Balaji Gopalrathnam

Director in Risk & Advisory Consulting with 15+ years’ experience advising Tier-1 banks on regulatory transformation, risk management, and technology-enabled change. Proven track record of building and scaling teams (150 → 200), delivering £10–12M annual revenues with 15% year-on-year growth. Established and led a Regulatory Centre of Excellence driving solution development, industry white papers, roundtables, and podcasts. Recognised for fostering inclusive, diverse, and high-performing teams, and for embedding risk-aware, solution-led advisory outcomes across complex client programmes.

Strategic-thinking individual experienced in turning low-performing organizations into top revenue producers. Offering engaging and pleasant personality with expertise improving customer relationships.

• Grew advisory revenues to £12M, achieving 15% CAGR, by leading business development, pre-sales, and solution design.
• Scaled and led a 200-strong consulting team, embedding inclusivity, diversity, and succession planning to drive long-term performance.
• Founded a Regulatory Centre of Excellence (CoE), delivering market-shaping solutions, white papers, client roundtables, and industry podcasts.
• Directed full lifecycle of advisory engagements — from RFP strategy to client negotiations and delivery assurance.
• Delivered major regulatory change initiatives (MiFID, EMIR, SFTR, BCBS239), embedding front-to-back control frameworks, issue management, and governance Framework
• Pioneered AI- and RegTech-driven automation for risk and compliance, reducing manual effort, improving monitoring, and enhancing client readiness.