We are delighted to announce that we are hosting an “Outcomes-focused Regulation in Financial Services” conference, sponsored by Eversheds Sutherland.
Taking place on Monday 9 March 2026, this conference will discuss the increasingly prominent outcomes-focused approach to financial services supervision in both Irish and international regulatory and supervisory practice.
Outcomes-focused Regulation in Financial Services
Monday 9 March 2026: 9.00-12.35
UCD Sutherland School of Law
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(Please note, when registering for this conference, your contact details are shared with Eversheds Sutherland and UCD for the purposes of this event only).
Conference Programme
8.30-9.00: Registration – Tea and Coffee
9.00-9.05: Opening Remarks - Professor Imelda Maher (Head of School, UCD Sutherland School of Law)
9.05-9.15: Introduction to the conference - Professor Colin Scott (Registrar, Deputy President, University College Dublin)
9.15-9.50: Keynote (Followed by Q&A) - Mary Elizabeth McMunn (Deputy Governor, Financial Regulation, Central Bank of Ireland)
9.50-10.20: Opportunities and challenges of outcomes-focused supervision - James Shipton (Former Chair, Australian Securities & Investments Commission, (ASIC), Senior Fellow, Melbourne Law School)
10.20-10.50: Panel Discussion: Regulation, culture and conduct: making outcomes-focused supervision work in practice. Chair: Associate Professor Joe McGrath (Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin)
Panellists:
- James Shipton
- Professor Blanaid Clarke
- Tom Noone, (Assistant General Counsel, Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
10.50-11.20: Break Tea and Coffee
11.20-12.00: Panel Discussion – Industry perspectives on “outcomes-focused, risk-based” supervision. Chair: Ciaran Walker (Consultant, Financial Services Regulation & Governance, Eversheds Sutherland)
Panellists:
- Dr Wieke Scholten (BR Insights)
- Brian Hayes (CEO, Banking & Payments Federation Ireland)
- Anne Prendergast (Head of EMEA, State Street Investment Management)
- Ann Kelleher (INED, Chair, Allianz Plc)
12.00-12.30: Lessons about organisational processes giving rise to unethical behaviours - Professor Benjamin van Rooij (University of Amsterdam; author of “The behavioural code: The hidden ways the law makes us better… or worse”)
12.30-12.35: Closing remarks
- Associate Professor Joe McGrath (Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin)
- Ciaran Walker (Consultant, Financial Services Regulation & Governance, Eversheds Sutherland)