London
Head of Sustainability and Climate, Financial Services
I am a managing director, leading our sustainability and climate practice within financial services. My areas of focus are capital markets, banking, asset and wealth management and insurance.
I have 20 years of experience in consulting, commercial banks, investment banks, asset and wealth managers, and financial market infrastructure. This has given me extensive experience in the delivery of rapid and highly complex change in large organisations, as well as forming strong relationships with major industry associations, data vendors and regulators.
I am responsible for, and have a track record of, delivering complex regulatory change, ESG, sustainability and climate, solutions, products and programmes, across financial services, such as:
I am passionate about protecting our planet, building purpose, helping wider society and laser focused on inspiring colleagues and delivering ESG related change for clients. I previously led regulatory change and governance, risk and control (GRC) initiatives at another leading accountancy firm and prior to that a global regulatory change team at a global bank specialising in asset and wealth management.
FCA CP25/32 proposes major changes to MiFIR transaction reporting. Explore key reforms, governance expectations and steps firms should take to prepare.
PRA’s SS5/25 sets clear rules for climate risk governance, scenario analysis, and data standards, guiding UK firms to embed climate risk into core decisions.
The European Banking Authority is consulting on new guidelines for authorising third-country branches under its sixth Capital Requirements Directive (CRD VI). Rashim Arora explores the new rules and how UK banks can turn regulatory change into a strategic advantage.
Head of Sustainability and Climate, Financial Services