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Benn Pople

Co-Founder and Head of Compliance Talent
  • Specialising in Senior Compliance Talent for almost 20 years. I partner with leading financial services firms to identify, engage and hire the best Compliance professionals for their business needs.
  • Founded one of the UK's first specialist Compliance Recruitment agencies.
  • A seasoned and influential recruiter; able to bring expertise, energy, and empathy to both clients and candidates alike in order to help achieve their Talent-related objectives. Highly technical in all areas of Compliance Management including Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Counter-terrorism financing (CTF), Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC) and more.
  • Experience in working with a wide variety of clients from Start-up/Fintechs to multinational financial institutions.
  • Able to support and partner with small and growing HR/People Teams, In-house Talent Acquisition and global RPOs (Recruitment Process Outsource).
  • An excellent communicator able to distil and deliver information succinctly at all levels, both internally and externally.
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Mark Dougherty

Co-Founder and Head of Compliance Advisory and Compliance Education
  • Highly motivated, deadline-committed, goal-driven Compliance Management consultant (& Interim CRO) with over 35 years of experience in Financial Services and 25 years of Compliance Management experience in fintech, capital markets, investment banking, retail banking, asset/investment management, and general & life insurance.
  • He is a professional accountant, a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (Big 4), a Certified Management Accountants of Canada, and an International Associate of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
  • Globally mobile with dual British/Canadian citizenship, He has worked extensively in London, New York, Toronto, and other major financial centers in the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.
  • My extensive knowledge of compliance management has led me to participate in compliance management lectures for Cambridge University's (Cambridge, UK) Banking Executive Programme. I present seminars in Compliance Management worldwide in both developed countries and emerging markets. As a senior partner in Risks Explained Ltd., I have developed online courses focused on Compliance.
  • Author of numerous books and articles on Compliance Management.