Paul Grainger

Managing Director
Business Development and Client Relationships

Paul Grainger was Managing Director of Grainger Consulting, formerly part of the Compliance.co.uk Limited Group. He has over 20 years experience in financial services regulation and compliance and over 28 years experience in the financial services sector. 

Having originally consulted in the wealth management, professional firms, financial intermediary and retail insurance and investment product provider sectors, he has since 1998 specialised in wholesale market and boutique investment firms. He has experience in banking, fund management, specialist investment funds, private equity, corporate finance, broker dealers, energy markets and capital markets.  Paul regularly carries out consulting assignments and training programmes for financial services firms in the UK and overseas, including leading edge developments in e-commerce and the resulting regulatory implications.

He is an acknowledged specialist in Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) issues, in cross-border regulation and in Training & Competence (T&C) issues in the UK and overseas.  Paul provides lead opinion and is also instructed as an expert witness in matters relating to financial services regulation and compliance. He is an experienced tutor and lecturer and is well known, through articles and speaking engagements, as an advocate of standards and quality improvement and for promoting the benefits of a proactive and business focused approach to compliance and competence