Mark Watson Email & Phone Number

Boston, MA, US

- Established consultancy focused on corporate governance, risk management, and financial services regulation.- Engaged by risk and finance executives on projects on risk appetite framework/metrics, board-level risk reporting, GRC vendor selection, job architecture design, and blockchain-enabled development finance.- Authoring series of books and videos on.

Greater Boston

Led multiyear effort to redesign management decision-making processes and policymaker engagement.Redesigned operating model for >120 management committees globally to achieve effective and efficient enterprise-wide, risk-based decision-making and escalations.Redesigned government affairs strategy to enable clients to engage policymakers on expanding.

Greater Boston Area

Oversaw EY’s work for financial services’ boards, including consulting, training, peer networks and thought leadership. Functioned as senior risk leader, covering risk governance, nonfinancial risk and sustainable finance.Developed compelling, market-leading consulting frameworks for a range of nonfinancial risks.Helped clients to enhance corporate.

Concord MA

The Concord Education Fund is an independent organization that avidly supports in the Concord Public Schools, by granting funds for the development of curricula, programs, and initiatives designed to enhance the experience of education of students and teachers.

Boston, Massachusetts

Founded financial services practice (~1/3rd of firm revenue). Supported >250 bank and insurance directors and executives on governance and risk, in Europe and North America. Built, led and grew high-impact, peer-to-peer groups of directors/executives/regulators to enhance governance of financial services industry during transformation of regulation and.

New York, NY

Led team determining when corporate governance should impact corporate and financial institution debt ratings.Published >350 company and >50 thematic research reports to inform debt-investor investment analysis.Presented at investor briefings and trained >500 analysts to improve understanding of governance and credit.

New York, NY; London, United Kingdom

Led client development in new governance practice; initially focused on Asia/Europe, then North/South America.Supported diverse public and private sector organizations in enhancing board and management governance and decision making. Reinvigorated family-owned business practice.Trained >250 partners on counseling CEOs on governance.

Led policy development and lobbying efforts to influence EU/UK policymakers to be business-friendly on governance.Part of core team that developed world’s first professional qualification for directors, The Chartered Director.Authored 50+ research/survey reports to inform policy development.

Led strategy and research to influence EU/UK pension, investment and governance policiesAuthored 20+ research/survey reports and led industry-leading annual survey of occupational pension funds.

Provided advice on housing policy, and social security and pension reform, to Mr. Jenkin, a member of the House of Commons’ Select Committee on Social Security.

(Worked there two times during the period.) Led research for leading public policy think tank that promoted free-market policies.Researched broad set of issues, including government spending, social security policy and commercialization of space.(Worked at ASI twice in timeframe.)

Drafted speeches/research on national/local issues. Advised on social security/housing policy.