About the Speaker
Cynthia combines more than 20 years of practitioner experience in financial services and technology with ongoing academic research in organisational decision-making. She spent over a decade at JP Morgan in senior roles across electronic trading, global controls, and technology infrastructure.
She now advises organisations and institutions on the adoption, transformation, and governance of frontier technologies — including AI and quantum computing — with a focus on innovation in complex, highly regulated environments. She advocates for a pragmatic, interoperability-first approach that supports the stability of the financial system without sacrificing commercial viability.
She is currently completing an Executive PhD in Management and Organisations at Paris Dauphine University. Her thesis, Mind the Doubt, examines how doubt operates at the organisational level to support critical thinking, decision-making, and innovation, with applications in AI governance and Quantum decision-making.
Cynthia has spoken at the British Academy of Management and presented at the Royal Institution and the Institute of Physics. Her work has been published by the Harvard Business Review.