Ben O'Brien
Managing Director
Ben has twenty-five years of experience in financial services.
He specialises in data science, machine learning, credit risk, fraud, forecasting, stress testing, model governance and macro-economic modelling. He has a history of working in management consulting, advising clients on maximising commercial advantage from the effective use of data. He has deep skills in analysis and predictive modelling that he has recently applied to the fields of machine learning and artificial intelligence.
With experience from Experian as a Business Analyst and then a Consultant, Ben joined Jaywing in 2001 as Risk Consultant and went on to become Risk Practice Director. and then Managing Director in 2016.
Ben has been instrumental in the establishment of Jaywing's risk management, data science and analytics services. Ben combines practice management with hands-on analytical and systems/process design consultancy for financial services clients. Experienced in risk matters such as ICAAP, stress testing, credit analytics, modelling, scoring, model monitoring and decision systems, Ben brings a wide array of consultancy expertise to the table.
He has a strong analytical consulting professional with a degree in Mathematics from University College London.
Reflections on Credit Week 2024
Jaywing MD, Ben O'Brien, shares his highlights from the recent Credit Week event, held at Celtic Manor.
Jaywing’s Fraud Prevention Solution Earns Finalist Spot at Credit Awards
Among the 30+ categories celebrating credit achievements, one stands out for its importance in protecting businesses: "Excellence in Fraud Prevention." It's in this category that risk and data science consultancy, Jaywing, secured its spot as a finalist.
Jaywing wins coveted Anti-Fraud Solution Award with Virgin Money
Jaywing’s AI modelling platform, Archetype, has won the award for Anti-Fraud Solution at the Credit & Collections Technology Awards with Virgin Money. With over 30 successful projects and several award wins for its credit scoring work, Archetype has been transforming Jaywing’s client risk modelling for over 3 years.
2024: What's next in Risk?
Sitting down with three risk and data science experts – Katie Stones, Nevan McBride, and Carl Ireland - we asked them to forecast the pivotal focuses for financial services organisations in 2024.
Could automation technologies eventually replace traditional, manual collections?
As organisations continue embracing digital transformation to improve efficiency and cut costs, will traditional, manual treatments become obsolete? Or does human intelligence and interaction still play a vital role within collections?
Fighting Fraud - A Shared Problem?
Ben O’Brien reflects on the House of Lords and Digital Fraud Committee’s report ‘Fighting Fraud: Breaking the Chain’ and explores how cross-sector data sharing, artificial intelligence and machine learning could help prevent fraud and social engineering scams.
Celebrating 5 years of award-winning work at the Credit & Collections Technology Awards
At last week’s Credit & Collections Technology Awards, Jaywing won the award for ‘Customer engagement solution’ and secured a finalist spot in the ‘Machine learning in credit & collections solution’ category. This latest award represents 5 consecutive years of Jaywing winning at this prestigious event.
Climate Change Risk: Climate Biennial Exploratory Scenario
Through Climate Biennial Exploratory Scenarios, an opportunity has been afforded to financial firms to act now. Keep reading to delve deeper into this opportunity.
Roundtable recap: The future of Prudential Regulation for mid-size non-systemic banks and building societies
Joined by Simon Hills, Director of Prudential Regulation at UK Finance, our latest roundtable encouraged discussions around the PRAs future vision of Prudential Regulation for non-systemic banks, commonly referred to as the ‘strong and simple regime’.