CISI Board of Directors

Michael was Chair of AFME from 2015-2021, and is an independent director for JP Morgan Securities plc and Board Member of FICC Markets Standards Board. Michael previously spent 35 years with BNY Mellon, the last seven as Chair, Europe, Middle East & Africa.

He is an Advisory Board Member of TheCityUK, British American Business and a member of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum Advisory Board. Michael is Trustee of the mental health charity, the Charlie Waller Trust and of education charity, Engage with China Ltd. He is a patron for Women in Banking and Finance (WIBF) and City Veterans Network. In 2019 he was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) from City of London Business School.

Based in London, Neil is a Managing Director and Global Client Executive responsible for Euroclear’s client relationships.

Prior to this role, Neil held progressively senior positions in operations, product, strategy, sales and relationship management at BNY Mellon in London and Hong Kong and more recently with HSBC Markets & Securities Services.

With over 30 years financial services experience, Neil specialises in Capital Markets, Post Trade, Financial Market Infrastructure and Clearing and Settlement.

He is a highly impactful leader, who drives and influences change and fosters high performance culture through empowerment, coaching, diversity of thought and shared vision.

Neil is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment and member of its Membership and International Committees, a Male Ally for Gender Equality and an accredited Leader Coach with the Association for Coaching.

Nandika counts for over 30 years post qualifying experience in the sectors of banking and financial Institutions, mobile telecommunication industry, audit and assurance and management consultancy assignments. He currently holds the position of Chief Financial Officer of Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC since January 2008, reporting to MD/CEO. He is also a member of the Asset & Liability Committee (ALCO), Executive Integrated Risk Management Committee (EIRMC), HR Steering Committee, Procurement Committee, Executive Investment Committee, Executive Strategic Planning & Development Committee, BASEL Implementation Committee, etc., and a trustee of the Employee Provident Fund, Employee Pension Fund and CSR Trust of the Bank. Further, a regular participant of Board Audit Committee, Board Investment Committee, Board Integrated Risk Management Committee (Secretary to the Committee). Nandika has been an active trustee of the Corporate Social Responsibility Trust (CSR) of the Bank.

Prior to his career at the bank, Nandika worked as Chief Financial Officer reporting to CEO and Telstra HO in Sydney until end 2003. He is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Australia, Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants UK, and Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment UK, Senior Associate of Financial Services Institute and a Member of the Institute of Management Accountants USA. Further, he holds BSc and PG Diploma in Management from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura university and MBA, MA in Financial Economics and MSc in Financial Mathematics from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. He is also the President - National Advisory Council Sri Lanka, President National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka and Immediate Past Chairman - Member Network Panel, ACCA Sri Lanka branch.

Chris Clark is a relationship manager at RBC Brewin Dolphin and has been active with the CISI Scottish Committee for many years. He served as Committee President for four years and has been a keen advocate of financial education.

Chris spent his childhood living in several countries in Southeast Asia, Jamaica, and graduated from school in Luxembourg. He studied Environmental Science at Aberdeen University, completing first a Bachelors and then a Masters degree.

He started his career at Deloitte in Edinburgh and has also worked at Scottish Widows and Standard Life (latterly abrdn). He has experience in governance, specifically compliance and audit as well as relationship management. He holds an IMC qualification and is a Chartered MCSI.

Robert has served on the Board for three years and is seeking re-election. He chairs the Investment Committee, sits on the Integrity & Ethics Committee and is chair elect of the Audit & Risk Committee. He is a Chartered Wealth Manager and is a Chartered Fellow of the Institute.

After graduating from University and Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Robert served as an Army Officer for four years before joining the City stockbrokers Laurence Keen (acquired by Rathbones in 1995). Robert is an Investment Director at Rathbones and has 30 years’ experience managing risk-adjusted multi-asset portfolios for wealthy private clients, trusts, pensions, and charities. Robert has had several senior leadership roles within the business and spent 12 years on the Executive and Management Committees. Robert is an Alderman of the City of London and Past Master of the Guild of Investment Managers. He is also on the Board of the Impact Investing Institute.

Amyr Rocha Lima is a Certified Financial Planner who specialises in helping successful business owners and senior professionals with their retirement planning.

He is the Managing Director at Strategic Wealth Partners, a financial planning and wealth management firm based in Kingston upon Thames.

Amyr is a frequent commentator on financial planning and wealth management matters for both national and specialist media.

A graduate of the Bayes Business School (City, University of London), Amyr is also the chair of the CISI Financial Planning Forum - working with over 6,670 members to champion the financial planning profession in the UK.

Originally from Brazil, Amyr has lived around the globe, spending his childhood in Australia, and completing his education in the USA and the UK. His summers were spent back on his family’s farm, where he got involved with raising cattle and horses – even helping set up an apiary.

Amyr and his wife, Patricia, have two young children. Outside of the office, Amyr enjoys spending time with his family and friends. He is a keen traveller, has a passion for world cinema and can often be found in one of London’s eclectic array of restaurants.

Catherine is a financial services professional and elected member (Common Councillor) of the City of London Corporation. She served as the City’s Chair of Policy & Resources 2017 – 2022, leading on its work with the financial and related professional services sector. As Policy Chair she was deputy chair of The CityUK, and a member of the Professional & Business Services Council (where she still co-chairs the International Trade Group). Catherine has a long interest and involvement in education and training. She is on the Council at City, University of London, has chaired the City of London Corporation’s Education Board and the City of London Academies Trust, and has been a board member of the Financial Services Skills Commission. Catherine is currently leading a government-commissioned taskforce aimed at boosting socio-economic diversity at senior levels in UK Financial and Professional services.

She is a participant in a number of green finance initiatives, including the Steering Committee of the UK Voluntary Carbon Markets Forum, the Distinguished Advisory Group of the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market, and is also a member of the Scottish Taskforce for Green and Sustainable Financial Services. A solicitor by training, she practised in financial services law for several years. Catherine studied PPE at St Anne’s College, Oxford.

Clair Mills is the Chief Operating Officer for the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), within the Bank of England, and is responsible for PRA operations, which includes delivery of the PRA’s Operating Strategy, Budget, Internal Communications and the Investment and Change Portfolio. Other areas of responsibility include managing Data Innovation, RegTech and the PRA’s preparation for Brexit across the organisation. Clair has over 20 years’ extensive financial services experience operating at board level and leading successful strategic and transformational change in a number of complex organisations, having started her career in the Building Society and Retail Banking sector, before moving into Operational and Technological Change Management and Consultancy. Clair joined the Financial Services Authority in 2011 to lead the Internal Twin Peaks programme to transition to the PRA and FCA regulatory model, moving across to the Bank of England with the PRA. In her current role, as well as providing the leadership, management and vision necessary to support the business and to ensure that the proper operational controls, administrative and reporting procedures, and people systems are in place, Clair is also responsible for driving a demand led data approach for the PRA, this includes giving key note speeches both in the UK and internationally on topics such as Regulatory Technology (RegTech) and how regulators can take advantage of the advances in technology in the work we do.

Peter Moores currently holds the position of Chief Executive Officer and is responsible for overseeing all Raymond James’ businesses in the UK including wealth management, capital markets and corporate finance. Peter started his career with Chase Manhattan Bank in New York where he completed both the Associate Development Programme and the Financial Analyst Programme. Peter spent 10 years working at Chase Manhattan in New York, Frankfurt and London initially as a Relationship Manager, Chase International Institutional and then in Chase Asset Management & Mutual Funds as Vice President, Regional Sales Director – Europe. Peter then joined DAB bank, in Munich, Germany as Head of Group Development. Peter was seconded to DAB’s UK subsidiary, SELFtrade UK, as Managing Director and Senior Country Officer. He then joined Raymond James Investment Services in December 2004 as Managing Director and became CEO in February 2005. Peter was appointed as Raymond James Country Manager for the UK in July 2013, at which point he assumed responsibility for its capital markets businesses in addition to wealth management, and subsequently the Corporate Finance business when it opened in the UK in September 2017. Peter chairs the Raymond James TCF Committee. In addition, he is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment, and a member of its Membership Committee. In addition, Peter is a member of the Institute of Directors and a mentor to start-up businesses in London Business School’s Summer Entrepreneurship Programme. Born in Dublin, Ireland, Peter read Business Studies at Trinity College, Dublin and was conferred with both a B.B.S (hons) and an M.A. degree. Peter has also completed executive education programmes at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and the London Business School. For five years in a row, 2017-2021, Peter Moores has been named one of the PAM 50 Most Influential. He is also an ambassador for Co-operation Ireland’s Youth Leadership Programme that seeks to identify and intervene with specific young people who are at risk.

Graham Nicoll is Director of Wealth for Succession Wealth and has over 20 years of experience in wealth management, financial services and driving business and digital transformation. He is passionate about clients receiving holistic financial advice to enable them to achieve their life goals.

A key focus for Graham is the development of colleagues, advisors and industry professionals which is one of the reasons he became a Non-executive Director of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments. He is a Chartered Fellow of the CISI and chairs the Examination Board.

Away from work Graham is married, with two boys, enjoys staying fit, playing a bit of golf and is often found standing on the touch line at weekends watching his boys play rugby or football.

Claire is a Managing Director and the UK Head of Exchange Traded Funds at State Street Global Advisors. She is responsible for the distribution of index products to institutional investors, wealth managers, family offices and retail platforms.

Prior to joining State Street, she was a Managing Director at BlackRock where she was UK Head of iShares Wealth Management and Retail Sales. She also served as Co-Head of BlackRock’s Women’s Network for EMEA. She joined iShares in 2008.

She spent the first nine years of her career at UBS – in Emerging Markets institutional sales, and in business development within Wealth Management.

Claire is a graduate in Money, Banking & Finance from the University of Birmingham, holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation, and is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.

She is the Deputy Chair of the CISI Board of Directors. She also serves as a member of the Audit & Risk Committee and the People & Remuneration Committee.

Ravikumar Puranam is the Chairperson of CISI’s India Advisory Committee. He is a banker by profession, a commerce graduate and an associate of Indian Institute of Bankers, Mumbai and of Chartered Institute of Bankers, London. He is an Honorary Fellow of the CISI.

He is currently the Director and co-founder of Vastu Housing Finance Corporation Ltd, an affordable mortgage lending entity in India. He was Chairman of Board of Directors of Bharat Financial Inclusion Ltd, the largest listed microfinance entity in India, which merged with Indusind Bank in July 2019. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of several listed and unlisted entities spanning financial sector segments such as mutual funds and pensions.

Sushil Saluja is senior business leader and advisor based in London, focused on international business, technology-led transformation, and education.

He has over 30 years’ prior experience at Accenture. He led business units for EMEA (based in London) and Asia Pacific (based in Hong Kong) and has launched FinTech accelerators in Hong Kong and Dubai. Since leaving Accenture, he has undertaken roles within Temasek (Singapore) and for the Bank of England, he currently acts as Senior Advisor to several multinational organisations.

Sushil has been active in education through the delivery of higher education to Malaysian students through local colleges and British universities and non-Executive roles over the past 15 years.

Sushil graduated in engineering from Pembroke College, Cambridge. He is a Trustee of the British Council, where he also chairs the Commercial Committee, and is a Governor of the University of Greenwich. He chairs Heart of the City, to help SMEs get to carbon net zero

Jane Valls, External Consultant, GCC Board Directors Institute Jane Valls is a Corporate Governance and Board Effectiveness expert with over 20 years of experience of working with boards of directors.

She is an accredited Corporate Governance trainer with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, and is an accredited trainer with the Ethics Institute, as well as being a Certified Ethics Officer.

Up until November 2023, Jane was the Executive Director of the GCC Board Directors Institute (GCC BDI), based in Dubai, and continues to work with the Institute as an external consultant. Prior to that, from 2010 to 2015, Jane was the CEO of the Mauritius Institute of Directors (MIOD), one of the leading Institutes in Africa. She was the first Chairperson of the African Corporate Governance Network from 2013-2015, a network which she helped to found, bringing together 17 Institutes of Directors from across the African continent.

Before joining the MIOD, Jane has held senior positions and directorships in a wide range of business sectors with leading companies including British Airways, Air Mauritius, Sun International and The Rogers Group, amongst others, as well as running her own management and training consultancy.

Jane holds a BA Hons in French and Italian from Birmingham University, UK. She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree by the University of Middlesex for services to business, women’s empowerment and social justice and she was decorated by the Republic of Mauritius as a Commander of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (CSK) for services to corporate governance. She is an Honorary Fellow of the GCC Board Director Institute and a Fellow of the Mauritius Institute of Directors.