Translating Regulatory Complexity Into Strategic Clarity
Speaking engagements across risk management, regulatory strategy, financial markets, and enterprise transformation — for practitioners, executives, and policymakers who need more than theory.
Global risk management conference for financial industry practitioners and senior risk executives.
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants — speaking to audit, compliance, and finance professionals.
Global Financial Markets Institute — practitioner-focused financial markets education and events.
Association for Financial Professionals, Minnesota Chapter — treasury and finance executive community.
Regulatory Strategy for Financial Institutions
How banks and financial institutions build the governance infrastructure that satisfies Federal Reserve, OCC, and SEC examiners — not just on paper, but under scrutiny. Draws on direct experience managing regulatory relationships and briefing boards.
Enterprise Program Leadership at Scale
What it takes to mobilize 600+ FTEs against a regulatory deadline — governance design, stakeholder alignment, communications architecture, and the disciplines that separate programs that succeed from those that slip.
LIBOR Transition: Lessons from the Front Line
A practitioner's account of building and executing one of the largest LIBOR remediation programs in U.S. banking — including AI-assisted legal remediation, regulatory briefing strategy, and enterprise-wide client communications.
Privacy and Data Governance in the Federal Reserve System
How the Federal Reserve System transformed a fragmented enterprise privacy program into an audit-ready governance framework — and what that model means for institutions navigating evolving data regulation.
Emerging Markets Finance and Risk
Portfolio management, hedging strategy, and regulatory entry in emerging markets — drawing on IFC/World Bank experience across Asia, Africa, and beyond.
Teaching graduate-level coursework at the intersection of public policy, financial markets, and institutional governance.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. and Poonawala, Jumana (2010). "The Forward Market in Emerging Currencies: Less Biased than in Major Currencies." Journal of International Money and Finance, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 585–598.
Co-authored with Harvard Kennedy School Professor Jeffrey Frankel. Examines forward exchange rate bias in emerging market currencies versus major currencies — with implications for hedging strategy and international capital flows.
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Speaking inquiries are welcome for conferences, executive forums, university programs, and institutional events. Topics can be tailored to the audience and format.