Sinead is a fintech INED and Chair who previously represented multiple Irish fintech firms, leading the Irish branch of a trade body. Before that, she led teams in the legal, compliance and risk divisions of a global unicorn fintech, following a few years in banking. She is a qualified barrister, with numerous additional compliance, risk and legal qualifications, as well as a qualified executive, team, life and wellbeing coach. 

 She is passionate about helpful Irish fintech communities. She leads Financial InnovateHER with her team, a Group helping women network, learn and develop. She co-founded the Irish Fintech INED Network (IFIN) in 2025. She also founded the Fintech Intelligence Taskforce (FIT) with the FIU in 2021, acting as Secretary until 2025.  

Sinead represents the sector with government and regulators, advocating for a fair risk-based approach to supervision, while also advocating for positive cultural, diversity and wellbeing approaches. 

If you'd like to share your perspective on the world of financial or professional services, we'd love to connect with you. Please reach out to Darren directly for a chance to appear on the Broadgate podcast: Darren.hogan@broadgatesearch.com.

Tim shares practical insights on the cultural nuances of U.S. banking, how political cycles influence regulatory scrutiny, and why communication and relationship-building remain central to effective risk leadership.

Tune in to hear Connor and Tim unpack the evolving expectations of today’s CRO, covering the impact of technology and AI, the importance of understanding the ‘why’ behind regulatory requests, and the growing need for flexibility in an ever-changing environment. 

Whether you're a seasoned risk professional or stepping into leadership for the first time, this conversation offers grounded advice and a forward-looking perspective on the future of risk management.

As Tim highlighted, great risk leadership is rooted in relationships, which is exactly how we work at Broadgate. If you’re thinking about strengthening your executive team or planning for new capabilities ahead of the new year, we’d welcome a conversation. Visit our website to learn more about our workforce development solutions: https://www.broadgatesearch.com/

Tune in to hear George's expert insights into the implications of AI, particularly generative AI, in risk and audit functions within financial services. He shares insights from his extensive experience in risk management and highlights the potential benefits and challenges of implementing novel AI technologies. The discussion covers practical applications, regulatory considerations, and the future impact of AI on workforce dynamics.

More about George: 

George served as Managing Director, Global Head of Business-Aligned Market Risk at Deutsche Bank, one of the world’s largest banks and a top-tier investment bank, from October 2016 to August 2023. In addition, George simultaneously served as Chief Risk Officer for Deutsche Bank’s Treasury division from July 2020 through August 2023. 

Interested in appearing on the podcast? Contact Connor Nurse directly if you've got some risky business to discuss: connor.nurse@broadgatesearch.com. 

Tune in to hear Nina share a wealth of insight from her expansive journey through the world of risk management, ranging from front office roles in banking to making the transition to internal audit and conquering challenges in learning new methodologies across business units. 

Nina has over 30 years of experience in banking and finance and has also worked at MUFG, Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas, and JPMorgan Chase. Her extensive background includes commercial paper conduit financing, compliance, tax operations, accounting, risk management, regulatory reporting, syndications, conduit administration, supply chain finance, audit-related functions, and securitization deal execution.  

Have you got a story to share on the Risky Business podcast? Contact Connor Nurse directly if you'd like to join the conversation: Connor.nurse@broadgatesearch.com. 

Broadgate had the privilege of hosting seasoned Audit and Risk expert, Nick Munson, on the latest episode of the Risky Business podcast. Tune in to hear Nick’s unique insights on the fast-changing regulatory space, the critical role of risk assessment committees, strategic alignment across every line of risk, and more. 

Nick Munson is a senior Audit and Risk professional with extensive experience covering financial services.  In his most recent role, Mr. Munson was an Executive Vice President at New York Community Bank, where he spent approximately six years in the C-suite as the Chief Audit Executive (2018-2019) before being appointed Chief Risk Officer (2019-2024).  During his tenure at the organization, Mr. Munson continuously enhanced the Internal Audit and Risk Management practices, as the bank nearly tripled in size, as measured by total assets.  In addition to his Chief Risk Officer responsibilities, Mr. Munson was also the firm's Regulatory Liaison, with primary responsibility for developing and maintaining all relationships with the firm's regulators.  

Prior to being recruited to NYCB, Mr. Munson was a Managing Director, Executive Audit Manager and Transformation Leader at GE Capital, where he had global responsibility for transforming the global Internal Audit function to meet the heightened regulatory standards for a $500B+ non-bank SIFI.  Prior to joining GE Capital, Mr. Munson spent ~15 years at Goldman Sachs within Internal Audit, where he had numerous leadership roles, including Global Head of the Audit Practices Group, Co-Head of the Tokyo Internal Audit Department, Head of the Chicago Internal Audit Department and Head of the Capital Markets Internal Audit team in Asia.  Mr. Munson also spent more than five years in public accounting, including two years at KPMG in New York.

Mr. Munson holds a B.B.A. in Accounting from Hofstra University and is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Internal Auditor.  He also has previously attained various FINRA registrations (Series 4, 7, and 63) and completed the Project Management Professional program.   

Monica leads M&A due diligence and the navigation of key risk areas. Her dedication to continuous improvement helps Busey continue to develop enterprise-wide risk management strategies. 

Earning her Master of Business Administration, Finance, from Cleveland State University and her Bachelor of Science, Accounting, from Case Western Reserve University, Monica previously served with KeyBank as Senior Director of Operational Risk Program Management – a role she held since 2015. A Certified Public Accountant, 

Monica joined Busey in January 2020 with nearly 25 years of financial leadership experience, including a 16-year tenure with KeyCorp, one of the nation’s largest bank-based financial services companies. She formerly served as KeyBank’s Finance Director of Support Services and Finance Manager of Corporate Real Estate, among other positions.

Are you hoping to appear on the Risky Business Podcast? Contact the consultants at Broadgate to find out more: https://www.broadgatestaffing.com/contact-us 

Professor Keon West is the Head of Academic Research at Equality Group. He's a social psychologist, (doctorate, Oxford University, 2010), part-time professor at the University of London, and author of The Science of Racism. He's published over 75 empirical papers on groups, bias, diversity, and inclusion - many in the best peer-reviewed social psychology journals. He's also appeared frequently in print, on radio, and on television discussing his research. He's a husband, a father of two boys, a hobby photographer, a citizen of three countries, and (also) a huge fan of Star Trek. He has always been Black.

Have you got unique insights/hot takes on Financial Services that you're hoping to share with the world? We'd love to hear from you. Contact the team to find out more about appearing on the Broadgate Social podcast:  https://www.broadgatestaffing.com/contact-us

In his most recent role, Christian was chosen to rebuild and transform the corporate risk management functions at S&P Global. He designed a pro-active risk function covering the organization’s most critical risks of Enterprise Risk, Cyber & Technology Risk, Third Party Risk and Operational Resilience. 

Prior to S&P Global, Christian had leadership responsibility in Risk Management at Deutsche Bank, Fidelity Investments and KCG Holdings in the US and Europe.  During his tenure at KCG Holdings, a high-frequency trading firm, he served as the Chief Risk Officer for the US broker-dealer covering not only non-financial risks but also financial risks associated with the broker-dealer (market, liquidity risk).

Have you got a story to share? Risk experts to hire? Explore Broadgate's services on our website: https://www.broadgatestaffing.com/.

Before joining ATOZ Services, she headed the corporate secretarial and domiciliation department in a reputable and well-known global investment bank in Luxembourg, where she managed the team and department, overseeing a portfolio of highly regulated and unregulated funds.

Gaelle is also co-chair of the Digital Committee of Institut Luxembourgeois des Administrateurs (ILA) and is active in the Women in Asset Servicing (WiAS) as co-founder of the Luxembourg chapter. 

She holds a post-graduate degree in International Business Law from the University of Rennes II in France and a Master’s in Business Law from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.
 
 If you have a story to share, we'd love to hear from you. Get involved with Broadgate Social today: https://www.broadgatestaffing.com/community

Since early 2022, Andrew has been the creative director and moderator of the Global Adaptation and Resilience (GARI) Working Group virtual speaker series. He is also a senior advisor for Team Wildfire, an emerging technology company fighting wildfires. He is a contributing columnist with the Observer and Illuminem on sustainability and climate change issues. 

For more details, please see Andrew’s LinkedIn page.

Janna has a proven track record in hiring, developing, and motivating teams, leading them through transformation to become high performing business partners.

​Jana is currently working as the VP of Finance at omni:us, a Berlin-based start-up. In addition to her job, she is working with start-ups to bring their finance processes to the next level. Jana believes that accounting is exactly where the foundations for a commercially strong company and successful financing rounds are laid. She has dedicated some of her time to developing a playbook for start-ups to set up crisp and easy finance and accounting structures.  

Jana is passionate about empowering women. She strives to help women become financially independent with investing and salary negotiations. ‘Women over 65 get on average 46% less pension than men (OECD study)’. The risk of retirement-age poverty is very high. There are many possible scenarios, but the most common ones are part-time work or lower income over long periods of time. In addition, we women often do not take care of our finances ourselves. When it comes to money, the only wrong decision is to rely on others, to hope for a pension or to park the money in a zero-interest savings account.  Jana wants to take the fear away to talk about money, salaries and the stock market. 

His experience spans across the 3 lines of defence and is very insightful and diverse in comparison to your traditional financial services background in getting to a Chief Risk Officer position.

Gerrit Jan has also been a key figure within the German academic scene as he’s been a lecturer for a variety of universities (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Johann Wolgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Geothe Business School and many more)

During this podcast, we’ll be talking about what Gerrit Jan believes it takes to become a good risk professional, the development in risk management being a worthwhile career, how he got to where he is today and much more.