Elena Pykhova is award-winning risk expert, author, international trainer and educator. She is the founder of a boutique risk management consultancy, The OpRisk company, specializing in risk transformation, board and executive level advice on effective operational and enterprise risk management strategy, design and implementation.

Elena is an author of a best-selling book, Operational Risk Management in Financial Services: A Practical Guide to Establishing Effective Solutions.

Based in London, Elena runs training courses for world-leading organisations including Euronext, Risk.net, the Moller Center Cambridge University, and the Institute of Internal Auditors.

She is a thought leader and founder of a prominent industry think tank, the Best Practice Operational Risk Forum. She is a former Director for Education at the Institute of Operational Risk and chair of the Expert Panel for the Association of Foreign Banks. 

Elena is a non-executive director at Women in GRC and Financial Crime Prevention, promoting and supporting future talent.