Paul Shotton holds a physics PhD from the University of Oxford and has more than 30 years of practice in risk analytics and executive leadership. He is the founder of White Diamond Consulting, advising companies in the finance and technology sectors. Paul developed his knowledge of markets in high-level trading and risk management positions at major financial institutions, first at Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan in London, and subsequently, in New York, at Lehman Brothers and UBS. Paul is a frequent publisher of articles on economics, corporate governance and risk management, and is the author of Doomed To Fail: Why Government Is Incapable Of Living Up To Our Hopes.