About Skillcast

About Richard Amos

Richard is a qualified Chartered Accountant who started his career at EY in 1988 and served in several senior finance roles. Over the last 20 years, Richard has served as an executive on the boards of five companies listed on the London Stock Exchange, most recently as Chief Financial Officer of Wilmington plc, Chief Financial Officer of Plant Impact plc and Group Finance Director of Anite plc. He is currently an independent non-executive director at Thruvision plc (AIM: THRU).

About Vivek Dodd

Vivek is a co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Skillcast. He has been creating compliance and regulatory courses for over two decades. Prior to Skillcast, he worked as an investment banker at JP Morgan, and a finance and compliance trainer. He has an MS from MIT and a BS from IIT and has been a CFA Charterholder.

About Catriona Razic

Catriona Razic is a co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer at Skillcast. She advises global firms on their compliance communication strategy - working directly with them to deliver successful outcomes for their compliance and learning initiatives. Catriona holds a degree in Psychology and Economics.

About Anthony Miller

Anthony is a co-founder and our Chief Technology Officer at Skillcast. His role involves managing our technology team and working directly with customers to deliver solutions tailored to their specific requirements. He has an Executive MBA from Cass Business School and a BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics.

About Richard Steele

Richard is Chief Financial Officer at Skillcast. He has over 30 years of experience in commercial and operational finance roles in the professional services, food and retail sectors, including 15 years in board-level roles.

About Morten Damsleth

Morten is a co-founder and the Chief Operating Officer at Skillcast. His work is within designing and producing content and procedures that are used throughout our operations. He manages our Production, Content, and Customer Success teams, with a focus on collaboration and communication across departments. He has a BA(Hons) in Graphic and Media Design from London College of Printing (University of the Arts London).

About Chris Croft

Chris Croft is one of the UK's leading negotiation, project and time management trainers. He has trained over 87,000 people with a 94% retention rate. Author of 15 books, his monthly tips reach over 10,000 people. Chris is passionate about learning that is practical, memorable, entertaining and immediately actionable.

About David Mangion

David is an e-learning consultant at Skillcast. Since completing his MA in English at the University of Malta, David has been writing marketing, lifestyle and educational content as well as teaching English. He now helps Skillcast clients to develop bespoke e-learning courses.

About Dhruva Pudel

Dhruva is the Head of Cyber Security at Skillcast. He has over 16 years of experience in the IT domain focused on security. Strong technical experience allows him to zoom in on detail, and business dynamics knowledge allows a wider organizational view ensuring value add and strategic alignment.

About Ed Kilner

Ed Kilner joined the commercial team at Harper James in 2019, specialising in IT, IP and general technology-related contracts, as well as advising on a range of commercial matters. Ed is experienced working with both innovative tech start-ups and multinational corporations, advising on a range of different contractual and intellectual property matters, both domestic and international.

About Ella Bond

Ella Bond is a Senior Employment Lawyer at Harper James. She provides practical and commercially focused advice and assistance in relation to a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment law matters which arise throughout the course of the employment relationship and beyond.

About Emmeline de Chazal

Emmeline is an experienced digital editor and content marketing executive. She has a demonstrated history of working in both the education management and software industries. Emmeline has a degree in business science and her skillset includes Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and digital marketing analytics. She is passionate about education and utilising her skills to encourage greater access to e-learning.

About Hari Gupta

Hari has worked for over 25 years as a legal researcher, editor, author and consultant for organisations across several countries. He worked in the private sector for legal publishing, law and insurance firms and the Law Society of Ireland. Hari has also been involved in the public sector through his work for the Australian and Irish Parliaments and the UNHCR. He has a BA/LLB and a Masters of Peace and Conflict Studies.

About Ian Hare

Ian is a Senior Editorial and Copywriting Consultant. He has more than 20 years’ experience in writing for businesses of all shapes, sizes and sectors, delivering content and consultancy for marketing, campaign strategies, propositions and initiatives. His work spans launch materials, web copy, communication suites, case studies, articles, infographics, blog posts, video scripts and award-winning submissions.

About Ian Stevenson

Ian is a Managing Consultant at Strategic Regulatory Management Limited. An ex-regulator he advises boards, non-executive directors, chief executives, and leadership teams regarding building successful regulatory and commercial relationships.

About Jan Hagen

Jan has been advising firms to manage financial crime risk and providing compliance and training solutions over a career spanning two decades at Ernst & Young, MHA and Thomson Reuters. He now helps firms to select appropriate technologies to assist in managing the increasingly complex demands put on organisations by fast-paced regulatory change in respect of money laundering and terrorism financing.

About Jason Boud

Jason Boud is the Co-Founder and CEO of RegTech Associates, a global research company who use their analysis to provide strategic insight and advice to their clients. Jason has extensive experience working at a senior level in technology for JP Morgan and Credit Suisse, has worked in corporate innovation, and has 10 years of experience working with early-stage and growth startups.

About Katharine Leaman

Katharine Leaman spent 11 years within the FCA, then oversaw compliance at two major banks. She now consults on regulatory compliance across market conduct, CASS, SMCR, FX Global Code, Outsourcing, non-financial misconduct, and conduct risk. Her consultancy provides regulated firms with digital regulatory compliance materials.

About Laura Evans

Laura is an experienced content writer with a history of creating well-researched, high-quality copy that informs and sparks curiosity. She’s also worked with instructional designers to develop scripts, microlearning units and learning content for various businesses. Laura has a degree in Economics and Politics from LSE, and in another lifetime, she had a decade-long career in finance at a hedge fund.

About Libby Dean

Libby Dean advises companies on compliance solutions within the Skillcast Commercial Team. She has a decade of experience in governance, risk and compliance, having previously worked at Health & Safety consultancy Praxis42. In her downtime, you'll find her walking on the beach with her dog Rufus, listening to ABBA.

About Lynne Callister

Lynne is an instructional designer with over 20 years of storyboarding experience. Her current areas of interest are mobile learning and exploring how cognitive theories of learning can create better learner experiences.

About Martyn Oughton

Martyn is a writer and thought leader in financial markets, wealth management, insurance, regulation, risk management, and cybercrime. He has worked in the trenches delivering compliance improvements and now focuses on contributing to compliance best practice on several forums.

About Martin Schofield

Martin has over two decades of experience at the front-line in compliance, financial crime prevention and data protection, along with a further decade of experience consulting, in-person training and interacting with professionals at hundreds of firms. He is a keen promoter of joined-up thinking in compliance training and management and of creating a culture that gets employees at all levels engaging with the compliance department.

About Matt Green

As Head of Growth at Skillcast, I spread the message to HR, legal and compliance professionals about the benefits of Skillcast's unique Intelligent Learning solutions. My experience ranges from stints in HR & training to digital & brand marketing at global information providers and SaaS companies.

About Michael Rasmussen

Michael Rasmussen is an internationally recognized authority on Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC). His expertise covers enterprise GRC, GRC technology, corporate compliance, and policy management. Using his 28+ years of experience, Michael helps organizations improve GRC processes, design and implement GRC architecture, and select effective, efficient, and agile technologies. Sought-after as a keynote speaker, author, and advisor, he has been called the “Father of GRC”, having been the first to define and model the GRC market in February 2002 while at Forrester.

About Rich Gill

Rich draws on 25 years of learning experience to help Skillcast partners. After 18 years serving as an Officer in the British Army, he moved into the commercial world. His unparalleled academic background includes a PGCE in Further Education and an MSc in Computer-Based Learning & Training. He is a Learning Technologies Conference past presenter and e-learning award winner.

About Roberta Buhagiar

Roberta Buhagiar is an e-learning content specialist with over ten year's experience working in the education industry. Her compliance specialisms include financial crime prevention, risk management and regulation.

About Rochelle Sampy

Rochelle Sampy is a content specialist with over 10 years of experience producing and editing content for various businesses. She specialises in compliance topics related to risk management, financial crime, vulnerable customers, and the Senior Manager's Certification Regime (SMCR). Rochelle has a Double Honours degree in Law With International Studies and also works on contributing to compliance best practices within an asset management firm.

About Samantha Owen

Samantha Owen works as a senior employment solicitor at Harper James after having worked at a National Law firm for over 14 years. Samantha advises on all aspects of employment law, working closely with her clients to achieve practical and commercial outcomes. She provides strategic advice to businesses to support them with their HR needs.

About Sharon Williams

Sharon is a Regulatory Consultant and Chartered Insurer. Her compliance experience spans over 30 years and includes delivering Compliance Consultancy and holding various Compliance Management Roles within financial services firms. Most recently she has joined the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA.

About Simon Truckle

Simon is Director of Learning Solutions at Skillcast. He is responsible for ensuring that Skillcast partners achieve the best return on their e-learning investment. He helps our clients navigate every stage of the learning development process, from risk assessment through to audit, while personalising the approach to the needs of their organisation. Before Skillcast he was Head of E-learning at both Barclays Wealth and Gerard Asset Management.