She has deep expertise supporting leadership teams, and providing pragmatic regulatory solutions to meet their organisation’s overall business objectives. The team she has built comprises subject matter experts in regulatory change, transformation, financial crime, risk, culture and compliance and is based in London, Australia and the US, working with firms globally.

Sally has worked in the financial services sector for over 25 years. Prior to joining A&O Shearman and establishing Consulting in 2018, she was Head of JP Morgan’s (JPM) International Office of Regulatory Affairs for over 7 years. After starting her career at KPMG, Sally also spent 10 years at the Financial Services Authority (FSA), where she was most latterly Managing Director of the Risk Division and an Executive member of the FSA Board.

In industry, Sally worked as a Senior Executive and Regulatory Advisor to the JPM EMEA and APAC leadership teams. Major projects included: leading discussions with regulators on Brexit strategy; leading the design and delivery of the culture and conduct agenda across EMEA and APAC (which was then adopted worldwide); working on a wide range of governance initiatives including designing an individual accountability regime which accommodated various regulatory regimes across the globe; and overseeing EMEA governance including undertaking various governance effectiveness reviews in different locations, as well as being responsible for JPM’s advocacy efforts around regulatory policy reform internationally.