Cubillas Ding is a research director in Celent's securities and investments practice and is based in the firm's London office. Mr. Ding's expertise lies in global financial markets, securities IT strategy, and enterprise risk management.

Mr. Ding's research focuses on market risk, credit risk, operational risk, and regulatory compliance, as well as the latest regulatory developments such as Basel II, Sarbanes-Oxley, Solvency 2, anti-money laundering / know your customer (AML/KYC), and International Accounting Standards legislation and their impact on financial institutions. His recent consulting work involves advising clients on vendor solutions, compliance best practices, and understanding regulatory impact to business models.

Mr. Ding has been widely referenced in the press, including Wall Street & Technology, Risk magazine, and Operational Risk & Compliance.

Before joining Celent, Mr. Ding was a senior analyst at Datamonitor. In this role his research focused on IT strategies, key spending trends, and operational issues facing the asset management, investment, and securities services, corporate/commercial banking, and brokerage sectors.

Prior to this role he held positions at Euro RSCG Circle as a business consultant, at Hewlett Packard European Labs & Direct Marketing Association as a lead research analyst, and at Accenture's Financial Services Group as a consultant/manager. His responsibilities have included strategic business / marketing research, project management, and IT strategy planning.

Mr. Ding received a master's degree in international business from the University of Bristol and a B.Sc. in computer science from Monash University in Australia.