Alan Blanchard

Alan began his career in legal publishing producing market-leading content for professionals in legal, tax and regulatory sectors. Digitisation of technical content was a key feature of that role, and he took that experience with him to the Financial Conduct Authority, the UK’s financial services watchdog, where he overhauled the digital version of the FCA’s Handbook with the aim of producing machine-readable rules. This coincided with the rise of RegTech and Alan subsequently worked in a variety of technology firms to deliver on the enormous potential of making compliance easy for everyone. Now at TSO, Alan brings his practical experience, technical knowledge, and collaboration ethos to bear on transforming how regulators produce content. He regularly speaks on unlocking regulatory data and rules as code.