Don Farineau

About Don Farineau

Don brings a wealth of risk management experience that transcends the 3-lines of defense for financial and public sector organizations. Delivered countless Financial, Operational and IT audits and assessments, defined and implemented risk strategies and monitoring tools, and built and matured risk and control programs for managing the right risks, the right way and enabled regulatory compliance. Attributes success to an authentic and lean-in and get-it-done leadership style, curiosity, trust-but-verify mindset, by leveraging effective relationships to navigate conflict, and a bias to solve complex problems and deliver the right results the right way.

Experience

1. Group Leader

   LSEG

   Apr 2025 — Present

   Enterprise leader overseeing critical risk and control functions across the organization, including: • Operational Resilience & Business Continuity: Driving enterprise-wide frameworks, testing strategies, and crisis readiness to ensure continuity of core business services and regulatory compliance • Third Party & Customer Due Diligence Utilities: Leading shared utility functions that deliver consistent, scalable, and risk-aligned onboarding and monitoring solutions for third-party and support LSEG customers due diligence inquiries. • Anti-Financial Crime (AFC) Utilities: Overseeing operational delivery of KYC, sanctions screening, and transaction monitoring platforms in close alignment with Compliance and AFC policies. • Business Control Officer for Operations: Embedding risk ownership in first-line operations, enhancing control effectiveness, and enabling sustainable business growth through robust governance and proactive risk management.Partner with senior leadership, Compliance, Risk, and Technology to advance the control agenda, uplift operational risk maturity, and ensure alignment to global regulatory standards

Education

• The Johns Hopkins University

  Graduate Certificate, Information Systems

  1997 — 1999

• University of Cambridge

  Certificate from the Institute for Sustainability Leadership, Business Sustainability Management

• University of West Georgia

  BBA, Accounting

  1987 — 1991

Skills

• Internal Audit
• Risk
• Compliance
• IT Governance
• Risk Management
• External Audit
• Business Management
• Business Process
• Data Analysis
• Information Assurance
• Security
• Iv&V
• Preimplementation Assessments
• Leadership
• Auditing
• Internal Controls
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Governance
• Management
• Financial Risk
• Risk Assessment
• IT Audit
• Cisa
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Analysis
• Business Strategy
• Information Technology
• Management Consulting
• Managerial Finance
• Financial Services
• Information Security Management
• Accounting
• Financial Reporting
• Due Diligence
• Budgets
• Quality Assurance
• Information Security
• Business Process Improvement
• Business Continuity
• Process Improvement