Acin was developed in in order address the significant challenges of Operational Risk. These challenges included, the ever increasing complexity due to regulatory pressure, the continual emergence of new risk, the introduction of personal accountability regimes, inefficient risk management and many more. The Acin Terminal, launched in March 2020, is a Technology Solution to Identify, Manage, Benchmark and Analyse Operational Risk.
Acin has built the defining data network for operational risk control. We are on a mission to make financial institutions safer and transform the industry’s approach to operational risk control, through the use of data.
Many leading global financial institutions are Acin customers, leveraging the collective power of the Acin Network to make better informed decisions and increase operational resilience.
Acin’s innovation has resulted in a variety of award wins and accolades, across Europe, North America and Asia.
2021
To spearhead operational and non-financial risk revolution
Our team has a wealth of industry experience and expertise to help clients understand and manage their non-financial risk more effectively.
Paul is the Founder and CEO of Acin. An ambitious entrepreneur and leader, he saw an opportunity to leverage technology to digitise and network operational risk across organisations.
Paul has over 25 years of operational and financial services experience. Prior to Acin, Paul founded Anchura and grew it to be a highly successful consulting business, exiting in 2018. Previously, he was the Chief Operating Officer of the Ultra High Net Worth business at Barclays Wealth, and COO to the CEO in EMEA at Credit Suisse. Paul started his corporate career at Accenture and prior to that he was an Army Officer in the Royal Engineers.
Phil leads day to day operations at Acin. He is tasked with scaling the global platform, human capital strategy and growth of the company.
Phil has more than 25 years of financial markets and operational experience. He has held various senior COO and business management roles within Global Markets, Sales and Sales Trading and Equity Research businesses at Credit Suisse, JP Morgan and NatWest Markets. Phil has a strong track record of leading workforce strategy and transformation programmes and has significant experience operating at Board and Executive Committee level.
Graeme leads Acin’s core technology and IT architecture. He has transformed risk management into a quantitative discipline powered by technology, artificial intelligence and data science.
Graeme has worked in financial services technology and innovation for over 20 years, with a variety of roles across process automation, platform architecture, product development and portfolio modelling. He joins from Schroders Investment Management, where he was Head of Enterprise Data Architecture and Process Automation.
Kieron leads the customer facing teams at Acin, responsible for revenue generation, go to market strategy and growth goals.
Kieron is a sales-led serial entrepreneur, having held various C-level roles within start-ups and scale-ups. He has also led a handful of buy-outs and exits, creating several $100m in value across various B2B, cloud and SaaS software businesses.
Ruth is responsible for financial management at Acin. She is tasked with day to day budget management and reporting, and leads strategic initiatives to support business growth.
Ruth is a growth CFO, a ‘big four’ PwC qualified chartered accountant, ex M&A, PE and VC experienced. She has a track record of doubling revenues, transforming reporting and processes, leading strategic pivots, implementing systems and scaling teams. She has achieved successful turnarounds, managed multiple liquidity crises, made two acquisitions, one post-deal integration and a strategic exit. Ruth holds an MBA from London Business School.
Simon Ball is a Senior Advisor to Acin. A Chartered Accountant, whose executive career included roles on the boards of 3i Group plc (CFO), Robert Fleming Group (CFO) and Kleinwort Benson Ltd (CFO & COO), in addition to serving with HMG Department of Constitutional Affairs (as Director General Finance). Simon is now a non-executive director of Morgan Stanley International, AIB Mortgage Bank, Commonwealth Games England and The Organising Committee for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, where he chairs the Board Audit and Risk Assurance Committee.
Tracy’s career in financial services has spanned over 30 years. She has extensive board-level experience, as well as a strong interest in corporate governance and team management. Her prior roles include: Non-Executive Director at Sky and Inmarsat, Director of Zodia Holdings, Director of Standard Chartered Bank, Supervisory Board Chair at Standard Chartered AG and Director and Audit & Risk Committee member at TheCityUK. Tracy is currently a Non-Executive Director at Starling Bank, TP ICAP and the All England Netball Association.
Cris has been actively involved with early stage companies for many years. Named by Institutional Investor as one of the top 40 Fintech investors globally, he currently serves as Senior Advisor to Accel Partners and nyca Partners. Cris is a senior member of the Partnership for NYC’s FinTech Innovation Lab and an Executive in Residence with Accenture at the London FinTech Innovation Lab and has an investment portfolio of 30 companies. Previously, Cris spent 24 years at SunGard, over ten years as President and CEO and is a recognised leader in the field of risk management.
Sally is the former Chief Internal Auditor for Barclays. Sally joined Barclays in September 2012 from RBS where she was Head of Operational Risk, Global Banking and Markets. At RBS, Sally held audit roles in Wealth and Corporate Markets and headed up Audit Strategy, Operations and Development. Prior to RBS, Sally spent 18 years at JP MorganChase as Audit Partner and Co-Head of Investment Banking Audit for EMEA. Sally has a track record of success in developing and executing strategy, driving operational excellence and audit delivery. Sally is also a Non-Executive Director at Metro Bank.
John is a business leader with over 30 years experience in financial services, focused on solution provision within capital markets trading and risk management. During his time at SunGard, he drove the transition from traditional in-house applications to SaaS offering. John is a trusted partner that "does what he says he will do". He has experience of business improvement and has led turnaround situations. As an executive sponsor, he builds trust and confidence with C-level executives to achieve better outcomes.
Renaud Huck is a Senior Advisor to Acin, he has a Masters in Economic Sciences and Foreign Languages from the Sorbonne University in Paris. Renaud has over 30 years’ business development, trading and sales/marketing experience in capital markets + financial services.
Renaud was an investment banker and trader in the fixed income and equity derivatives area working for major international investment banks ( Wertheim Schroeder, JP Morgan, Credit Mutuel-CIC and Natexis Capital / Banque Populaire ) in the US, Europe and Asia. Additionally, Renaud held senior executive positions in business development for two of the world’s largest exchange groups ( CME Group and Deutsche Borse AG ). Currently Renaud is a Non Executive Director, Treasurer of Board, Member of the Audit & Risk and Remuneration Committees of Outlook Care, an Essex-based healthcare provider.
Stephen Sanders is a Senior Advisor to Acin. An experienced senior manager in the investment banking industry, Stephen specializes in regulation, compliance and risk management. Most recently he was a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan where he was Head of Regulatory Policy, and subsequently Chief Compliance Officer for EMEA. In a career spanning 38 years, he has held management roles as a market regulator with the London Stock Exchange, and in compliance and risk with J. Rothschild, Deutsche Bank and RBS. He is a published author and taught at both Bayes (CASS) Business School and the ISMA Center at Reading University. He is now a Visiting Professor at Kingston University Business School.
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