The Starling Compendium Contributors

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.

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.

Dr Tom Reader is an Associate Professor of Organisational Psychology at the London School of Economics. He directs the Masters of Science in Organisational and Social Psychology and he leads a Masters in Science and Executive course on Organisational Culture. Tom is also a chartered psychologist (MA and PhD, University of Aberdeen; Leverhulme Fellowship).

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

Alex Gillespie is a Professor in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Editor of Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour. He has published six books and over a hundred papers.

John Crawford is a Professor of Law at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco.

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.

Susan F. Axelrod is the Broker-Dealer Compliance Oversight Executive for Bank of America. In this role, she has responsibility to oversee activities across all the firm’s broker/dealers to identify opportunities for driving consistency, connectivity and enhanced risk monitoring across the regions and entities. Prior to that she served as Chief Supervisory Officer (CSO) for Merrill Wealth Management where she oversaw supervisory risk culture, driving shared accountability for end-to-end supervision at all levels of leadership.