People
Paul Coady
Founder & CEO
Paul has over 25 years of experience as a risk, compliance, anti-financial crime practitioner with particular focus on organisatonal and employee behaviour. He has held senior industry roles that include Business Ethics, Policies & Training Manager for AIB Bank, Global Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) for DBRS, Group Head of Compliance Policy & Learning for Barclays, and Global Head of Financial Crime Risk Education & Culture for Deutsche Bank.
Paul has worked in Dublin, London, and New York and led teams and regulatory transformation across the UK, US, EMEA, APAC and Africa. He is also an international speaker and thought leader and holds an MSc. in Education & Training Management from Dublin City University (DCU) and is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and a Licentiate of the Compliance Institute of Ireland (LCI).
Peter Kiernan
Senior Advisor & Consultant
Peter has an extensive legal, regulatory, and anti-financial crime career working in law enforcement, industry practice, and consultancy. His particular strengths include legal and regulatory interpretation, building anti-fraud and anti-financial crime programmes, financial crime investigations, and enforcement and remediation.
Peter has held senior roles as Principal Legal Officer with HM Inland Revenue, Deputy Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Senior Solicitor with Axiom, and Director at KPMG. He has also held roles supporting regulatory examination management at BNY Mellon and as the FCA approved Interim Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) at Pershing Securities.
Peter is a qualified Solicitor and holds an LLB in Law from the University of Westminster and an LLM in Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Sean Wade
Senior Advisor & Consultant
Sean has an extensive career in regulatory and compliance practice and working closely with the highest levels of organisations. His areas of particular focus include corporate governance, authorisation/supervision, culture, business ethics, and education.
Sean has held senior roles as a regulator with the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), Head of Compliance for VHI, and Company Secretary, Head of Compliance, and Group Director for Friends First. He was also a founding member and former President of the Compliance Institute of Ireland, now the leading professional compliance education body in Ireland, and is a regular lecturer on banking, insurance and regulation with the Institute of Bankers in Ireland (IOB).
Sean holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor in Financial Services, and Masters in Business Studies (Finance) from University College Dublin (UCD) and is an Honorary Fellow of the Compliance Institute of Ireland.
Jess Harvey
Senior Advisor & Consultant
Jess Harvey has over 20 years of experience in regulatory compliance and risk management roles and has led strategic initiatives, regulatory transformation and conduct programmes across major financial services organisations.
She has held senior leadership positions including Managing Director and Chief Control Officer within HSBC's Digital Business Services, as well as Head of European Regulatory Conduct within Compliance. She was also the EMEA Head of Operations and Technology Compliance at JPMorgan having held related roles at BNP Paribas and UBS.
Jess is an ILM Certified Coach and NLP Licensed Practitioner and uniquely blends her coaching and regulatory expertise to support individuals and organisations in achieving professional and personal growth. She holds a BA (Hons) in Business Economics from Durham University and has completed advanced leadership training with In Professional Development (InPD).