Georgia Wedgbury
Georgia Wedgbury

Georgia Wedgbury

Associate Director

Email

georgia.wedgbury@aoshearman.com

Phone

+44 20 3088 3667

Offices

London

V-CARD
Georgia is experienced in advising clients on complex governance, regulatory and compliance matters.

She specialises in regulatory strategy and response, supporting firms with challenges arising from regulatory change or scrutiny, including large-scale governance and regulatory-driven programmes. Georgia also holds a Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) Level 3 Certificate in Global Financial Compliance.

Since joining A&O Shearman, Georgia has advised major international clients in the financial services sector, including banks and asset managers, as well as global firms within the retail and energy sectors. She has supported several firms with complex strategic initiatives which have governance or regulatory implications, including on the application of the SMCR, risk culture, delegations of authorities and subsidiary governance arrangements.

Georgia spent 10 months seconded at a European insurance firm in Group Regulatory Affairs, where she managed engagement with a number of supervisors, including in preparation for firm visits and Supervisory Colleges. This experience enables Georgia to bring a pragmatic and proportionate approach to her advice on strategic regulatory engagement.

Georgia is also experienced in preparing and delivering training on conduct and DE&I, having facilitated sessions for corporate and financial services clients in the UK and Europe.

Georgia is a committee member on A&O Shearman’s Social Mobility Committee. In this role, Georgia supports the delivery of initiatives to raise awareness on DE&I and to enhance inclusion for employees from varied social and cultural backgrounds.

Industries

Experience

Representative matters

  • Conducting a large-scale programme to review and enhance a global bank’s implementation of the SMCR. This included considering the entire senior manager population across multiple entities, the design of appropriate governance arrangements, and the drafting of key regulatory documentation.
  • Delivering a governance enhancement program for a leading global energy company, including enhancement of the Delegation of Authority and approach to subsidiary governance to support more effective decision-making.
  • Supporting a UK financial institution with the design and implementation of an enhanced Regulatory Relations framework.
  • Secondment to a European insurance and reinsurance group client, supporting with a wide range of activities to enhance the effectiveness of the Group’s Regulatory Affairs function.
  • Preparing clients for senior manager regulatory interviews, including development of training material for a global bank.
  • Advising a global bank on its approach to preparing for incoming AML legislative change across Europe and the impact on its operations.
  • Streamlining and enhancing a global bank’s approach and process related to regulatory reporting.
  • Undertaking a conduct testing review of LIBOR-related client communications, as part of a regulatory change programme for a global bank.
  • Supporting a global bank with a risk culture and controls program, including diagnostic work, independent assessments of culture strategy embeddedness and action plans to ensure regulatory compliance.
  • Delivering an inclusion and respect training program for a global corporation, including in-person sessions across all levels of the employee population.

Pro bono

  • Mentoring young people through A&O’s award-winning Smart Start programme.
  • Supporting students from lower socio-economic backgrounds to access City careers through employability workshops.

Qualifications

Academic

BASc, Philosophy and Global Sustainable Development, University of Warwick (UK) and Monash University (Australia), 2021
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.