Regulatory Visits Masterclass

Course Leaders

• Andrew Sheen (Day 1)

Andrew Sheen is best known for the 8 years he spent at the UK regulator, firstly in the FSA and subsequently at the PRA. Andrew was manager of the Operational Risk Policy Team before moving to head the team responsible for providing Operational Risk subject matter expertise to supervisors. This involved assessing Operational Risk frameworks in a wide variety of financial institutions. Andrew also represented the UK on the Basel Committee for Banking Supervisors Operational Risk Working Group and the European Banking Authority’s Operational Risk Working Group.  

Before joining the FSA Andrew implemented Operational Risk frameworks in an international bank and a UK investment bank. After the PRA Andrew became Head of Operational Risk Use and Embedding at HSBC and subsequently Head of Operational Risk Regulatory Risk Management a Credit Suisse.

• Lydia Bailey (Days 2 and 3)

Lydia Bailey has a career spanning over 30 years in financial services. Lydia spent five years as a risk specialist on the Traded Risk and Operational Risk review teams at the Bank of England / FSA carrying out over 90 on-site visits. She spent three years as a Head of Compliance at BP and nine years as European Head of Regulatory Management at JPMorgan. While at JPMorgan she was responsible for the management of many regulatory visits of all types.

Lydia has very extensive experience of regulatory visits from the perspective of regulatory interviewer, interviewee, and through providing support for firms in their regulatory visits. She is passionate about helping firms and individuals perform at their best under the artificial conditions of regulatory visits and interviews. She has led webinars, workshops and courses on this topic for UK Finance, The Institute of Operational Risk, Op Risk Europe, and the Building Society Association.

• Jimi Hinchliffe (Days 1 – 3)

Jimi has 25 years of experience in operational risk and regulation. Jimi has held several roles at the UK regulator, including in risk as an operational risk policy SME, Basel 2 Technical Specialist and manager of the Basel 2 Implementation team. Jimi was also a supervisor of GSIFI banks and investment firms at the UK regulator. Jimi then held senior positions within the GSIFI MUFG, including as Head of EMEA Regulatory Affairs and Head of Compliance Policy and Risk.

Jimi’s main areas of expertise and interest are operational risk and regulatory affairs, and in addition to consulting projects, Jimi has published a number of journal articles on his specialist subjects and spoken at international conference. Jimi has also developed and delivered training including for the IIF, Risk.net and CefPro. Jimi is a former director of the Institute of Operational Risk (IOR), and between May 2017 to March 2021 was Chairman of the Executive Committee of IOR in England & Wales. Jimi is also a Fellow of the Institute and Technical Specialist Member of the IRM and a Member of the CISI. In 2017 Jimi partnered with Chapelle Consulting to secure a place on the S166 panel under Chapelle.