Our expert views

Most firms didn't plan AI workforce readiness ahead of time. A practical guide for senior leaders running live programmes with capability and governance gaps open.

Tom helps clients with Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands law, focusing on investment funds (including hedge funds, venture capital funds and private equity funds).

Model risk managers, AI governance leads, change directors managing DORA. The roles FS firms need most right now are the hardest to find.

70% of major FS transformations miss their objectives. The cause is almost always people. See what leading firms did differently to close the gap.

Raya Alkhatib is a highly accomplished Corporate Partner and the Head of the Corporate and M&A Practice at Bird & Bird’s Riyadh office. She offers sophisticated, market-leading counsel on a comprehensive range of corporate matters for both international and local clients.

Most FSfirms have run AI pilots. Scaling into live, regulated operations is where programmes stall, shadow AI, governance gaps, and the wrong team structure.

What DORA, the EU AI Act and FCA Consumer Duty mean for financial services leaders, explained clearly, plus the people gap most firms have not filled.

Lateral hiring is at record levels. Business cases are more rigorous than they have ever been, and the investment in finding and landing senior talent has never been higher. And yet integration outcomes remain stubbornly inconsistent. The hire is getting more sophisticated but what happens next often is not.