The Starling Compendium Contributors

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

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.

Tim Adams is the President and CEO of the Institute of International Finance (IIF). The IIF is the global association of the financial industry.

Mrs Ong-Ang Ai Boon is the Director of The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS).  She was appointed in 1982 and has since led the ABS with her extensive regulatory and operational experience in the banking industry.

Michael Arena is the Vice President of Talent & Development for Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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.

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.

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 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.

Albert-László Barabási is the Robert Gray Dodge Professor of Network Science and University Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University.

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

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.

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.

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.

Senator Andrew Bragg is the Chair of the Select Committee on Australia as a Technology & Financial Center. Andrew Bragg is a Liberal Senator for New South Wales. Prior to his election to Federal Parliament in 2019, Andrew was an author and accountant.

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.

Brian Brooks is the Former Acting US Comptroller of the Currency from 2020 to 2021. He is currently the CEO of Bitfury, a bitcoin mining company based in Amsterdam.

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.

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

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

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.

Damon Centola is the Elihu Katz Professor of Communication, Sociology and Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is Director of the Network Dynamics Group. He is also a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Author of two books, most recently Change: How to Make Big Things Happen, his research centers on social networks and behavior change.