Michael Shearer

Michael joined HSBC in 2014 to manage the delivery of the Financial Intelligence Platform, a new strategic capability to enable timely and reliable intelligence on financial crime risk. In January 2017 Michael was appointed Group Head of Compliance Product Management and in 2020 took on responsibility as Chief Data Officer for Compliance. Prior to HSBC, Michael spent 20 years in government service in a variety of operational and technical roles. Michael led the delivery of several international projects to acquire and process large volumes of highly sensitive data. Michael also ran operational intelligence teams to manage critical incidents and led a team of senior relationship managers to form strategic partnerships between government and industry.