Ross Osborne

About

The structure of financial services is changing as technology platforms increasingly become the way businesses manage money, operations, and global workforces. I work at the intersection of fintech, payments, and regulated financial services. As a CEO, my focus is on building organisations that can scale responsibly in complex regulatory environments while maintaining the operational discipline required of financial infrastructure. I’m particularly interested in how governance, risk, and regulation evolve alongside technology platforms, and in the leadership challenge of building institutions that combine innovation, trust, and long-term resilience.

Experience

• Rippling (2 yrs 2 mos)
  • UK Chief Executive Officer
    Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

  • Compliance Risk Officer (Group)
    Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

  • Chief Risk & Compliance Officer MLRO (UK)
    Jun 2024 - Jan 2026 · 1 yr 8 mos

• ClearBank ()
  • Director of Digital Assets Risk (Interim)
    Jan 2024 - Jun 2024 · 6 mos

  • Head of Operational & Technology Risk
    Jul 2023 - Jun 2024 · 1 yr

• Chief Risk Officer (CRO) at Saltpay
  Feb 2023 - May 2023 · 4 mos

• Bitpanda (1 yr 1 mo)
  • VP Group Risk and Assurance
    Jan 2022 - Jan 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Interim VP Transformation
    Mar 2022 - Sep 2022 · 7 mos

• Global Head of Risk Management at Wise Ltd.
  Jan 2020 - Jan 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo