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RiskMinds International
16 - 19 November 2026
InterContinental O2London

Andrew Cross
Managing Director Cross Risk Consulting and former Director of Financial Risk & Analytics at NatWest at Cross Risk Consulting
Speaker

Profile

Andrew Cross is the Managing Director of Cross Risk Consulting, a specialist risk consulting practice based in London specialising in enterprise risk, risk analytics, model risk management and climate risk. In addition, Andrew is the Strategic Risk Advisor to the TCS Banking and Financial Services Risk Consulting Practice.

Previously, Andrew was the Director of Financial Risk & Analytics at NatWest in London, where he delivered insights and analysis that shaped and supported the bank’s strategy. Andrew was also responsible for NatWest Group’s credit and non-trading risk models and developing advanced risk analytics, including climate risk modelling.

Andrew has spent most of his career leading enterprise risk and risk enabling activities at major international banks. Andrew qualified as a UK Chartered Accountant after graduating in mathematics from Cambridge and holds a Sustainability & Climate Risk certificate from the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP).

Agenda Sessions

  • Explainability vs. performance: Managing the black box dilemma in advanced AI

    , 16:30