Joanne is a senior Compliance leader with over 20 years' insurance experience gained from a broad range of roles within the International, specialty and London (re)insurance market including FCA (SMF16) and Central Bank of Ireland (PCF12) approved functions as Head of Compliance, working in-house and as a consultant. She is highly experienced managing relationships with Lloyd's, the FCA, the PRA and the CBI and adept at working with stakeholders at all levels within a business.
Joanne's experience covers UK and overseas entities operating as traditional companies and in branch capacities. Her specialisms include compliance planning, monitoring and reporting, establishing and maintaining compliance policies and frameworks, product governance (including for high conduct risk products), horizon scanning, governance and reporting, training and competence and data protection. She has a strong working knowledge of the Lloyd's market and was heavily involved with the mechanisms used to facilitate the ongoing transaction of European business for a large international insurer, acting as the individual Responsible for Distribution (RD) and developing a detailed understanding of the workings of the Belgian regulator, the FSMA.
Joanne oversees all aspects of our Compliance work as part of the Senior Leadership team and is responsible for leading our Compliance function, personally advising clients on the more complex and strategic aspects of Compliance as well as overseeing the work of our wider team of Compliance specialists across the business and Talent Pool.
Joanne is highly qualified, including IDD Certificates in Belgian Law, an Advanced Diploma in Management Accounting (CIMA), Advanced Diploma in Insurance (awarded by the Chartered Insurance Institute) and a BA (Hons) Accounting & Financial Management & Business Studies.