Compliance

Since 2004, the Danos Group has been recruiting permanent and interim compliance professionals for leading global and regional firms. Our specialist knowledge and reach within the compliance talent pool are unrivalled.

We assist our clients hire the best professionals with the knowledge, agility and experience to meet their challenging regulatory requirements.

Unparalleled talent network.

We provide experienced, top-quality professionals in Compliance throughout EMEA, the Americas, and Asia Pacific.

Our extensive network and deep understanding of the market positions us perfectly efficiently source the best individuals for your organisation, it’s a Chief Compliance Officer, Head of Compliance or a team of Regulatory Compliance professionals, on a permanent or interim bases.

We pride ourselves on our ability to match talent not only to the requirements of the role but also to the organisation’s style.

 

Recruitment solutions:

  • Retained Executive Search
  • Contingency Recruitment
  • Interim Resourcing
  • Consulting Services

Compliance & Financial Crime specialisms covered:

  • Head of Compliance
  • Head of Financial Crime Compliance
  • MLRO
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Investment Compliance
  • Advisory Compliance
  • Central Compliance
  • Operational Compliance
  • Financial Crime Compliance
  • Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
  • Know Your Customer (KYC)
  • Monitoring & Testing
  • Surveillance
  • Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption
  • Fraud

Our Experts

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Denis Spearman

Managing Director, Group Head, Compliance & Financial Crime Practice

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Edward Wacher

Director, Head of Buy-Side Compliance

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Isabel Fayemi

Director, Head of Compliance, Europe

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Georgina Housden

Associate Director, Compliance

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Bradley Handelaar

Director, Head of Consulting

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Jamie Anderson

Principal of Danos Consulting

Professional & Trusted Partner

  • 98% success rate on retained search assignments, over the last 20 years.
  • 55% of our business has been referred in the last 3 years.
  • Interim onsite support within 48 hours, with full compliance & referencing checks.

Best Talent In The Market

  • 88% of candidates shortlisted are headhunted & were not active in the recruitment market.
  • 83% of candidates shortlisted are from minority groups.
  • #1 specialist global provider, for 5 of our largest clients.

Save You Time & Money

  • Consistently provide two relevant CVs within 48 hours of being mandated on a permanent role.
  • In a competitive market 85% of our contractors stay until the end of their assignments.
  • Top candidates, 2:1 ratio of sent CVs to first interview.
Discover Our Sector Experience

Danos Associates offered much more than simply sourcing candidates. 

They helped frame the scope of the search, giving context as to where we could search for our candidate pool and provided a commercial view of the labour market in this field and what we could expect… The shortlist of candidates we received was of a very high standard. Each candidate had been looked at critically.

Nicola Swann HR Director

Danos Consulting offered an excellent Interim Head of Compliance as a solution whilst undertaking our challenging permanent search mandate.

Danos Consulting really listened to our needs, parachuting in a candidate with the right technical skill set and personality. They really understood the DNA of our business which enabled them to provide support effectively when working to tight onboarding deadlines.

General Counsel, Niche Asset Management Firm

Danos Associates spend a lot of time getting to know your team and the culture, which makes it easier when new staff join the business.  

In credit risk often the candidate pools have the same skill sets, however there are elements that the CV miss out. The Danos team work tirelessly to understand the skills levels of all candidates and most importantly, they get us quality candidates we can close and bring on board quickly.

Director of Model, Development Banking

Danos was referred to me as the best in the business.

I needed to find risk and compliance staff. My experience corroborates precisely that. Thorough, encyclopaedic market knowledge and execution orientated.

Hugo van Vredenburch Non Executive Director, TMF Group

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