How are Standard Setting Bodies changing Banking for good? The view from Standard Setting Bodies

Joanne Murphy is the Chief Operating Officer at the Chartered Banker Institute, delivering the Institute’s business-wide transformation and people strategy.

As COO, Joanne leads the strategic review and annual business planning activity at the Institute. Joanne’s remit includes driving our professional inclusion agenda and she has executive responsibility across a variety of business functions including Learning, Professional Standards, Membership, Business Support, Finance, People, Innovation and Marketing. Joanne was instrumental in the development and launching of the Institute’s new Principles of Responsible Banking Academy in October 2022.

Joanne joined the Institute to support the establishment of the Chartered Banker Professional Standards Board (CB: PSB). Joanne led the professional standards implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and devised the supporting operational infrastructure. She also oversaw the implementation of the CB: PSB Foundation Standard for Professional Bankers and its subsequent adoption by over 185,000 bankers globally.

Joanne has over 30 years' experience in financial services, working in a variety of roles in business and retail banking with RBS from 2002, and prior to that with GE Capital. Joanne’s career began working in marketing and research at Scottish Television in London. Joanne is a qualified learning professional with expertise in six sigma methodology, in consulting and project capacity her activities include outsourcing, international relocation and process improvement.

Joanne is a member of both the Institute and of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development and holds an MBA in Banking and Finance.

Simon Thompson was appointed Chief Executive of the Chartered Banker Institute in 2007 after working for a number of international professional bodies and standard-setters.  He is a Fellow of the Institute and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. 

Simon is the author of Green & Sustainable Finance: Principles and Practice, published by Kogan Page (www.koganpage.com/product/principles-and-practice-of-green-finance-9781789664546).  He chairs the UK’s Sustainable Finance Education Charter on behalf of the Department for Net Zero and Energy Security and is a Board member of the UK’s Financial Services Skills Commission (FSSC). Simon is a former Vice President of the European Bank Training Network. 

Simon was awarded Honorary Doctorates by Bangor University (2022) and BPP University (2015) for his contribution to banking, business and education. 

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A long-term advocate for raising standards of conduct and ethics in financial markets, Myles McGuinness joined FMSB as CEO in June 2021.

His career in investment banking spans 30 years across sales and structuring, deal origination, strategy development and the management of regulatory relationships. He has worked in the UK, the US and prior to joining FMSB, in the Netherlands, responsible for a pan European Capital Markets business.

Myles has chaired Reputational Risk Committees and held several Conduct and Risk committee roles, which included overseeing a Federal Reserve Board remediation programme.

He studied Economics and Geography at the National University of Ireland, Galway and received a MSc in Investment and Treasury from Dublin City University.

Martin Moloney joined the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) in September 2021 as Secretary General.

Martin has an LLM in Business Law and a Masters qualification in Economic Policy, both from Trinity College Dublin. He has Postgraduate Diplomas in Arbitration, Regulatory Management and has completed professional examinations of the Chartered Institutes of Bankers and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Stephen spent a 25-year career in risk management and corporate intelligence, providing clients with insights into the causes of organisational dysfunction or under-performance in the context of: investigating suspected fraud or corruption; engaging in litigation, arbitration, or other corporate contests; conducting pre-investment due diligence; testing an investment thesis; de-risking entry into new markets, ventures, or commercial relationships; and when responding to government and regulatory agencies. He has worked with corporate boards and officers; governance, risk & compliance professionals; internal and external legal counsel; PE firms, hedge funds, and other investors; and government officials.

Stephen has led successful client arrangements in over 50 countries, and he has lived and worked in New York, Washington, London, Frankfurt, Madrid and Shanghai.