Editorial Advisory Board
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Dr Doyin Atewologun
Dr Doyin Atewologun is director at leadership and inclusion consultancy Delta Alpha Psi. She is a chartered organisational psychologist and one of the UK’s foremost experts on organisational development, diversity, intersectionality and leadership. Doyin is dean of the Rhodes Scholarships at Oxford University and director of the Gender, Leadership & Inclusion Centre at Cranfield School of Management. She is also academic adviser on the Parker Review Steering Committee into ethnic diversity on FTSE 350 boards.
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Alla Bashenko
Alla Bashenko is a portfolio non-executive director and an experienced financial services professional with expertise across the full spectrum of asset classes and financial products, securities, risk/compliance, regulation, commodities and global markets. Alla is an independent non-executive director of WTW Group (S&P 500). She chairs the board risk committee at TP:ICAP, a FTSE 250 firm of professional intermediaries, and holds NED roles at Quintet Private Bank and fintech Traydstream.
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Rania Bejjani
Rania Bejjani is an international governance adviser to corporate clients, and chief audit & chief risk officer. She has 25 years of global cross-sector experience in finance, audit & risk and transformation. Rania has led the modernisation of global audit & risk teams across multiple industries, including Nasdaq-listed telecoms and technology multinational VEON, international transport operator FirstGroup Plc, and US-owned technology and telecoms group Colt.
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Ian Burger
Ian Burger chairs the board of the International Corporate Governance Network, and is head of stewardship at the UK’s Universities Superannuation Scheme. Ian has nearly three decades’ experience in the investment industry, progressing sustainability, responsible investment and stewardship. Ian has served on the IFRS Advisory Council, the GC100 and Investor Group, the CGI’s investment committee and the UK Investment Association’s stewardship working group.
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Anna Daroy
Anna Daroy is an international chief operating officer and independent NED, leading organisations and industries through complex and transformational changes. Starting her early career with EY and IBM Consulting, Anna later held the roles of COO then CEO of the Institute of Directors in London. Recently, she became CEO of CIWEM (The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management).
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Jacqui Ferguson
Jacqui Ferguson is an experienced portfolio non-executive director in multiple industries and a former divisional CEO from the technology industry. Jacqui is deputy chair of Engineering UK, a not-for-profit focused on inspiring young people from all kinds of backgrounds into engineering and technology careers. Jacqui is also a UK board adviser to Engie UK (global energy and services). In 2018, she won The Sunday Times ‘NED to Watch’ award in honour of Dame Helen Alexander.
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Barry Gamble
Barry Gamble is an experienced private/public/charity board director, chair of The NED City Debates, and senior adviser to the Non-Executive Directors’ Association. As senior adviser at Boudicca Proxy, he gained experience of shareholder engagement and activist scenarios. Barry regularly writes and speaks about board best practice. He is formerly editor-at-large at BoardRoom, and the FT has published a number of his letters on corporate governance.
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Prof Ioannis Ioannou
Ioannis Ioannou is a professor at London Business School. His research focuses on sustainability and corporate social responsibility, and how ESG strategies are successfully implemented by organisations globally. His work has been published in the Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science and the Journal of International Business Studies, among others. He co-chairs the sustainability advisory panel of Merck KGaA and is a member of the ESG advisory board of the DWS Group.
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Michael Lucas
Michael Lucas is a founding partner at Brave Within LLP, bringing 25 years of hands-on experience in the field of governance, risk and assurance and supporting boards as they transform their business for a digital age. A specialist in risk management, he is passionate about bringing risk and assurance to life—engaging businesses in a practical, straightforward and commercial conversation. Michael has worked internationally with some of the world’s largest—and smallest—organisations.
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Patrice McDonald
Patrice McDonald is currently a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Risk Committee of Coutts Bank, a Non-Executive Director of Allica Bank and a Non-Executive Director of Brown Brothers Harriman. Patrice is a highly-experienced risk and regulatory expert with over 20 years’ track record in investment, business and retail banking, as well as across wealth and asset management. A former managing director, global chief risk officer and head of governance at Barclays Wealth, Patrice was lead adviser and partner in EY’s financial services risk and regulatory practice.
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Ruth Odih
Ruth Odih is a senior corporate governance professional, currently holding the title of Head of Secretariat at Centrica plc. She specialises in UK and international governance and has extensive experience with FTSE 100 and AIM-listed companies, as well as private and internationally listed businesses, across sectors including catering, energy, oil and gas, private equity, and financial services.
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Polly Tsang
Polly Tsang leads the ESG in Financial Services working party at the ICAEW, responding to pivotal consultations under the UK Green Finance Strategy, such as the FCA’s consultation on Sustainable Disclosure Requirements and Investment Labels. She authors articles on sustainability for the Institute and its 60,000 members. She is committed to exploring the risks and opportunities in regulating ESG in the UK, liaising with regulators such as the FCA, FRC and IOSCO. Polly began her career at PwC London.
