What I work on
Four lines of work, each concerned with the same question: whether a control does what the documentation claims it does.
Model risk and AI governance
Lifecycle controls, validator independence, version reconciliation and the evidence that shows a model was governed rather than merely documented. Working across SR 11-7, SR 26-2 and PRA SS1/23, and on how AI impact assessments should treat environmental and societal consequences.
Regulatory and conduct assurance
Audit coverage across EMIR, MiFID II, PSD2, CASS, GDPR and financial crime, including AML and sanctions screening, with transaction reporting and payments governance in the EMEA entities.
Technology and service assurance
General IT controls, application controls, ISO 27001 and SOC 2, and service auditor reporting under ISAE 3402, SSAE 18 and AAF 01/06, from both the preparer and the reviewer side.
Frameworks I work to
COSO, COBIT and the IIA Standards for control and audit methodology; IFRS and UK GAAP where the audit reaches the financial statements.
Credentials
Seven qualifications across seventeen years, from accountancy to the newer ground where models meet assurance. All passed at first attempt.
Career
External audit, advisory and the third line, across London, the Channel Islands and Lagos.
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2021 – present
Vice President, Internal Audit Wells Fargo Investment Bank, London Branch
Leads risk-based and integrated audits across the bank’s EMEA legal entities, covering technology, compliance and operational risk, from planning through fieldwork, reporting and issue validation. Represents internal audit at the Transaction Reporting Steering Committee and the Payments Council, and sits on the EMEA Best Practice and Peer Review Team, which sets audit quality and methodology standards for the region.
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2019 – 2021
Experienced Internal Audit Manager EY, London
Co-sourced and outsourced internal audit for investment banks, asset managers and other financial services clients, including audit committee reporting and embedding data analysis into risk assessment, execution and continuous monitoring.
- Vice President, Internal Audit, seconded to Citi, 2020 to 2021Audits across the Institutional Clients Group, Markets and Securities Services, and Banking and Capital Markets. Validation of regulatory-driven remediation for trade booking controls and for the FX Prime Brokerage business; lead auditor on G10 Rates non-linear technology and on a depositary receipts product and operations audit.
- Outsourced Internal Audit Manager, XchangingEnd-to-end delivery of a bi-annual risk-based audit plan, including model governance, IT resilience, cybersecurity, digital programme and data centre migration governance reviews.
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2016 – 2019
Assistant Audit and Assurance Manager II Deloitte UK, Channel Islands advisory
Split evenly between external audit and risk advisory for the alternative investment sector: private equity, real estate, funds, hedge funds, venture capital and fiduciary business. Served as the offshore service auditor specialist for SSAE 18 and ISAE 3402 reporting to global fund administrators, delivered AAF reporting for a London wealth manager, and worked within the regulatory risk and review team on the Jersey and Guernsey codes, AML and listing regulations.
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2015 – 2016
Senior Risk Consultant, Risk Advisory EY, Nigeria
Internal audit, controls transformation, enterprise risk framework design and compliance advisory. Managed a corporate governance review across eighteen subsidiaries of a tier one African bank, measured against the UK Corporate Governance Code and local regulation in each jurisdiction, and led a three-month special investigation for a pan-African telecommunications operator.
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2012 – 2015
Experienced Financial Services Auditor KPMG, Nigeria
External audit of banks, insurers and registrars, covering risk assessment, process documentation, design and operating effectiveness testing of financial reporting controls, and substantive procedures. Audit in-charge on a registrar business engagement, and team member on the audits of a tier one bank and a listed insurer.
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2011 – 2012
IT Auditor Zenith Bank, Nigeria
Internal audit unit: user access and logical access review across more than a hundred banking applications, general ledger reconciliation, IT expenditure audit, branch examination and revenue assurance work.
Speaking and training
Conference platforms in Amsterdam, Berlin and London, and certification training for auditors and fraud examiners in Nigeria.
- The AI Governance Forum Amsterdam. Governance structures around AI systems, and where accountability sits.
- World Audit Analytics & AI Summit Berlin. Auditing complex, fast-moving AI systems.
- Risk Live Europe London. AI model risk, and model governance and regulation.
Writing
Notes on where model risk practice is heading, written for the third line rather than for the conference stage.
Get in touch
Open to speaking, panels, training and writing on model risk governance and AI assurance.