Freyan has worked in financial services for nearly 20 years, starting as equity derivatives research analyst at Deutsche Bank, then moving to roles in risk management, both first and second line. Most recently, she was responsible for the design and implementation of the non-financial risk framework at the London Stock Exchange Group. Freyan previously spent 13 years at Deutsche Bank in several roles – as an equity derivatives research analyst, managing controls for the DB benchmark administration team, global head of business controls for the Research business and operational risk framework design (for the risk taxonomy, risk and control assessments, controls framework, business requirements for the GRC tool), and secretary of the Group’s non-financial risk committee. She has also spent one year on the buy side as Front Office Controls Lead at Janus Henderson and also volunteers on the Board of Internews Europe, with focus on risk and governance. Freyan was co-lead for the diversity and inclusion effort in the Group Risk function at LSEG in 2022. Originally from India, her work has taken her to New York, Hong Kong and London.
