My knowledge of financial matters comes from several years in banking. From analyst to change manager I have been involved in global projects spanning several financial instruments for over 15 years. Since I had several debates with compliance officers all over the world I started learning the rules and regulations I was asked to implement (After all, I had to prove to them that it was possible to do what we wanted to do). That smoothed my way into Regulatory advice from the operational side rather than the plain legal side. I completed the transition in early 2001 when I started advising financial institutions on the implementation of Basel II and Capital Adequacy, I also helped small and medium sized financial institution dealing with regulators. By the time MiFID came about within the EU I was already an established expert in cross border implementation on regulations. Recently I decided to achieve a different work/life balance and concentrate on financial writing. In my (too long) professional life I wrote several reports, I also prepared six ICAAP and four Risk Appetite Statement documents for clients in the UK, the Channel Islands, Ireland, Italy and the Netherlands.

In my professional life, the financial institutions I have worked for include (a lot of them are now defunct or merged with others)
ABN-AMRO (RBS), BZW (BarCap), Chemical (Chase), Citibank ,Credito Italiano(Unicredit), Mizuho, CLSA , Instinet, Lehman Brothers.

Some of my articles have been published on www.finextra.com, Oprisk and Compliance, Il Sole 24 Ore