Ehsan Haque

Highly experienced ,commercially astute, pragmatic and versatile senior legal and regulatory risk professional with over 18 years PQE working as in house counsel in top tier financial institutions with over 10 years experience in leadership and senior leadership positions. Experienced in Equities (sales & trading) , fintech , data and data privacy , IP , employment , corporate governance , regulatory and reputational risk management , complex and cross-border transactional , derivatives , regulatory , regulatory projects, Compliance, strategic advisory , senior consultancy and portfolio GC work. Have worked for a range of financial services institutions including top tier global investment banks , broker dealers, global private equity firms and a portfolio of early stage fintech start ups. Have built and led highly effective in-house legal and compliance teams. Excellent communication skills across all levels of organisations , including CEO and senior management/C-suite. Advisor and mentor to Ashurst Fintech Legal Labs accelerator programme. Interested in work culture and won a CEO Culture award at Nomura for introducing a mentoring scheme in the EMEA Legal department. Current Trustee of two charitable organisations , Community Music and Wildcard Theatre. Featured in BBPI 100 List 2018 – lawyers. Also act as a mentor to junior Black and Asian ethnic minority finance and legal professionals. Regularly invited to appear on a number of panels and forums around topics of diversity , mentoring and inclusion in relation to the legal profession. Also a regular speaker at a number of Fintech events and panels.