Lee Alam, Managing Director and APAC Head at A&O Consulting
Update: 2020-08-23
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In this episode of the Three Lines of Defence Podcast, Lee Alam joins us to give us insights on his career journey, leadership, mentoring and broader views on risk conduct and the regulatory side. Lee is currently the Managing Director and APAC Heat at Allen & Overy Consulting.
He studied in Australia and worked in London for ASIC, London Stock Exchange and FCA. He worked with JP Morgan from 2012 to 2015 in both London and Sydney as an Executive Director for Conduct Risk and Strategy before becoming Managing Director. In 2017, he joined Commonwealth Bank as General Manager of Regulatory Affairs and in early 2019, Lee moved to his current role.
In this episode we discuss:
He studied in Australia and worked in London for ASIC, London Stock Exchange and FCA. He worked with JP Morgan from 2012 to 2015 in both London and Sydney as an Executive Director for Conduct Risk and Strategy before becoming Managing Director. In 2017, he joined Commonwealth Bank as General Manager of Regulatory Affairs and in early 2019, Lee moved to his current role.
In this episode we discuss:
- Lee shares the story about his early life.
- Developing a career in the regulatory and banking spaces.
- Their key focus in consulting.
- Biggest challenge he experienced in his career.
- Key attributes of an effective leader.
- Key attributes to strong stakeholder management.
- One piece of advice he would give his younger self.
- Key areas of conduct risk as a result of COVID-19.
- How cross-culture, conduct, governance, accountability issues translate from the financial services industry to other sectors in corporates.
- Discussing what it’s like to be a regulator.
- Managing work pressures and stress.
- Lee’s passions outside of work.
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