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Blockchain Disruption in the Evolution of Banking
Economists have been exploring human behaviour for hundreds of years, including how we make decisions, how we act individually, and in groups....
Digital Transformation – How to Beat The Odds
A recent survey of directors, CEOs, and senior executives found that digital transformation (DT) risk is still their No.1 concern going into 2022....
COO Training
“My professional ambition? To be a COO”. The road to accreditation for business management Armstrong Wolfe’s mission is to make the COO role a...
Mentoring and Sponsorship – How to leverage and manage your network
Mentoring versus Sponsoring –what’s the difference? What should you look for in a Mentor? What should you look for in a Sponsor? How do you get...
Organisational Dynamics Within Markets Business Management
The COO community unexpectedly found themselves central stage in March 2020, when promoted to a heightened position of visibility and...
The FinTech Universe Series: “What is FinTech and How Did We Get Here?”
This article will focus on the function of FinTech what their roles are in local economies and why they are so critical to our global economy and...
Non-Financial Risk Management Working Group Programme
We are committed to supporting the global COO community and to helping them address market wide, non-proprietary challenges. In line with the...
Armstrong Wolfe WCOOC Inclusive Leadership for Corporate Success Q2 2022 Paper
Executive Summary Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) challenges are increasingly on meeting agendas as corporations recognise the importance of...
Algo Trading Controls and Governance
Outline: 20 member banks of the International COO Community (iCOOC) participated in the May Q2 2022 Algo Trading 1st Line Business Controls Working...
The Chief of Staff – Competency assessment and mandate
The Chief of Staff (CoS) can be one of the most impactful and valued roles if the mandate is understood and clearly communicated to the c-suite and...
The post-pandemic managerial conundrum – framing the narrative
Rolling the dice between soft and hard policy-making The global financial services industry, with Hong Kong and China being notable exceptions, has...
An Investigation into Non- Financial Risk Management
Collective Thought: Buy and Sell Side COO Roundtables and Debates, New York, March 16 and 17, 2022 Attendees: 36 COOs and executives from the office...
The Changing Landscape of ESG and Crisis Management: An Opportunity to Build Resistance
The Changing Landscape of ESG and Crisis Management: An Opportunity to Build Resistance WCOOC Minutes Part 1: Friday 18th March 2022 Part 2:...
In the Spotlight: An Interview with Stephen Scott, Founder and CEO, Starling Trust
An Interview with Stephen Scott, Founder and CEO, Starling Trust by Maurice Evlyn-Bufton, CEO of Armstrong Wolfe Q - With an enriched...
The Case for Freedom and Humanity
2022 Western Democratic States Take Seats in the Theatre of War to Watch the Live Performance of Ukraine’s Defence of Freedom on Behalf of Humanity....
ESG Symposium Abridged Minutes
Speakers: Corinne Neale, Global Head of Applications for Data and Analytics Solutions, BNY Mellon, Pierre Pourquery, Partner, Head of UK Capital...
Leadership Case Study: Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukrainian President
From Comedian to President to Statesman to Wartime Leader to the Defender of Western Democracy By Maurice Evlyn-Bufton, CEO, Armstrong Wolfe 3rd...
Are Banks Returning to a Front-to-Back, End-to-End Business Ownership?
Are Banks Returning to a Front-to-Back, End-to-End Ownership of the Business? by Maurice Evlyn-Bufton, CEO of Armstrong Wolfe Outline: Increasingly...
Defining the Markets COO Organisation
Defining the Markets COO Organisation Armstrong Wolfe Advisory September 2021
Blockchain Security Issues and their Impact on the Global Capital Markets
Capital Markets Industry - Sutherland Global Services By Christopher Rigg, Armstrong Wolfe Industry Advisor, Sutherland Global February 13, 2022...
Your Net Work is your Net Worth
Your Net Work is your Net Worth - Minutes from 2nd February 2022 Hosted by Women in the COO Community (WCOOC) and Women in Leadership Foundation...
Threat, Risk and Wealth Management
Threat, Risk and Wealth Management - Minutes from 23rd November 2021 A focus in China - co hosted with Goldman Sachs Asset Management When thinking...
Digitalisation of Products
Digitalisation of Products - Minutes from 23rd September 2022 The pandemic has accelerated the growth of digitization, increasing opportunities for...
Technology Leading the Change
Technology Leading the Change - Minutes from 13th October 2021 Remember, everyone in FinTech is learning - all technology is a continuation of human...
Global COO, Markets Organisational Analysis Survey
Executive Summary by Maurice Evlyn-Bufton, CEO of Armstrong Wolfe and Tim Williams, Head of Research, Armstrong Wolfe This report summarises the...
Staff Attrition and Operational Resilience
Staff attrition: How can the banking and asset management COO community address the exponential crisis facing the industry by Maurice Evlyn-Bufton,...
Overthrow capitalism? It’s no longer a fringe idea
Revolution is in the air. But capitalism’s greatest gifts are yet to come. If ESG becomes more than words and gestures. The evidence is clear that...
Productivity in a hybrid working model
Not a science, but a refocus on leadership and management in enhancing staff morale by Maurice Evlyn-Bufton, CEO of Armstrong Wolfe Since March 2021...
Q3 Threat management and Operational Resilience minutes
Abridged Minutes Today Non-Financial Risk (‘NFR’) is managed within silos, with no single point of data aggregation existing to provide holistic...
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