Curriculum Vitae

Current Appointments

Independent adviser and non-executive Director in financial services; published authority on operational and business risk in the UK and internationally within banking, insurance and related sectors; over 25 years’ experience in leading change and negotiation at Board, government ministerial and senior regulator level.

Novae Syndicates Limited; Novae is a leading Lloyd’s of London managing agency. Retained adviser on risk management; member, Risk Committee (2004 - )

The Bankside Gallery; the Gallery is the home of the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Painter-printmakers. Chairman of Trustees (2005 - )

Talbot Underwriting Limited; retained adviser on financial services regulation (2005 - )

FSA Approved Person (CF2) (2003 - 2010); invited member, Expert Groups on Operational Risk and Solvency II (2009 - )

Lloyd's Market Association; member, Risk Committee (2007 - )

Insolvency Practitioners' Association; member, Appeals Committee (2008 -); Investigations Committee (2004 - 2008)

Previous Non-executive Director appointments

Novae Syndicates Limited; independent non-executive Director (2003 – 2010); member, Audit Committee, Risk Committee, Novae Group plc.

CX Reinsurance Company Limited; independent non-executive Director; member, Audit Committee (2007 - 2009)

Chase Cooper International Limited; independent non-executive Director (2004 - 2009)

Publications

Mastering Operational Risk, Financial Times Prentice Hall (publication, July 2010) (co-author)

Co-author, Operational Risk (2001-4) (Securities Institute); A Guide to Business Continuity Management (2001) (BBA/KPMG)

Chapters in Advanced Operational Risk (2002) and Basel Handbook (2003, 2007)(Risk Books)

Regular column for Operational Risk magazine (Incisive Media); numerous articles and chapters on risk issues for Risk, The Treasurer, ICAEW, PFI Journal, Chartered Institute of Bankers and others Occasional Open Forum Notes (RBC Capital Markets) on capital market issues (2004 +)

Consulting and conferences

Consultancy and training on operational and credit risk management, governance and regulatory issues for: international banks in northern and southern Europe; UK insurance brokers.

Frequently invited to speak at or chair conferences on risk management and financial services regulation in the UK and internationally.

Recent Executive Career Summary

British Bankers' Association (1996 – 2003), Director, Risk and Regulatory issues

• Leader in the UK banking industry response to the Basel Capital Accord proposals. Member of FSA advisory groups implementing the new regulatory regime.

• Effectively lobbied the Government for major amendments to: Finance Act 1997, Local Government (Contracts) Act 1997, Insolvency Act 2000, Enterprise Act 2002.

• Established world’s first banking industry database for operational losses; founding Chairman.

• Wrote and published contingency planning guides for Y2K for banks and for small businesses, exceeding sales and profit forecasts for each.

Hill Samuel Bank (1991 – 1996), Director and Head of Risk; Chairman, Group Credit and Risk Committees.

TSB Bank (1985 – 1991)
Commercial Planning and Resourcing Manager (1988 – 91)
Deputy Head, Central Advances (1985 – 88)

Barclays Bank (1969 – 1985)
Advances Manager, Barclays International (1984 – 85)
Business Development Manager, City Region (1983 – 84)
Manager, Chairman and General Managers’ Office (1980 – 83)

Additional Appointments

Chartered Securities & Investment Institute, Technical Adviser, Operational Risk

Department of Health, non-executive Director, Foundation Trust Hospitals Financing Facility (2004-5)

International Chamber of Commerce, Chairman, UK Financial Services and Insurance Committee (2001-5)

Former member of the FSA Prudential Sourcebook Advisory Panel, FSA Operational Risk Advisory Group, Bank of England Property Forum, CIPFA Treasury Advisory Panel, IFSL Liberalisation of Trade in Services Committee

Expert witness on banking and regulatory matters for leading City law firms

Academic and Professional Qualifications

Elected Fellow of the Institute of Operational Risk (2009)

Elected Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (1983)

Bar finals Part I (1975)

MA (Hons) and Open Clothworkers' Scholarship in English Language and Literature, St Catherine’s College, Oxford (1966 – 69)

St Peter's School, York (Riley-Smith Scholarship) (1961 - 66)

Personal Details and Interests

Married, with two grown-up children

Clubs: MCC (Life member), City Livery Liveryman, Guild of International Bankers; Freeman, City of London

Member, Development Board, Tricycle Theatre, Kilburn (2000–4)

Interests: Frequent theatre-goer and infrequent actor; real tennis player at Lord's.

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