Rhiannon is an Associate Director in the Governance, Risk and Compliance Consulting team. She has over 12 years’ experience in professional and consulting services.

Her areas of expertise include governance and board management, digital and operational resilience, and risk management. Rhiannon has a depth of experience in leading and managing complex multi-jurisdictional regulatory change implementation projects, primarily in the asset management industry.

Rhiannon works closely with clients to help them deliver on their governance, regulatory and risk management objectives. Previously, Rhiannon has acted as Head of Outsourcing Oversight for a large investment firm and has held positions across a number of fund management companies, with a focus on risk, compliance and governance matters.

Relevant Experience

Rhiannon’s direct relevant experience includes:

• Advising and providing technical support to numerous financial entities on their implementation of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (”DORA).
• Review of Board Effectiveness and Performance for a number of state bodies and financial services entities. ​​
• Review and development of a detailed Board Succession Plan for a large Irish-domiciled State-Body.​​
• Review and analysis of the governance arrangements of a Chartered Company in the health-care sector against relevant codes of corporate governance and best practice.
• Leading and co-ordinating multi-jurisdictional regulatory change and governance projects for the largest asset manager in Europe.
• Development of Governance and Oversight Frameworks for regulated financial services entities.
• Preparing and reviewing Fund Documentation, including Business Plans and Programmes of Activity, Procedures Manual etc.
• Former Designated Person (PCF-39) on a seconded basis to a range of Irish-regulated Funds and Management Companies, across all six managerial functions (Fund Risk, Operational Risk, Regulatory Compliance, Investment Management, Distribution, Capital and Financial Management).