Inclusive leadership in a challenging environment: fostering change, culture, diversity and equity

Andrew is an economics graduate with over 17 years' experience leading large operational teams in challenging and complex environments across the military, investment banking and central banking. Andrew gained a Queen's Commission as an officer in the British Army, ending his military career as an instructor in leadership at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He has remained passionate about people and how we lead. After leading three teams across Morgan Stanley's collateral management function he went on to chair the Governor's Leadership Taskforce at the Bank of England. The taskforce made recommendations on The Bank's Leadership Commitment, identified a Leadership Curriculum and set the organisation's future strategy on leadership. At the Bank of England, Andrew is a Leadership Story coach and has broad responsibilities across Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Andrew is currently responsible for leading 55 people across 3 functions in the Central Banking Operations Division at the Bank of England, with additional responsibilities as the division's operational risk officer. During his military career, Andrew led and commanded team sizes ranging from 4 people to 30 people, and was second in command of (and at times assuming command of) an operational task force of 250 men and women.

Stefan Ingves served as the governor of Sveriges Riksbank, from 2006 to 2022. He was chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision from 2011–19. Since November 2021, he has served as the vice-chairman of the Bank for International Settlements where he has chaired its Banking and Risk Management Committee since 2007. Ingves served as chairman of the Advisory Technical Committee of the European Systemic Risk Board between 2011 and 2017, and was first vice-chair of the ESRB from 2021. From 1999–2005, Ingves was director of the monetary and financial systems department at the International Monetary Fund and worked as deputy governor of the Riksbank from 1994–98, after a year working as director-general of the Swedish Bank Support Authority. From 1988–92, he was a member of the board of the Swedish National Debt Office, the Stockholm Stock Exchange and Värdepapperscentralen, as well as under-secretary for financial markets and institutions at the Swedish Ministry of Finance. Ingves has also worked in banking as assistant vice-president in the central finance and fund management division at Svenska Handelsbanken between 1984 and 1986, and was president of Sofe, Sweden’s Options and Futures Exchange in 1987. He has a PhD in economics and was a lecturer at the Stockholm School of Economics between 1976 and 1984.

Economist by education, central banker by heart. Throughout his 25+ year career in central banking, Mugur Tolici has held numerous roles in both core and enabling functions within the National Bank of Romania, ranging from head of monetary policy division, adviser to the deputy governor, head of the governor's office, deputy director of cash department and his most recent tenure as HR director. In this role, he has successfully lead one of the most transformational projects of the bank, implementing a new people management system aligned to international best practices and centered on bringing to the forefront NBR’s values: integrity, commitment, performance and cooperation. His career also includes international experiences, most recently the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC, serving as a Senior Adviser for the Executive Director (Dutch-Belgium Constituency).

Passionate for teaching, he also has a rich academic experience as lecturer at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies and National University of Political Studies and Public Administration.

Andrew is an economics graduate with over 17 years' experience leading large operational teams in challenging and complex environments across the military, investment banking and central banking. Andrew gained a Queen's Commission as an officer in the British Army, ending his military career as an instructor in leadership at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He has remained passionate about people and how we lead. After leading three teams across Morgan Stanley's collateral management function he went on to chair the Governor's Leadership Taskforce at the Bank of England. The taskforce made recommendations on The Bank's Leadership Commitment, identified a Leadership Curriculum and set the organisation's future strategy on leadership. At the Bank of England, Andrew is a Leadership Story coach and has broad responsibilities across Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Andrew is currently responsible for leading 55 people across 3 functions in the Central Banking Operations Division at the Bank of England, with additional responsibilities as the division's operational risk officer. During his military career, Andrew led and commanded team sizes ranging from 4 people to 30 people, and was second in command of (and at times assuming command of) an operational task force of 250 men and women.

Andrew is an economics graduate with over 17 years' experience leading large operational teams in challenging and complex environments across the military, investment banking and central banking. Andrew gained a Queen's Commission as an officer in the British Army, ending his military career as an instructor in leadership at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He has remained passionate about people and how we lead. After leading three teams across Morgan Stanley's collateral management function he went on to chair the Governor's Leadership Taskforce at the Bank of England. The taskforce made recommendations on The Bank's Leadership Commitment, identified a Leadership Curriculum and set the organisation's future strategy on leadership. At the Bank of England, Andrew is a Leadership Story coach and has broad responsibilities across Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Andrew is currently responsible for leading 55 people across 3 functions in the Central Banking Operations Division at the Bank of England, with additional responsibilities as the division's operational risk officer. During his military career, Andrew led and commanded team sizes ranging from 4 people to 30 people, and was second in command of (and at times assuming command of) an operational task force of 250 men and women.