We are dedicated to helping financial services companies measure, master and maximise their compliance maturity.

Your compliance maturity partner

Our specialists combine deep regulatory insight with real-world experience. As former regulators, heads of compliance and industry leaders, we guide you through every stage of your compliance journey. This isn't just consultancy. It is partnership with purpose, focused on long term resilience and growth.

The Evolve Framework

We go beyond box-ticking compliance. Our Evolve Framework brings structure to every project. 

We start by helping you measure where you are today. Then we tailor a clear actionable path to mature your governance, risk and compliance frameworks in line with regulatory expectations and business ambition. 

With fscom, compliance becomes more than a function, it becomes a foundation for success. 

Meet the experts
Jamie Cooke

Chief Executive Officer

Jamie is CEO and co-founder of fscom with over 15 years experience in the regulatory compliance landscape. Jamie has a proven track record of providing regulatory advice across multiple industry verticals with specific expertise in the FX, derivatives and trading and broking sector.

Jamie Cooke

Chief Executive Officer

Philip Creed

Head of Europe Consulting

Phil is the director and co-founder of fscom, with over 12 years of regulatory consulting experience, specialising in financial crime. He has extensive expertise in licensing and assurance projects, supporting payments, e-money, crypto firms and challenger banks across Europe.

Philip Creed

Head of Europe Consulting

Alison Donnelly

Head of Payments

Alison is a payments policy expert with in-depth knowledge and understanding of the payments regulatory landscape. She is a former FSA/FCA e-money policy specialist and shares this insight from the regulator to clients and contacts alike.

Alison Donnelly

Head of Payments

Maja Marszalek

Head of Asset Management

Maja has over 15 years experience in the asset and wealth management sector. Maja has experience expanding regulatory compliance, cyber, RegTech, ESG, and managed services offerings to hedge funds and alternative asset managers across the UK and US.

Maja Marszalek

Head of Asset Management

David Coolegem

Head of Capital Markets

​David has over 15 years of experience in regulatory compliance consulting, having worked extensively with capital markets clients, including tier 1 global banks, exchanges, clearing houses, specialist brokerages, and buy-side firms.

David Coolegem

Head of Capital Markets

Heather O’Gorman

Head of Digital Assets

Heather is a seasoned compliance consultant with extensive expertise in governance, risk, and compliance within the cryptoassets and payments services industries. She specialises in supporting firms regulated under the UK Payment Services Regulations (PSRs), Electronic Money Regulations (EMRs), and the evolving cryptoassets regulatory framework, helping them navigate and adhere to FCA requirements.

Heather O’Gorman

Head of Digital Assets

Nick Owen

Independent Non-Executive Director

Nick brings extensive leadership experience from his distinguished career at Deloitte, where he served as UK Chair and Global Board Member. His proven success in driving strategic initiatives and business growth will add significant value to fscom’s ongoing development and future trajectory.

Nick Owen

Independent Non-Executive Director

Steve Cox

Interim Chief Financial Officer

Steve is an ACA qualified finance professional with experience in investment management, real estate, and private equity, specialising in driving business change through process improvement.

Steve Cox

Interim Chief Financial Officer

Jill Michael

Head of People and Culture

Jill brings nearly two decades of HR expertise to lead fscom's People and Talent strategy and strengthen its reputation as a leader in regulatory consultancy. Jill is passionate about fostering a high-performing, inclusive workplace that supports both employee growth and organisational success.

Jill Michael

Head of People and Culture

Elaine Tighe

Head of Marketing

Elaine has over 25 years experience in marketing, sales and communications in the financial services sector in the UK and Ireland, bringing a wealth of experience in positioning professional services brands and driving growth through strategic marketing initiatives.

Elaine Tighe

Head of Marketing

Martyn Sizer

Head of IT Operations

Martyn has 16 years of experience in project and programme management, having developed his skills delivering complex projects for a large multinational company across globally dispersed locations. He now manages and supports the successful delivery of client engagements at fscom.

Martyn Sizer

Head of IT Operations

Andrew Hicks

Director, Asset Management

Andrew Hicks

Director, Asset Management

Ross Revell

Director, Asset Management

Ross Revell

Director, Asset Management

Fred McDowell

Associate Director, Europe

Fred has over 30 years of experience in the banking and financial services industry, with expertise in corporate and retail banking, marketing, product development, branch management, and regulatory compliance. His extensive background covers a wide range of operational and strategic functions within the sector.

Fred McDowell

Associate Director, Europe

Victoria Ng

Associate Director, Capital Markets

Victoria has over 15 years of experience supporting Tier 1 and Tier 2 multinational financial services firms across operations, compliance, and regulatory domains in New York, Hong Kong, and London. Her regulatory expertise covers a wide range of topics, including conduct, sanctions, GDPR, and operational resilience under DORA.

Victoria Ng

Associate Director, Capital Markets

Kevin Farrell

Associate Director, Asset Management

Kevin Farrell

Associate Director, Asset Management

Greg James

Senior Manager, Payments

Greg is a payments policy expert with over ten years experience in the financial services industry. Greg has held roles in regulatory compliance, anti-money laundering (AML), enterprise-wide risk analysis, and data protection.

Greg James

Senior Manager, Payments

Nicola Hanratty

Senior Manager, Payments

Nicola is an experienced professional with a strong foundation in operational risk, governance, and assurance, leading teams across diverse areas. Nicola is a dynamic leader in risk management and audit, driving the design and implementation of risk frameworks to ensure compliance and continuous improvement.

Nicola Hanratty

Senior Manager, Payments

Anna Sweeney

Senior Manager, Payments

Anna has over 10 years of experience delivering regulatory compliance solutions across various industries, with expertise in financial crime, operational resilience, and consumer duty.

Anna Sweeney

Senior Manager, Payments

Evan McGookin

Senior Manager, Europe

Evan is Senior Manager in fscom. A financial crime specialist, Evan has over 10 years experience in the financial crime area of payments, e-money and crypto firms.

Evan McGookin

Senior Manager, Europe

Stuart Smith

Senior Manager, Europe

Stuart has over 16 years of experience in the financial services industry, covering both multinational banking and large EMIs servicing the UK and EU markets. He specialises in designing and operationalising multidisciplinary teams to meet strict regulatory requirements while maintaining exceptional service standards.

Stuart Smith

Senior Manager, Europe

Stacey Copper

Senior Manager, Capital Markets

Stacey has over 20 years of experience in financial services, including 17 years in investment banking. Stacey has regulatory experience at the FCA, specialising in regulatory prudential and financial resilience, working within the financial resilience team specialising in ICARA and ILAA firm assessments. 

Stacey Copper

Senior Manager, Capital Markets

Saiful Khan
Saiful Khan

Senior Manager, Asset Management

Andrew Sherski
Andrew Sherski

Senior Manager, Asset Management

Catharine Hex-Candy

Senior Manager

Catharine Hex-Candy

Senior Manager, Asset Management

Andrew Hope
Andrew Hope

Senior Manager, Asset Management

Ankita Srivastava
Ankita Srivastava

Manager, Asset Management

Charles McGillivray
Charles McGillivray

Manager, Asset Management

Matthew Law

Manager, Payments

Matt is a lead auditor specialising in safeguarding and financial crime systems in the payments and e-money sector, conducting 40+ audits annually. With experience in KYC, AML, and compliance expertise, he has supported large-scale remediation projects for banks, financial services firms, and cryptocurrency companies.

Matthew Law

Manager, Payments

Richard Dunlop

Manager, Payments

Richard has extensive experience in both the Financial Crime and Payments sectors across Europe and the UK. He specialises in delivering AML Compliance Audits, Safeguarding Audits, and assisting with the application process for payment, e-money, VASP, and MiFID institutions.

Richard Dunlop

Manager, Europe

Russell Burke

Senior Consultant, Ireland

Russell is a payments specialist who helps payments and e-money firms navigate authorisation and regulatory compliance in Ireland. With over 40 years of experience, including a role with the Central Bank of Ireland, he has assessed and supported numerous firms.

Russell Burke

Senior Consultant, Ireland

Trusted by leaders in compliance
Voices that drive the industry forward

Payments Association

Head of Payments, Alison Donnelly, leads the PA’s Regulatory Working Group, advocating for a fairer and more transparent regulatory landscape.

The Investment Association

Our asset management team are proactive members of The Investment Association, which supports investment managers through industry consultation, training and development, ensuring compliance and promoting best practices.

Association of Professional Compliance Consultants

Head of Digital Assets, Heather O'Gorman is a Board member within APCC and contributes to groups working on digital assets, payments and legal regulatory initiatives.

Association of Foreign Exchange and Payments Companies

Originally founded in 2012 by our CEO, Jamie Cooke, we are active members of AFEP which represents FX and payment companies operating in the European Economic Area.

European Women in Payments Network

Our Head of Marketing, Elaine Tighe is EWPN Co-Ambassador for Ireland. The EWPN aims to promote diversity and inclusion among the European professional community in payments.

Payments Innovation Forum

As a leading member of PIF, Head of Advisory, Payments, Greg James helps promote improvement and stability in the payments industry, positioning the sector as an essential part of the financial services ecosystem.

Crypto UK

Head of Digital Assets, Heather O’Gorman leads our membership of CryptoUK working closely with government, policy makers and regulators to establish the UK as a global leader in cryptoasset technology.

Fintech Corridor

fscom is an ambassador for Fintech Corridor, promoting Ireland as the most attractive and accessible location for fintech on the island and a gateway for fintech companies to Europe, connecting EU and UK fintech.

The Investing and Saving Alliance

Our capital markets team are proactive members of TISA we support their ambition to improve the financial wellbeing of all UK consumers by working collectively to deliver innovation that benefits people.

Recognised by industry
Financial Times UK's Leading Management Consultants

UK's Leading Management Consultants
2025 and 2024

Top Consulting Firm of the Year

ConsultancyUK's Top Consulting Firms 2024

Compliance Service of the Year - Overall

Private Equity Wire European Credit Awards 2024

Best Marketing Team

Compliance Register Platinum Awards 2024

Compliance Consultant of the Year

Heather O'Gorman - Compliance Register Platinum Awards 2024

Professional Adviser of the Year

The Fintech Awards 2024

Ready to advance your compliance maturity?

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