About Chartis

Mark has over 30 years’ experience in global capital markets, consulting, and associated technologies, focusing on risk management, front- and middle-office platforms and data management. Before Chartis he held executive positions in large global financial institutions, consultancies and FinTechs, in various roles including platform and software development, solution architecture, large-scale program management, vendor selection and implementation, and strategy development and execution.

With a background covering the front, middle and back office, Mark brings to Chartis a holistic view of business, technology, and regulatory issues across the enterprise, and how these issues can be addressed by leveraging appropriate technology solutions. His primary focus has been risk technology, and his work in this area includes leading the global teams for risk technology at RBS Capital Markets and AIG; working with middle- and front-office technology teams at Barclays Capital; extensive consulting experience with major consulting organizations including EY and Deloitte; and extensive vendor experience, including time at Algorithmics and Misys (now Finastra). Mark has an MA from Oxford University and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Alexa brings her energy, analytical ability and business process rigor to Chartis. An accomplished senior product management and business development executive she is experienced in technology, IT & professional services, and financial services industries. Prior to joining Chartis, Alexa held leadership positions with Forrester, Greenwich Associates, Gartner and IDC. Under her guidance new products were successfully launched and enjoyed significant growth to become the industry standard. 
Alexa brings a laser focus on client centricity, and an innovation mindset to her work. A true leader, she has built teams of highly motivated professionals and led collaborative, cross functional projects.

Alexa began her career as an equity analyst at Goldman Sachs as a member of its technology research team. She received a BA in business administration and French from Franklin & Marshall College.

Sid is the Chief Researcher at Chartis Research with more than 25 years of experience in the financial, energy and commodities markets in various functions across the trade and software development lifecycles. He has held various roles in product development, trading, risk management, software development and consulting in banks, hedge funds, and risk advisory and software firms, including Standard Chartered Bank, TCG Group, HCL and Cognizant.

Sid’s specific areas of interest and research include risk data, model risk management, quantitative models in illiquid markets, high-performance analytics, energy and commodity trading risk, market structure design, new computational models, and the use of innovative mathematical methods in various emerging areas of risk management .He has a MBA from the Indian Institute of Management and is a qualified Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst CAIA, Financial Risk Manager (FRM), Energy Risk Professional (ERP), Member of GARP and CIPM from the CFA institute.

Michael Versace has joined Chartis Research to lead governance, resilience and compliance research, bringing a decades-long career as a risk and cybersecurity practitioner and advisor to the company.

Before joining Chartis, Michael served as Global Analyst Relations Lead for risk and cyber markets at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), where he elevated PwC’s position as a leader in risk and cybersecurity solutions for the past 6 years. Prior to PwC, he served as Markets Lead for International Data Corporation (IDC)’s Worldwide Financial Services Risk Tech and Digital Consulting research.

Earlier in his career, Michael held the roles of Client Partner for ZEFER (an early-stage internet consultancy firm), Director of Corporate Audit for FMR Corp, Managing Director for the Financial Services Technology Consortium (FSTC, now Bank Policy Institute), and Senior Communications Security Engineer for the Federal Reserve Banks, with multiple assignments to accelerate payment system innovation and engineer next-generation cryptographic solutions with the US Treasury Department, FMS.

Throughout his career, Michael has been an advocate for industry and technology standards. He served as a two-term Chairman of the International Organization of Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee on Information Security Standards, with a focus on public key cryptography, key management and cybersecurity policy.

Having joined Chartis Research in April 2021, Anish’s focus is to lead and build out the offerings in the Core Banking & RegTech space. Anish has a unique skill set combining around two decades of Business -Technology experience within the Core Banking and RegTech software markets driving the Product Strategy, Partnerships, Business Solutions and Development. Before joining Chartis Research, he held senior level positions with market leading companies like AxiomSL (now Adenza), Temenos and Grant Thornton focusing in the domain of Core Banking, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, Financial Accounting & Regulatory Reporting. Anish is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a certified Systems Auditor from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Anish’s areas of interest being in the RegTech, RiskTech, DataTech and Core Banking Software markets, his specialisation is to turn the regulatory requirements into catalysts to drive strategic business outcomes, sustainable cost reductions through automation, data driven business insights, building reusable and scalable data models and defining joint value propositions for an end-to-end product offering integrating with the third-party products and services.

Sean comes to Chartis with 36 years of accumulated expertise and experience in the financial services industry. He has a strong record of innovation and leadership in anti-money laundering, OFAC/sanctions, compliance, operational risk management, financial risk management, data analytics and enterprise-wide risk assessment at top-tier financial institutions. 

A compliance and risk management leader throughout his career, he has worked at many leading institutions, including Ford Motor Credit, Deloitte & Touche, NetRisk, AIG, Financial Security Assurance, RVI Group, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Santander Bank and State Street Corporation.  Most recently, Sean was the Data Governance Officer for Compliance at Citigroup and the Research Director for Compliance, Fraud and Risk Management at IDC Research. 

Sean currently holds the Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) certification and has held both the Series 7 Securities License and Series 63 Securities License during his career. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities and a Master of Business Administration from Carnegie Mellon University.

Phil is the Research Principal for Chartis’ Financial Crime Risk Management pillar, focusing on anti-money laundering, anti-fraud, Know Your Customer, trade-based money laundering, trade surveillance and related areas. He is also one of the primary analysts on Chartis’ RiskTech100, has managed vendor-selection projects in international financial institutions, and has produced market analysis and return on investment projects, as well as leading Chartis’ Risk IT Expenditure report.

 Ahmad Kataf is a Senior Research Specialist for Chartis’ Financial Crime Risk Management pillar, working on reports including Anti-Money Laundering, Know Your Customer, Enterprise Fraud, and Communications Monitoring as well as the Chartis RiskTech100. Ahmad has 5 years’ experience in banking, due diligence, and research in the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates. He holds an MBA from Kingston University.

     Abdi is a Research Specialist at Chartis Research. In this role, He works closely with our Research Directors and other Research Specialists with various research projects to support the various Chartis publications. Abdi works within the pillars of GRC, and Financial risk of Chartis research pillars. Before joining Chartis, Abdi has worked in the supply chain and logistics industries for over 7 years in which held several positions including production control analyst and logistics coordinator. Abdi earned a BA in Information systems from Middle Tennessee State University with concentration in Business analytics and programming. Abdi has experience in the following programming languages C#, Python, and R.

 Kaylee started at Chartis as a Research Analyst in October 2022 and comes fresh from her undergraduate institution, Hamilton College, where she studied Neuroscience and Creative Writing. She has previous experience as a researcher in neuroscience labs, and more recently as a journalist for BioSpace.

 Travis began as a Research Analyst with Chartis in October 2022 and comes with a master’s degree in Political Science with a focus on Political Economics from the University of Tennessee. He previously worked as a Graduate Teaching Associate Teaching Intro to Comparative Politics and Political Economy.

Jason began as a Research Analyst with Chartis in October 2022 and comes with a Bachelor’s degree in Finance with a minor in Economics from Wright State University. Jason previously worked as a Financial Crimes Compliance Analyst with Protiviti, specializing in Alert Analysis and Customer Due Diligence (CDD) reviews.

Mark has over 30 years’ experience in global capital markets, consulting, and associated technologies, focusing on risk management, front- and middle-office platforms and data management. Before Chartis he held executive positions in large global financial institutions, consultancies and FinTechs, in various roles including platform and software development, solution architecture, large-scale program management, vendor selection and implementation, and strategy development and execution.

With a background covering the front, middle and back office, Mark brings to Chartis a holistic view of business, technology, and regulatory issues across the enterprise, and how these issues can be addressed by leveraging appropriate technology solutions. His primary focus has been risk technology, and his work in this area includes leading the global teams for risk technology at RBS Capital Markets and AIG; working with middle- and front-office technology teams at Barclays Capital; extensive consulting experience with major consulting organizations including EY and Deloitte; and extensive vendor experience, including time at Algorithmics and Misys (now Finastra). Mark has an MA from Oxford University and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Alexa brings her energy, analytical ability and business process rigor to Chartis. An accomplished senior product management and business development executive she is experienced in technology, IT & professional services, and financial services industries. Prior to joining Chartis, Alexa held leadership positions with Forrester, Greenwich Associates, Gartner and IDC. Under her guidance new products were successfully launched and enjoyed significant growth to become the industry standard. 
Alexa brings a laser focus on client centricity, and an innovation mindset to her work. A true leader, she has built teams of highly motivated professionals and led collaborative, cross functional projects.

Alexa began her career as an equity analyst at Goldman Sachs as a member of its technology research team. She received a BA in business administration and French from Franklin & Marshall College.

Sid is the Chief Researcher at Chartis Research with more than 25 years of experience in the financial, energy and commodities markets in various functions across the trade and software development lifecycles. He has held various roles in product development, trading, risk management, software development and consulting in banks, hedge funds, and risk advisory and software firms, including Standard Chartered Bank, TCG Group, HCL and Cognizant.

Sid’s specific areas of interest and research include risk data, model risk management, quantitative models in illiquid markets, high-performance analytics, energy and commodity trading risk, market structure design, new computational models, and the use of innovative mathematical methods in various emerging areas of risk management .He has a MBA from the Indian Institute of Management and is a qualified Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst CAIA, Financial Risk Manager (FRM), Energy Risk Professional (ERP), Member of GARP and CIPM from the CFA institute.

Marcel is an established business leader with 20 years’ experience in advisory, capital markets research, market analysis, go-to-market strategy for derivatives, ETFs and fixed-income products, and financial services technology from front- to back-end. Before joining Chartis, he was Head of APAC Sales for Infopro Digital, based in Hong Kong. During his 12-year tenure with InfoPro Digital, Marcel has held the positions of Head of Client Development and Sales, Asia, and Commercial Director for the Asia Risk, FX Markets, waterstechnology and Risk.net brands in the Asia-Pacific region. As Global Head of Client Development, he oversees Chartis’ EMEA and Americas sales teams.

Ekrem joined Chartis in 2017 and now holds the Head of Operations position. Overseeing the Operations function at Chartis, Ekrem focuses on project management and delivery, as well as supporting clients and staff while ensuring that all well supported throughout. Ekrem holds a degree in Computer Science.

Ben joined Chartis in 2016 as Senior Editor. A professional editor and writer for 25+ years, he comes to Chartis following a 15-year stint as writer/editor at technology research and advisory firm Gartner.