The Beyond Capture Podcast

In this episode of Beyond Capture, Dean Elwood, CEO of Umony, and Alan Charbonneau, CTO, cover a lot of ground on where AI is actually heading, and what it means for the people in its path. Which jobs are genuinely at risk and which are more protected than people assume? Why might bureaucracy and regulation prove a more durable barrier than human intelligence? And why did white-collar and technica...

In this episode of Beyond Capture, Dean Elwood, CEO of Umony, brings together Tracey McDermott, former Acting Chief Executive of the Financial Conduct Authority and former Group Head of Conduct, Financial Crime and Compliance at Standard Chartered, and Stephen Sanders, former Chief Compliance Officer EMEA at J.P. Morgan. The discussion focuses on the role of enforcement in shaping behaviour across...

In this conversation, Dean Elwood speaks with Tracey McDermott, former Acting Chief Executive of the Financial Conduct Authority and former Chief Compliance Officer at Standard Chartered. Drawing on her experience on both sides of the regulatory divide, Tracey reflects on how misconduct emerges inside financial institutions, what regulators look for when things go wrong, and how banks can build st...

In this episode of Beyond Capture, Dean Elwood, CEO of Umony, speaks with Corinna Mitchell, General Counsel of Symphony, about supply chain risk, operational control and regulatory resilience in financial services. The conversation examines how resilience obligations extend through the supply chain, the role of certifications such as ISO 27001, ISO 42001 and SOC 2, and why accreditation and verifi...

In this wide-ranging conversation, Dean Elwood, CEO of Umony , sits down with Alan Charbonneau, CTO of Umony , to explore one of the most pressing questions in today’s AI landscape: what does it really mean to trust intelligent systems? From hallucinations and explainability to hybrid lexicons, human-in-the-loop workflows, and the limits of agentic systems, Dean and Alan break down where AI delive...

In this conversation, Dean Elwood, CEO of Umony, speaks with Dr. Hemma Lomax, Deputy General Counsel, Vice President, and Global Head of Ethics and Compliance at DocuSign, about how purpose, empathy, and neuroscience can transform corporate culture. A former SEC prosecutor and criminal barrister, Hemma shares her journey from enforcing rules to redefining how organizations build trust, integrity,...

In this wide-ranging conversation, Umony CTO Alan Charbonneau sits down with Dietmar Fauser, CIO of Symphony, to explore how language, intelligence, and progress intertwine in the age of AI. From the evolution of trader voice analytics to the rise of agent-to-agent systems, Dietmar shares how Symphony is bridging human communication and machine understanding, and what it means for industries built...

In this special three-way conversation on Beyond Capture , Dean Elwood is joined by Sally Dewar, former Managing Director of Risk at the FCA, and Stephen Sanders, former Chief Compliance Officer EMEA at J.P. Morgan, two influential voices in financial regulation and risk. Together, they unpack the post-2008 regulatory landscape, explore the shifting balance between safety and growth, and dive into...

In this episode of Beyond Capture, Umony CEO Dean Elwood sits down with Stephen Sanders, former Chief Compliance Officer EMEA at J.P. Morgan and a compliance veteran of over 40 years. Stephen reflects on his journey from the early days of handwritten trade records to today’s AI-driven compliance landscape. They discuss the critical turning points that have shaped financial regulation, including th...

In this forward-looking conversation, Umony CEO Dean Elwood sits down with CTO Alan Charbonneau to explore how large language models (LLMs) are reshaping how we think about intelligence, agency and creativity. From early “magic moments” in autocomplete to AI’s role as research assistant, creative partner and code generator, they reflect on the speed of innovation, the future of programming and wha...

In this wide-ranging discussion, Dean Elwood talks with Umony Advisory Board member Sally Dewar — an experienced finance professional whose career spans KPMG, the London Stock Exchange’s regulatory division, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and JP Morgan. Sally recounts her front-row seat to the upheaval of the financial crisis, offering a behind-the-scenes look at regulatory challenges and...