Marcelle von Wendland
Marcelle von Wendland | |
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| Born | 1970 Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| Occupation(s) | Business leader, author, risk management specialist |
| Known for | Development of semantic data framework for financial instruments; CEO of Bancstreet Capital Partners Ltd; co-author of Pricing, Risk, and Performance Measurement in Practice |
Marcelle von Wendland (born 1970) is a British business leader, author, and specialist in areas including risk management, financial instruments, semantic data frameworks, and data utility solutions. She developed an innovative semantic data framework for financial instruments that underpins industry-wide data utilities such as the European Central Bank's Central Securities Database (ECB CSDB). This framework, referred to as The Building Block Approach, is implemented by the ECB CSDB and is extensively described in the publication Pricing, Risk, and Performance Measurement in Practice (ISBN 9780123745217), which she co-wrote with ECB Senior Economist Wolfgang Schwerdt. Additionally, von Wendland is noted for her involvement in amateur yacht racing.
Career
Von Wendland is the CEO and co-founder of Bancstreet Capital Partners Ltd. She formerly held the position of Managing Director at Fincore Ltd, where she continues to offer consultancy services. Her professional history also includes tenures at HypoVereinsbank, Barclays Bank, Goldman Sachs, LCH-Clearnet, and the UK’s HM Revenue and Customs.
She is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) and contributed in leadership capacities within its Risk Forum Committee from 2002 to 2012. Since 2011, von Wendland has been an active participant in the Private Sector Preparatory Group (LEI-PSPG) for the Legal Entity Identifier, an initiative established by the Financial Stability Board.
Between 2010 and 2015, she served two back-to-back terms on the Governing Council of the Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN) and was involved with its Finance Committee from 2007 to 2013 as well as its Audit & Risk Committee starting in 2013.
Politics
In the 2018 Local Elections, von Wendland stood as a candidate representing the Liberal Democrats for Hounslow Central ward within the London Borough of Hounslow.
Research
Together with ECB Senior Economist Wolfgang Schwerdt, she co-authored Pricing, Risk, and Performance Measurement in Practice (). Her latest research interests encompass blockchain technology, Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), and semantic systems. Among her works is the paper entitled Smart Contracts that are Smart and can function as Legal Contracts: A Review of Semantic Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies.
Background
An experienced commercially qualified Yacht Racing skipper and instructor, von Wendland has captained the former Volvo Ocean Race vessel BEL 1 Zest of Belgium in numerous Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) competitions. She also skippered the 3/4 Tonner IOR Racing Yacht GET CARTER GBR4127R during RORC Fastnet Races held in 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2013, earning qualification for the 2015 Fastnet Race with GBR 2Get Carter.
Born in Munich, Bavaria to parents Franziska von Wendland and Georg Kress, she spent her early years near Rosenheim before moving closer to Munich. Her education includes attendance at Theresien Gymnasium München (1981–1987), St Clare's, Oxford (1987–1989), followed by studies in Economics and International Relations at the London School of Economics. She currently lives in West London.