Brian Golob

Principal, Conduct & Regulatory Risk Management
Greenwich Associates

• In May 2017, Brian joined Greenwich Associates to develop tools for helping asset managers and other financial services firms assess and improve their organization’s approach to ethics, conduct, operational and regulatory risk management.
• From 1998 to 2017, Brian worked for Russell Investments, a global financial security firm based in Washington State that offers investment consulting, investment management and trading management services to institutions and individuals in all major financial
  markets. Brian held several positions at Russell Investments, including:
• 2009 to 2017, as Global General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, responsible for Russell’s global legal and regulatory compliance programs.
• 2007 to 2008, as Managing Director, Strategic Development for Russell’s “implementation services,” responsible for business intake, new products and service development, and the business’s control functions including
  governance, compliance, and operational risk management.
• From 2004 to 2007, as Managing Director, Business Services for Russell’s institutional business group, with responsibility for overseeing development and management of Russell’s U.S. institutional business infrastructure, including plan administration, risk management, policy development, product management, compliance and finance.
• From 2000 to 2003, as Representative Director, Business and Corporate Services for Russell’s Japan business, responsible for overseeing the development and management of the business infrastructure.
• From 1998 to 2000, as Associate General Counsel.
• Before joining Russell, Brian was a senior attorney with Bogle & Gates P.L.L.C. in Seattle, where his practice focused on corporate finance and international transactions. Between 1994 and 1996, Brian was seconded from Bogle & Gates to Nagashima & Ohno in Tokyo, where he worked as a foreign legal consultant on international corporate transactions, joint ventures, and securities and banking matters.
• Brian graduated from University of Washington with Distinction in Economis in 1987, and from New York University Law School in 1991.
• Brian lives in Tacoma, Washington with his wife Kimberly, and has three children.
• Brian serves on three Boards for the University of Washington and spends free time skiing, motorcycling and exploring other ways to experience risk.