Dr. Henry Ogbeide is an Assistant Professor in Operations at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University. His research integrates economics, finance, statistics, and psychology, focusing on the formal evaluation of point and probabilistic financial forecasts, expert judgment in monetary risk, and anti-money laundering risk assessment systems. Dr Ogbeide participates in the school’s Decisions & Analytics Research Group, a forum for research on judgment, decision analysis, and behavioral risk forecasting. With over 12 years of experience in the banking industry, Dr Ogbeide brings a rare practitioner-informed lens to his scholarship. His field exposure enables formulation of research questions that resonate with real-world compliance and forecasting challenges, and supports the development of frameworks that align academic rigor with practical relevance. He teaches and supervises across undergraduate and postgraduate levels in topics such as decision analytics, operational risk modeling, judgment in financial forecasting, and AML risk systems, with practical inputs drawn from both his research and industry background. Dr  Ogbeide’s academic expertise and professional experience position him as a key figure in bridging practitioner perspectives with research excellence in the fields of financial decision-making, forecasting, and regulatory compliance.