Dr. Paul Shotton

Dr. Paul Shotton has over 30 years of experience in risk analytics and executive leadership. He is the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of White Diamond Consulting, advising companies in the finance and technology sectors. In 2024, Dr. Shotton became the CEO of Biosurfactants LLC, which works at the intersection of natural rhamnolipid biosurfactants and artificial intelligence to help make our environment cleaner and safer for everyone. He is also a fractional CEO of Tachyon Aerospace, an aerospace technology company.

Dr. Shotton developed his knowledge of markets and honed his insights in high-level trading and risk management positions at financial institutions in major metropolitan hubs, first in fixed-income trading positions at Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank and thereafter in risk management positions for Barclays and JP Morgan Chase in London, and subsequently, in New York, as global head of market risk management at Lehman Brothers and deputy head of group risk control and methodology at UBS.

He is a keynote speaker and frequent publisher of articles on economics, corporate governance, and risk management. He is also the author of the widely acclaimed book "Doomed To Fail—Why Government Is Incapable Of Living Up To Our Hopes." Dr. Shotton holds a physics PhD from the University of Oxford.