Skills
Skills I bring
Work at the intersection of technology, risk, regulation and organisational change.
My background spans two decades in environments where getting data governance wrong isn't an option: financial crime compliance at Swift, and before that leading data analytics and OSINT teams at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office on counter-terrorism and counter-proliferation work.
AI governance at scale
Capabilities I've developed and scaled
My approach is deliberately practical: governance only works when it's embedded into delivery. I focus on the mechanisms teams use every day — intake processes, risk assessments, approval pathways, model inventories, assurance dashboards, control frameworks, incident playbooks, governance councils and operating procedures — so there's traceability and accountability without slowing delivery teams down. The conceptual model behind this work is on the About page.
- Enterprise AI governance frameworks and operating models.
- AI risk assessment methodologies and controls libraries.
- Responsible AI integrated into governance frameworks.
- EU AI Act and regulatory compliance programmes, including Article 4 literacy obligations and Annex III high-risk governance.
- AI inventory and visibility capabilities.
- Agentic AI governance frameworks.
- AI incident management and response models.
- Governance, risk and responsible AI literacy programmes.
- Data governance capabilities supporting AI adoption.
Governance doesn't scale through central teams alone. Sustainable governance emerges when risk, compliance, technology and business leaders understand enough to make informed decisions themselves — so a significant part of my work is building governance and AI literacy across leadership teams, risk functions and operational stakeholders, so governance becomes something the organisation carries, not something a central team polices.
Leading change
Leading change in complex environments
Complex transformation succeeds when people feel both challenged and supported. My leadership approach is grounded in collaboration, psychological safety and clear decision-making. I bring diverse stakeholders together, create common understanding across technical and non-technical communities, and help organisations move through ambiguity without losing momentum.
Culture and diversity have been central to how I lead that change. As Swift's Global Lead of Diversity and Inclusion I led the multi-year D&I roadmap across 27 locations, and I designed and ran the STAR Programme, a women's professional development programme at Sibos. That experience of bringing people with different backgrounds and perspectives along together is the same discipline I now apply to AI transformation: operationalising ideas, building trust and helping organisations move from strategy to sustained adoption.
Career
Where this comes from
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Head of AI and Transaction Data Governance, Swift
AI governance framework design, executive-level AI Governance Council, enterprise AI literacy, and workforce strategy for human-AI collaboration.
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Senior Data Analyst — Customer Success, Swift
Data standards and design best practice; analytics dashboards and end-to-end data pipelines supporting global product self-onboarding.
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Global Lead of Diversity and Inclusion, Swift
Led Swift's multi-year D&I roadmap across 27 locations. Designed and ran the STAR Programme, a women's professional development programme at Sibos.
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Data Skills Lead — Financial Crime Compliance, Swift
Led a multi-disciplinary data science, engineering and analysis team; defined screening policies and automated assurance frameworks for financial crime compliance products.
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UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Head of Data Analysis, leading multi-disciplinary big data and OSINT teams on political, counter-terrorism and counter-proliferation work; earlier roles across data analytics, counter-terrorism and compliance.
Credentials: LSE Certificate in AI Law, Policy and Governance · ICA Specialist Certificate in Financial Crime Risk and New Technology · BA (Hons) Philosophy, First Class, Durham University.
Away from work: playing music, singing, hill walking and painting.
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