Editors & Contributors

Dawn Cowie

Dawn Cowie is an experienced financial and business journalist and a contributing editor to Board Agenda. She is a former editor of CBI magazine Business Voice, and equities editor of Financial News.

Mark Craddock

Mark Craddock is a director in Deloitte’s London office and a lead advisor in the BPO advisory practice. Mark has more than 15 years of experience, both in leadership roles for large outsourcing suppliers and as an advisor for a diverse set of global clients across a range of industries. His experience spans the entire sourcing life cycle, with a particular focus on design, negotiation and implementation, including managing contract termination and transition to new suppliers. He has particular expertise in finance, procurement, HR and legal process outsourcing.

David Crowther

David Crowther PhD is a qualified accountant with extensive business experience. Currently he is professor of corporate social responsibility at De Montfort University; research professor at London School of Commerce; visiting professor at Shanghai University, China; and chief research fellow of the Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics. As well as acting as advisor to governments and corporations he has published more than 50 books and 400 articles in academic and professional journal and books. His most recent books are "Modern Organisational Governance" and "The Goals of Sustainable Development: Responsibility and Governance."

Lucy Cryan

Lucy Cryan is a manager with StoneTurn, a global advisory firm on regulatory, risk and compliance issues.. She specialises in investigations, dispute resolution, and compliance. Over the course of her career, Lucy has conducted investigations into fraudulent activity, accounting errors and audit negligence. She also has experience in post-acquisition and business interruption disputes. Most recently, Lucy compiled a financial gains analysis to aid a telecommunications company’s self-disclosure to the SFO regarding a violation of the UK Bribery Act. She also led an investigation into the alleged negligent audit of a company in administration, which included detecting and quantifying financial misstatements, as well as a comparison of the company’s work against the International Standards on Auditing. Additionally, Lucy conducted the anti-bribery and corruption review of a prominent oilfield services company ahead of its acquisition, including reviewing its ABC policies and procedures, leading interviews with key management personnel to help determine the awareness of economic crime risk in the business. Prior to joining StoneTurn, Lucy was a forensic accountant at a Big Four accounting firm, where she also worked in the energy and resources audit department. In the latter role, Lucy advised clients in the oil and gas, nuclear and utilities industries which included FTSE 100/350 listed companies and large multinationals, as well as private and not-for-profit organisations. Lucy is a Chartered Accountant.

Sheryl Cuisia

Sheryl Cuisia is founder and managing director of Boudicca Proxy Consultants. Sheryl also serves as a judge for the 2020 NED Awards.

Martin Curley

Martin has more than 25 years of policy, strategy and communications experience, including 15 years working in and with the global garment industry. He is a 2020 Policy Leader Fellow at the European University Institute’s School of Transnational Governance. His background includes work in government and NGO environments, as well as in the clothing industry. He has recently worked with the Cornell University New Conversations Project to help develop social dialogue and civil society-focused efforts. He previously served as senior policy and research officer at Fair Wear Foundation, where he worked with stakeholder groups to help develop FWF’s Brand Performance Check system, living wage strategy, research agenda and overall strategic direction. He is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Larry D. Thompson

Larry D. Thompson is a former U.S. attorney, independent counsel and deputy attorney general. He is chair of the board at the Ethics & Compliance Initiative.

George Dallas

George Dallas is policy director at ICGN (International Corporate Governance Network), where he coordinates ICGN’s governance polices and committees, and plays an active role in ICGN’s regulatory outreach. George is also a senior visiting fellow at Cass Business School, a member of the Corporate Governance Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales, and works as an independent advisor. He began his career in corporate banking at Wells Fargo Bank, and is published widely in the fields of corporate governance and responsible investment, including the book “Governance and Risk” (McGraw-Hill, 2004). George holds a BA degree, with distinction, from Stanford University and an MBA from the Haas School of the University of California at Berkeley.

Tom Dane

Tom Dane is a chartered accountant, qualified with the ICAEW. He has worked in tax with PwC for 12 years both in the UK and in Slovenia. Tom is currently working in the tax transparency and total tax contribution team, with a range of clients on country-by-country reporting and other corporate tax transparency issues.

Samir Dani

Professor Samir Dani is professor of operations management and head of marketing, management and organisation at Keele Business School, Keele University. Professor Dani engages widely with industry and has research interests in supply chain risks, sustainability in supply chains, and the use of technology and business models. He is currently conducting research in the use of AI techniques and autonomous systems within supply chain decision making and logistics. He works closely with the food sector and has published widely and presented his research to both academic and practitioner audiences.

Anna Daroy

Anna Daroy is an international COO and independent NED, leading organisations and industries through complex and transformational changes. Starting her early career with EY and IBM Consulting, her most recent position was as COO then CEO of the Institute of Directors, London. For more than 30 years, Anna has extensively streamlined operations and transformed businesses across USA and Europe, Middle East and Africa in the tech industry, with revenues of up to £13bn. Anna has worked with senior world leaders and has been a key adviser and executive to central governments in technology, infrastructure, transport and security. For more than 14 years, she has been at the forefront in the shaping of the UK telecommunications and consumer energy industries. She led the Government of Jersey, Channel Islands, as COO, where she set the pace in its modernisation and contributed to the island’s digital agenda. Anna was executive director of strategy for Highways England, setting strategy, delivering transformation and initiating the 2050 Transport Vision. She was also COO of the Office of Fair Trading and board adviser in a €4bn tech IPO merger, Sopra-Steria. Anna is also a recently appointed chair of the board of governors of Warwickshire College Group, a council member of the Rural Policy Group and NED chair for TMF, the regulated pan-Channel Islands group.

Chris Dawson

Chris Dawson's research is positioned in the general area of empirical labour economics. He has also written recent articles on behavioural economics/finance. Chris is particularly interested in how optimism influences occupational choice, labour market performance and individual utility.