Deepa Govindarajan Driver

Dr. Deepa Govindarajan Driver is a Lecturer in Governance, Regulation, and Risk at the ICMA Centre, part of Henley Business School at the University of Reading. She teaches financial regulation, ethics, and risk management in postgraduate programs and has led flagship Masters degrees in financial regulation for UK regulators and capital markets.

• Current roles: Lecturer, Programme Director (past), Union Negotiator (USS pension scheme), UCU NEC member, Finance Watch vice-chair

Research Interests:

• Financialization and its societal impacts
• Intersections of democracy, power, and finance
• Corporate accountability for serious crimes
• Qualitative decision-making in finance
• Whistleblowing and operational risk

Article Trends: Her publications span financial regulation (UK/EU frameworks), corporate governance, and socio-political critiques of finance, including analyses of whistleblowing, Julian Assange’s case, and institutional risk accountability.

Professional Leadership:

• Chaired negotiators for the £75bn USS pension scheme
• Vice-chair of Finance Watch (Brussels) and the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers
• Advisor to regulators, banks, and insurers on stakeholder interests and strategic risk