Arthur J. O’Conner

Arthur is a former corporate investor relations executive and management consultant with a proven track record of management and leadership. His career includes serving as a senior corporate officer at two Fortune 500 corporations (Continental Corporation and Loral Corporation). In these roles, Arthur was responsible for investor relations, annual and interim financial reporting, SEC financial reporting, corporate communications, and crisis management.

As an executive coach, he has deep expertise in leading and managing large-scale, transformational business and technology initiatives to improve organizational effectiveness and performance of human capital. Arthur has worked with several top tier consulting firms to lead projects for some of their largest clients. Some of these projects include a large booking model compliance initiative at Morgan Stanley and a significant Regulatory Risk and Control program at HSBC. He brings an academician’s ability to diagnose challenges from multiple perspectives, identify options, and promote learning and growth.

For the past decade, Arthur worked in risk analytics and systems implementation roles at Reuters, Citigroup, and most recently, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG). As the VP of Risk Measurement and Analytics at MUFG, which manages $20 billion of fixed-income securities, Arthur was the Head of Operational Risk and Information Security Officer. There, he created operational and information security risk management architecture, strategy and reporting systems.

• BA, Syracuse University, Journalism and Political Science
• MBA, Fordham University, Finance
• Doctorate of Professional Studies, Pace University
• Certified in the Hogan Leadership Assessment

“I’ve worked with Arthur O’Connor as a colleague and then also as his client. He made me better. Arthur has a great touch with people. He delights in finding the strengths in people and teaching them how best to deploy those. He surely did that with me, increasing my self-confidence and my executive presence. He’s also a brilliant business analyst who quickly gets to the crux of whatever situation or challenge is put before him. He’s after the truth; and when he finds it, he’s not afraid to speak it. His gift for successfully speaking truth to power (aka managing upward) is remarkable. Plus, he is a whole lot of fun.” EVP, Financial Services