John Thackeray

John Thackeray is the founder of RiskInk, helping firms control their risks by writing policies, standards and procedures. The story began through John's experiences; regularly coming across risk documents that were poorly written and badly structured. Principally, this was the result of the subject matter expert being unable to write and articulate the subject matter. This culminated in a plethora of rewrites, leading to a loss of authority, authenticity and reliability.

RiskInk was built as a specialized boutique risk documentation consultancy, leveraging John Thackeray’s risk and compliance expertise with his creative writing skills and a passion for his trade. As a senior risk executive at Citigroup, Deutsche AG and Société Générale, John has perfected the art of producing risk documentation that no other consultancy, big or small, can deliver.

He is a frequent contributor, thought leader and speaker on risk industry insights and has published risk articles and white papers for the Global Association of Risk Professionals, the Risk Management Association, the Professional Risk Management International Association, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists, and the Chief Financial Officers University.

John tackles risk documentation with Shakespearean pride and leverages his unparalleled industry knowledge to deliver documents for either Chief Risk Officers of large banks or leaders of medium-sized businesses and institutions.