Sian Watson
Overview
Sian Watson is an experienced Compliance Specialist with over ten years in private consultancy practice and FSA/Lloyd's senior regulatory experience
In addition to her academic and professional qualifications, Sian has extensive practical business experience gained during her twenty-year career within the insurance and reinsurance industry. During this time she has worked in senior management/executive roles for both insurance and reinsurance companies and a major Lloyds' broking house. Sian was elected a Fellow of the British Insurance Brokers Association in 1987. Since 1990, Sian has specialised in compliance and due diligence reviews, litigation and arbitration support; including the provision of expert and factual testimony at arbitrations both in the UK and USA. For a number of years, Sian tutored for the 'contract law and insurance' module for the Chartered Insurance Institute.
Business Sectors
Sian has worked in the following industry sectors:
- Insurance;
- Legal;
- Business start-ups;
- Management Consultancy;
- Regulatory (Lloyds);
Key Skills
- Business focused (also RoI and VfM);
- Compliance (FSMA, DPA, Lloyd's Regulatory Requirements, Lloyd's Byelaws, MLRO, Turnbull, ISO 27001, BS 25999, ISO 9001);
- Due diligence, auditing & inspections;
- Interim executive;
- Information systems (Very computer literate - MS & Lotus Products, Databases, the Internet & Information Security);
- Outsourcing and Business Continuity Management;
- Project management and ability to deliver - often against tight deadlines;
- Litigation & arbitration support and an Expert Witness;
- Report & policy writing and implementation;
- Training Needs Analysis (TNA) & Competencies;
- Mentoring & coaching;
- Self motivated and also a team player;
- Ability to see the funny side of life.
Qualifications
Fellowships and Memberships
- Fellow - Chartered Insurance Institute (FCII);
- Member - Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb);
- Member - Institute of Directors (MInstD);
- Associate Member - Institute of Management Consultants (AMIMC)
Graduate
- LlB - UWIST
Other
- Certificated to BPS Psychometric Testing Levels A and B