. Harris

Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services

Adrienne A. Harris joined the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) in September 2021 and was confirmed as Superintendent on January 25, 2022.


Daniela Jaramillo

Head of Sustainable Investing for Australia at Fidelity International.

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.


Kevin N. Lala

Professor of Behavioural and Evolutionary Biology

Kevin N. Lala is Professor of Behavioural and Evolutionary Biology at the University of St Andrews, where he is a member of the Centre for Biological Diversity, the Centre for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution, the Institute for Behavioural and Neural Sciences, and the Scottish Primate Research Group.


Elizabeth McCaul

Former Member of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank (ECB)

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.


Wim Mijs

Chief Executive of the European Banking Federation

Wim Mijs was appointed Chief Executive of the European Banking Federation in September 2014. Between 2007 and 2014 Wim served as CEO of the Dutch banking association NVB.


Michael Muthukrishna

Associate Professor of Economic Psychology at the London School of Economics

Michael Muthukrishna is an Associate Professor of Economic Psychology at the London School of Economics.


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