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AI vs. Agility: Can Regulation Keep Pace with Risk?
Lloyds Bank’s Kristina Hannah unpacks how tech like AI is changing regulatory control—from horizon scanning to compliance agility—and the balancing act between innovation, cost, and sustainability in today’s evolving risk landscape.
May 08, 2025
Ellie Dowsett
Ellie Dowsett, Growth Marketing Manager, CeFPro
Kristina Hannah
Kristina Hannah, Head of Market Conduct & Regulatory Governance,, Lloyds Banking Group
Tags: AI and Technology (including Fintech) Regulation and Compliance
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At Risk Evolve, Kristina Hannah, Head of Regulatory Controls at Lloyds Bank, offers a candid view into the realities of managing regulatory risk in a fast-changing environment. She explains how her team uses horizon scanning as a foundational practice to stay ahead of regulatory developments—an increasingly complex task in a tech-saturated world. Although tools like AI are being tested to streamline this work, she stresses that regulatory application still depends on institutional knowledge and human judgment.

Cost remains a central tension. While compliance is non-negotiable, Hanna emphasizes the need to implement regulatory measures in ways that are both cost-effective and context-specific. Institutions of different sizes face different constraints, but all must find that balance between operational efficiency and mandatory adherence.

She challenges the notion of agility in compliance, suggesting that while firms want to respond quickly to regulatory changes, there are structural and procedural realities that limit how agile they can truly be. Embedding new frameworks and controls takes time, and shortcuts risk misalignment with regulators.

Finally, Hannah underscores that sustainability in compliance comes from strong, end-to-end frameworks where compliance teams play a central role. Effective collaboration, institutional awareness, and pragmatic implementation are the real differentiators in building long-term resilience.

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Kristina Hannah Bio

Kristina Hannah is an accomplished professional with extensive expertise in Financial Markets, particularly in Regulatory, Risk, and Control management. She currently holds the position of Senior Manager, Regulatory Engagement & Controls at Lloyds Banking Group. Kristina has demonstrated a proven ability to lead effective teams and deliver innovative strategies aimed at enhancing processes and controls. Her areas of expertise include Fixed Income products, market conduct, regulatory controls and governance, and operational risk management. Kristina holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in German with Business from University College London and a Postgraduate Diploma in Law from BPP Law School. Outside of her professional commitments, she is a keen skier and tennis player and enjoys spending quality time with her two young sons and family.

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