Sean has 30 years of experience in Risk Management across disciplines, including Enterprise Risk, Operational Risk, Credit Risk, Strategic Risk and Front Office Supervision.  He is a passionate advocate for the furtherance of Operational Risk as a discipline, co-authoring papers and acting as a speaker and panellist at many external events. 

Sean has held Director level roles at a number of organisations, both on a consultancy and permanent basis. He is currently working as an independent risk consultant, undertaking advisory and audit assignments on topics such as governance and culture, first and second line risk management, risk management frameworks and approaches to enterprise, operational and model risk management. Prior to that, he was Director of Enterprise and Operational Risk at Metro Bank, running a team responsible for the Bank’s overall risk management framework and approach to Operational Risk from a second line perspective, including regular liaison with the PRA and FCA and making ongoing enhancements to the Bank’s approach to risk appetite, governance and embedding a strong risk culture across the three lines of defence.  

Sean is a member of the Institute of Operational Risk/IRM Operational Risk Special Interest Group and an advisor on operational risk to Risk.net and CefPro.