Elena Pykhova is an award-winning risk expert, author, international trainer, and educator. Based in London, she is the founder of a boutique risk management consultancy, The OpRisk Company, www.theopriskcompany.com, specializing in risk transformation, and providing board and executive-level advice on effective operational and enterprise risk management strategy, design, and implementation.

Elena is a renowned educator who, for many years, has run public and in-house training courses in the UK and internationally for world-leading organizations, including the London Stock Exchange Academy, Euronext, Risk.net, the Møller Centre at Cambridge University, and the Institute of Internal Auditors.

Elena is also a thought leader, influencer, 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.

Passionate about the discipline, she founded her training and consulting practice after 20 years of experience in senior roles at Fortune 500 companies. She is the author of the best-selling book, Operational Risk Management in Financial Services: A Practical Guide to Establishing Effective Solutions, and a frequent speaker at events and conferences.