Compliance Australia

Compliance Australia provides Enterprise Risk Management consulting to Australian financial services organisations, with a client list that includes Westpac Institutional Bank, BNP Paribas Asset Management, Morgan Stanley and State Street Australia.

• Established in early 1998, the firm designs and implements ERM programs covering risk identification workshops, risk culture, policies, procedures, training and ongoing review and reporting.
• Managing Director Greg Goodman spent 21 years with Bankers Trust Australia, including as Regional Head of Compliance, and led the compliance consulting practice at Arthur Andersen; senior consultants deliver each engagement directly.
• Clients span banking, funds management, insurance, superannuation, financial planning and stockbroking, plus corporates, government and not-for-profit organisations, with tenures including more than six years supporting Kaplan Funds Management.

Best for: financial services boards and executives that need an enterprise risk management framework designed and implemented by senior practitioners at rates below the major consultancies.

Compliance Australia delivers Board and Senior Leadership Development for Australian finance sector boards through its Board Performance and Conformance service.

• Works with directors to assess and improve the credentials, skills and performance of the board and of individual directors using surveys, workshops and coaching.
• Reviews are benchmarked against Australian and international practice, including the ASX Corporate Governance Principles.
• Managing Director Greg Goodman chairs compliance, audit and risk committees for funds management clients.

Best for: boards of financial services firms seeking a structured assessment of director skills and board effectiveness.