Experience

Conister Bank

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Compliance Manager & MLRO

  • Mar 2022 - Present



NatWest Group

• United Kingdom
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Compliance Manager

  • Jan 2020 - Mar 2022

  Sitting in the Compliance & Operational Risk CoE, I lead an array of projects, developments and initiatives centred on change, efficiency and simplification. This includes bank wide training programme for compliance, conduct and operational risk, event management linked to control operations, framework embedding and leadership of our upstream risk agenda. I also coach and mentor on various talent management programmes supporting others to succeed and overcome challenge in progression. Sitting in the Compliance & Operational Risk CoE, I lead an array of projects, developments and initiatives centred on change, efficiency and simplification. This includes bank wide training programme for compliance, conduct and operational risk, event management linked to control operations, framework embedding and leadership of our upstream risk agenda. I also coach and mentor on various talent management programmes supporting others to succeed and overcome challenge in progression.



RBS

• United Kingdom
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Compliance Manager

  • Jul 2018 - Jan 2020

  Owner and lead for the compliance upstream risk agenda as well as business manager to Director of Compliance.

• Compliance Policy Manager

  • Jan 2018 - Jul 2018

  Compliance oversight and policy manager for bank wide product lifecycle policy and customers in vulnerable situations policy. This included ownership of governance, policy re-write, implementation and management.

• Compliance Advisory Manager

  • Mar 2016 - Jan 2018

  Challenge and oversight to the business activities in first line of defence from a conduct perspective across the Retail and Wealth lending product suite. This included end to end processes, regulatory change, governance, managing regulatory relationships, all with a view to driving good customer outcomes.

• Trainee Solicitor

  • Mar 2014 - Mar 2016

  4 x 6 month rotations spanning Personal and Business Banking, Litigation, Commercial Contracts and IP



Pinsent Masons

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Trainee solicitor

  • Mar 2015 - Sep 2015