Dr. Deepa Govindarajan Driver

Deepa was the founding programme director and content design lead for our Masters programme in Financial Regulation for UK financial regulators. Deepa also served for over a decade as Programme Director for the Centre's MSc in Capital Markets Regulation and Compliance.

Deepa’s research interests cover financialization; the interactions between democracy, power, human rights and finance; state and corporate accountability for serious crimes; qualitative decision-making in finance; whistleblowing and operational risk.

Deepa is the chair of negotiators for the union side on the Joint Negotiating Committee of the £75bn sector-wide USS pension scheme. She is a member of the NEC of UCU, and president of ReadingUCU.

Deepa serves as the vice-chair of Finance Watch, Brussels and as vice-chair of the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers.

Deepa is an independent expert advisor to regulators, banks, asset managers and insurers. She facilitates Board discussions related to the protection of stakeholder interests, the definition and dissemination of risk appetite, and the risk implications of strategic choices. Deepa’s career to date includes roles at Citigroup, Lloyds Banking Group, the Financial Services Authority (UK) and in consulting both in continental Europe and in the UK.