I am Managing Director of Mourant Consulting, a governance, risk and compliance consultancy business. I am also a Partner and Exco member of the Mourant group.

In the first 5 years since its inception, Mourant Consulting has advised Governments and Regulators in over 10 jurisdictions and over 300 private sector firms in their interactions with Regulators and Governments. Mandates vary from multi million pound matters to bespoke advice to C-suite individuals.

I am regularly instructed on the largest and most complicated regulatory matters in Jersey and elsewhere by blue-chip institutions at the authorisation, supervision and enforcement stages as well as with large scale remediation. I also advise in more preventative matters such as Board or Compliance function effectiveness reviews, regulatory due diligence, C-suite training and enhancements to risk assessment documents or policies and procedures.

My work with Governments and Regulators includes supporting jurisdictions around international assessments and with reviews to increase competitiveness and growth.

Prior to establishing Mourant Consulting I was Director of Policy & Risk at the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC).

I have over 20 years’ regulatory experience at the Jersey and Australian financial services regulators.

JFSC

• Regularly deputised as Director General and worked closely with the current DG and Chair;
• Sat on the Executive Board and attended Board of Commissioner meetings;
• Sat on the High-Risk Business Committee and Risk Committee;
• Chaired and attended Enforcement Review Committees;
• As CRO, oversaw the building of the JFSC’s new risk model and ERM framework;
• JFSC lead on Island Joint Financial Crime Strategy Group;
• Policy lead on all international, domestic, financial crime, risk and data matters;
• Led JFSC policy response on key initiatives such as AIFMD and Fintech;
• Represented the JFSC at IOSCO – C5, C8, ERC, Hedge Funds Committees;
• Prior to executive roles, led the authorisation team and 10 years’ supervisory experience.

Other

• A specialist in ASIC’s hedge fund division and was appointed to lead a market misconduct taskforce;
• Worked for Deloitte in London in regulatory consulting and for Crestbridge in Jersey.