Our people
Anthony dearing
Founder, & Managing Director
Anthony is a regulatory barrister with nearly 30 years’ experience in UK financial services regulation. He has worked as Enforcement Counsel at the Financial Services Authority/FCA, within leading international law firms and in private practice. He advises on the UK regulatory perimeter, authorisations, banking, investment business, payments, credit, insurance, fintech, cryptoassets, governance, enforcement and regulatory investigations. He has previously been FCA/PRA approved to perform SMF16 and SMF17 functions for a third-country bank.
Stephen Broom
Chief Operating Officer & Director
Stephen has more than 25 years’ City of London experience, including as Senior Clerk of a leading banking and finance set of barristers’ chambers. He is responsible for Temple Consulting’s operations, finance, project coordination and client care.
ISABELLE CRISTIAN
Executive Office Manager/Head of Corporate Services
Isabelle is a multilingual executive administrative professional responsible for corporate services, executive support, client coordination and the day-to-day organisation of Temple Consulting’s assignments and business operations.
dr Julian Roberts
Structured Finance & Banking Regulation
Julian is a barrister with more than 30 years’ experience in financial services, structured finance and derivatives. He has extensive contentious and advisory experience and is the author of specialist publications on derivatives and financial markets.
KEITH BLIZZARD
Head of Institutional Banking
Keith is a financial services lawyer with more than 20 years’ experience in banking and capital markets, including derivatives, structured finance, bond markets, securities regulation, bank recovery and resolution and major regulatory-change programmes. His career includes senior roles at global banks, financial institutions and the FCA.
CHEN-LUM HONG
Head of Capital Markets
Chen-Lum is an English qualified lawyer with more than 20 years' experience in the field of international financial law and regulation. He was a member of Allen & Overy's International Capital Markets Department in London and Paris and was subsequently a member of the Corporate and Finance Departments of Freshfields in London. He has extensive experience in the field of securities regulation and has also advised extensively on regulatory matters relating to banks, insurers and investment firms, including in connection with bank recovery and resolution mandates as well as bank restructurings.
dr MARTIN STEINFELD
International, Public/Administrative and EU Financial Regulation, Competition Law and Sanctions
Martin is a barrister with over 20 years’ experience in regulatory and disciplinary law. He is a Fellow, College Associate Professor in Law and Director of Studies in Law at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge, and the University Advocate.
His practice and academic expertise encompass financial regulation, competition law, public and administrative law, EU trade and sanctions, and complex regulatory and disciplinary matters. He previously practised at the Chancery/Commercial Bar and has extensive experience of EU regulatory and trade matters, including EU free trade agreements and sanctions.
Martin holds an LLM and PhD in Law from the University of Cambridge and has published extensively in his specialist fields, including with Cambridge University Press.
Gerrard O’Driscoll
Head of Front Office Trading & Risk
Gerrard brings extensive front-office markets experience across fixed income, emerging markets, equities, commodities and energy. His background includes open-outcry and proprietary trading and gives Temple Consulting practical insight into trading, market risk, controls and front-office regulatory requirements.
STEVEN NEWTON
Head of IT & Information Security
Steve has more than 35 years’ experience in IT, information security and workplace technology, supporting City of London businesses and professional services firms. He advises on practical technology, systems and information-security considerations relevant to regulated businesses.
