Operational Resilience Forum

Suman Ziaullah is the Head of Technology, Resilience and Cyber at the FCA, leading the FCA’s work to minimise the impact of operational disruptions on financial services firms, markets and consumers. This includes testing firms’ operational and cyber resilience, leading the FCA’s response when firms are disrupted, and focusing our efforts on firms who do not meet our standards. Suman is also a Non-Executive Director at UK Anti-Doping, and Chair of the Board People Committee. Prior to these roles, Suman spent 15 years in the UK Diplomatic Service and 3 years in the private sector. He has an extensive background and experience working on cyber, developing resilience against major national security threats, and responding to international crises.

Salina is a Partner within Baringa’s Risk and Regulatory Control Practice, and leads Baringa’s strategic resilience capability. She has worked at the Prudential Regulation Authority, Bank of England and HM Treasury, and has a deep understanding of regulatory expectations. She has worked with a range of financial services clients to help them respond to changing requirements around operational resilience, both in the UK and internationally. Salina is currently deputy chair of the TISA operational resilience working group.

Angus is an experienced technology lawyer advising on a range of sourcing and contracting matters, with a particular focus on data assets and emerging technologies in the Financial services sector.

Christian’s longstanding experience as CISO (In regulated, large financial services organisations before joining the firm) gives him outstanding insight into the increasingly complex cyber security challenges facing all businesses today. Drawing on his expertise developed during his 30-year technology experience – 16 of which have been dedicated to information security, he will provide vital operational cyber advice and guidance to our clients, supporting them as they strive to safeguard their business. Christian joined Pinsent Masons in 2017 to become the firm’s first CISO responsible for global information and cyber security across its network. Throughout his career he has delivered pre and post breach strategy and support for a range of industry sectors including Financial Services, Insurance, Industrial and Infrastructure across the UK, Europe, Middle East and Asia. As cyber breaches become more sophisticated and frequent an established and nuanced understanding of how to prevent breaches has become critical to any business seeking to protect their organisation. Christian and his team provide advice, guidance and opinion on some of the latest cyber security matters the world faces whilst cognisant of the history and legacy technology many organisations are still battling with.

Sophie joined TISA in January and has already got stuck into our work on the Advice/Guidance Boundary Review, TISA’s Inclusive Investing initiative, and leads our Financial Crime and Taxation committees. Before joining us, Sophie worked in Wholesale Markets Policy at the FCA, gaining experience in Primary and Secondary legislation, as well as FCA consultations. She has worked on Brexit and the LIBOR transition, and recently returned from a secondment to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.