Dr Lawrence is a risk and regulatory expert with 30 years of senior level corporate/government experience, sitting on multiple Boards and advisory Boards, expert in challenging and advising on critical risk strategies for major global financial institutions, central bankers and regulators to strengthen their business model/public policy framework.

Colin started off his career in academia as a professor at Columbia University, Graduate School business where he lectured and did research in the money and financial markets, international trade and Finance. Currently, he is an honorary visiting professor of risk management at the UCL in the department of computer science. He is a non-executive director in the board of OSTC Ltd and chairs the risk and compliance committee; he also sits on the academic advisory board of IHS Markit, and Prmia UK (Professional Risk Managers’ International Association ).

Colin is an Ex-senior regulator and a former Director of the Risk Specialists Division at the Financial Services Authority (FSA) / Bank of England (BoE) /Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA). He was partner at Ernst & Young in London, Regional leader in Asia Pacific of IBM Risk Management based in Shanghai & Beijing and held executive positions at major financial institutions – management director and Global Head of Risk, Barclays Bank, Managing Director, Global Head of Fixed Income Derivatives, UBS and Executive Vice president and Head of Financial Products, Republic National Bank of NY. Colin studied at the university of Chicago where he earned the MA and PhD degrees in economics.