Editors & Contributors

Bruce Bean

Bruce W. Bean is professor of law at Michigan State University where he teaches on diverse subjects such as doing business in transitional political systems, business enterprise and strategic international transactions. He writes on bribery and corruption, sovereign wealth funds and FIFA. Professor Bean has also worked in Russia, where he became head of corporate and foreign direct investment for Clifford Chance in Moscow.

Kamal Bechkoum

Professor Kamal Bechkoum is a world-leading expert on AI, with an international background in specialist areas including cybersecurity, leadership and international collaboration. He is head of the School of Computing and Engineering at the University of Gloucestershire, and is interested in research projects related to the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning to engineering design, cybersecurity and big data analytics. He holds a PhD in Software Techniques for Computer Aided Engineering from the University of Cranfield, UK; is a Fellow of the British Computer Society; and a Chartered IT Professional.

Maia Becker

Maia Becker is director of corporate governance and responsible investment at RBC Global Asset Management. She works directly with investment teams in assessing material environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities in their portfolios. Becker leads the development of approaches for measuring and monitoring climate change within investment portfolios and helps investment teams understand how climate change translates through the economy and financial system. She has been recognised as one of Canada's "Clean50 2019" for advancing climate risk management within financial institutions and is a member of the Environmental and Social Committee of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance (CCGG).

Gregory Berry

Gregory Berry joined Accountability Counsel as a Policy Associate in 2019, after serving two years as a staff attorney for the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division. His public interest experience includes contributing to a variety of environmental and human rights initiatives through legal internships with the Center for International Environmental Law, Vermont Natural Resources Council, and Connecticut River Conservancy, a summer fellowship with Natural Resources Defense Council, and clinical work with Vermont Law School’s Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic. Gregory earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from Vermont Law School, where he was an Environmental Missions Scholar and the 2016 Vermont/Cuba Agricultural Systems Fellow.

Chris Beveridge

Chris Beveridge works within the governance, risk and assurance department at Moore Stephens, where he advises and assists clients on writing information security policies and procedures, educating company staff and managing these activities.

Punit Bhatia

Punit Bhatia is a partner in the London office of Deloitte and leads the shared services, BPO and global business services practice. Punit has 15 years of consulting experience gained in a number of different industries including energy, consumer goods and financial services. In the past few years, Punit has led some of the largest and most complex global business services, shared services and BPO engagements in the industry. His experience spans the entire life cycle from developing strategy, designing solutions, and implementing them.

Arnab Bhattacharjee

Arnab Bhattacharjee is professor of economics at Heriot-Watt University. He works primarily in applied econometrics focussing on foundations and methods to analyse spatial, panel and cross-section data, and with applications to several areas within the disciplines of economics and allied social sciences. Professor Bhattacharjee joined Heriot-Watt in April 2013.

Caroline Biebuyck

Caroline Biebuyck is a business writer and editor specialising in governance, accounting, tax, finance and diversity. She started her career as a chartered accountant, working in audit and taxation. Now located in the UK, she has previously been based in Hong Kong and Central Europe.

Barbara Bierach

Barbara Bierach is a freelance business journalist and author. She previously worked for German weekly business title WirtschaftsWoche, and Forbes Magazine. Currently based in County Sligo, Ireland, Barbara has also lived in Sydney, New York, Cologne and Düsseldorf.

Florence Bindelle

Florence is secretary general at EuropeanIssuers. She leads the Brussels team with strategic and operational know-how from her work at the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA), where she was responsible for the management of relations with the European Commission and other European organisations, as well as communication and the organisation of events. Previously, she worked in the Brussels office of Mapfre Re on liability portfolio management and treaty analysis. She holds a degree in law, an executive MBA and a post-graduate degree in law and economics as well as a certificate in risk management.

Kit Bingham

Kit Bingham is a partner in the Board Practice at Odgers Berndtson, and head of the Chair & Non-Executive Director Practice. Kit joined after a career in financial journalism and financial public relations. He was senior writer at Financial News, a Dow Jones publication, covering both corporates and the capital markets, with a particular focus on corporate governance reform. In 2007, he joined The Communication Group as a director of the Financial Practice, with a mix of professional services and financial services clients. He tutors an MBA in board effectiveness at Henley Management College, and graduated from Balliol College, Oxford University, in 1991.

Peter Bingle

Peter has been a senior figure in the public affairs world for more than 30 years, advising senior executives at BAE Systems, BNFL, Camelot, HSBC, Kellogg’s, McDonald’s, National Grid, Permira, Provident Financial, Rolls-Royce and RBS. Working with Tim Bell for 12 years, Peter turned Bell Pottinger Public Affairs into the UK’s leading public affairs consultancy. In 2012, Peter founded The Terrapin Group, a consultancy specialising in the built environment and local government. Terrapin is now a market leader advising many of the leading developers and housebuilders.