Sian Watson


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