Committee members
Nicholas Segal (EDMC Chair)
Nick Segal is a Judge of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, Assistant Justice of the Supreme Court of Bermuda and a Deputy High Court Judge in the Hong Kong Court of First Instance. He is a barrister and associate member of Erskine Chambers and a Neutral at Des Voeux Chambers in Hong Kong. Nick teaches on the University of Oxford's Bachelor of Civil Law programme and previously chaired the University's Alumni Board. Prior to his judicial appointments, he was a partner at Freshfields LLP, Davis Polk LLP and Allen & Overy LLP. He is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and a member of the International Insolvency Institute. He also writes and contributes to textbooks on insolvency, banking, conflicts of law and restitution.
Peter King (EDMC Deputy Chair)
Peter King is a qualified solicitor and former partner at Linklaters, specialising in corporate mergers and acquisitions and equity capital markets, mainly in international markets and in the financial services industry. He also worked at Shearman & Sterling LLP and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, continuing his work in the same specialist areas. In 2017, Peter was appointed as the Legal Director (general counsel) at HM Treasury. His work there included providing legal advice to successive Chancellors of the Exchequer and senior civil servants on a range of issues, including the effects of Brexit on the regulation of financial services, the Covid pandemic and the effects of the war in Ukraine. Peter retired from this role in 2025 and is now a non-executive director of Trading 212 UK Ltd.
Harry Matovu KC
Harry Matovu KC is a barrister and King’s Counsel in practice at the English Commercial Bar. He is a senior member of Brick Court Chambers in London, and his practice includes major domestic and international commercial disputes across a wide range of financial services and commercial sectors. He also sits as an arbitrator in major international commercial disputes.
He is a Governing Bencher of the Inner Temple, one of the four Inns of Court which govern the admission of lawyers to the Bar and provide support for barristers and student barristers, and he has previously held several positions in the governance structures of the Bar, including the Bar Council Professional Conduct and Professional Standards Committees. He has served as a Trustee of various charitable organisations, including 10 years as a Trustee and 5 years as Deputy Chair of Chichester Festival Theatre. He is founder and Chair of the Black Talent Charter, an initiative to improve the representation of Black executives and professionals in business and the professions.
Dame Clare Moulder DBE
Dame Clare Moulder DBE is a solicitor who for many years was a partner at the international law firm, Linklaters, advising banks and large companies on a wide range of banking and capital markets transactions and latterly specialising in derivatives and structured products. Dame Clare was appointed a part time judge (recorder) in 2010 and a full-time judge in 2015. In 2017 she became a High Court Judge (KBD) and since retiring in 2022 has continued to sit on a regular basis in the Commercial Court hearing complex commercial disputes often involving financial institutions or firms.
Pauline Wallace
Pauline Wallace is a Chartered Accountant. She currently sits on the Determinations Panel of the Pensions Regulator. From 2020 to 2025, she was the inaugural chair of the UK Endorsement Board, which is responsible for the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards for use in the UK. Previously she was a member of the Regulatory Decisions Committee of the Financial Conduct Authority from 2013 to 2019 following her retirement as a partner from PwC, where she initially led the global financial instruments team and subsequently was the UK head of public policy and regulatory affairs for the firm.
