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Senior Team

Adam has worked in UK financial services regulatory compliance roles for over 20 years, primarily in the asset and investment management sectors.

Prior to establishing Judd Advisory, Adam was a Partner with ACA Group for over 12 years, where he led the UK Regulatory Compliance Practice. In his role at ACA, he worked with a portfolio of investment management clients and managed a team of consultants providing Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) compliance support to UK-based clients. These firms include hedge and traditional long-only managers, private equity companies, private family offices and venture capital firms.

Previous experience prior to ACA includes Permal Fund of Funds Group, Vice President (Legal and Compliance) for Centaurus Capital, a European event-driven hedge fund, 5 years at a leading UK compliance consultancy and at Fidelity Investments in the UK.

Adam received his Master’s in Commercial and Corporate Law (LLM) (merit) from University College London.

Danny has spent over fifteen years in regulatory compliance roles, with a particular focus on the asset management space. Prior to co-founding Judd Advisory, Danny was a Senior Compliance Officer at B-FLEXION, a private investment firm and family office and was responsible for all elements of compliance, across a variety of regulatory regimes. Danny’s role included regulatory due diligence on new investment partnerships, new fund and investment manager/adviser set up and compliance advisory work across a variety of complex regulatory topics.

Earlier roles and experience include senior consulting position at the regulatory consulting firm Optima Partners, in house compliance roles at London based hedge fund Securis and at the international private markets business, Partners Group. Prior to those in-house roles Danny worked for ACA in London where he was responsible for a portfolio of asset management clients, whilst also managing the UK regulatory authorisations team working on over 100 licence applications to the FCA.

Danny received has LLB (Hons) degree from the University of Essex.

Mary has worked in regulatory compliance roles in the asset management space in the UK for over 11 years.

Prior to joining Judd Advisory, Mary was a Director with ACA Group in their UK Regulatory Compliance Practice for over 9 years. In her role, she was responsible for a portfolio of asset management clients who were authorised and regulated by the FCA, SEC, CFTC and NFA. Mary’s role included providing ongoing regulatory compliance support which involved assisting them with compliance framework, monitoring, horizon scanning, training, filings, applications, and the implementation of regulatory change.

Prior to joining ACA, Mary worked in-house in a compliance and legal role for Eclectica Asset Management, a global macro hedge fund that was FCA, SEC, CFTC and NFA regulated. Her role involved assisting the Legal Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer with drafting legal documentation, compliance framework, compliance monitoring, and the implementation of regulatory projects such as AIFMD and EMIR.

Mary received an LLB (Hons) degree from the National University of Ireland Galway.

Mike leads Judd Advisory’s prudential regulatory support service having worked in financial services roles for over 30 years.

Mike trained as an accountant with Price Waterhouse and on qualifying as a chartered management accountant joined Schroder Investment Management within its fund accounting and administration department, ultimately becoming Director of Operations with responsibility for over 1,100 client portfolios with a collective AuM in excess of £135bn.

Mike left in 2005 to take on the role of CEO and Partner in Blueprint Capital Management, a pioneering regulatory umbrella and then joined Hutchinson Lilley Investments, to develop the firm’s regulatory umbrella offering. In 2020 he was invited to join ACA Mirabella as a Partner in the market leading regulatory umbrella, acting as deputy CEO and Director of Strategic Operations covering their four authorised entities within the UK and Malta.

Mike graduated in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford.

Ellie has over 9 years of Compliance experience from both senior in-house and compliance consulting roles. Prior to joining Judd, Eleanor was Chief Compliance Officer for Montagu Private Equity where she was approved by the FCA for SMF16 and 17 (Compliance Oversight / Money Laundering Reporting Officer) and was registered with the SEC as the firm’s Chief Compliance Officer. Ellie’s role at Montagu included oversight of the firm’s regulatory programme across UK, Luxembourg, France and the US. She also co-ordinated all regulatory interactions, chaired the Risk and Compliance Committee, oversaw the firm’s AML / KYC programme and implemented regulatory changes such as SFDR and Consumer Duty.

Roles prior to Montagu, included FCA approved Compliance Officer for the $8bn Structured and Distressed Credit fund manager, Taconic Capital Advisors and consulting roles for Optima Partners and Bovill.

Ellie’s compliance career started at the Structured Credit, Bonds and Special Situations manager Alcentra and then at Markham Rae, the Global Macro and Algorithmic Investment Management firm.

Eleanor obtained a 2:1 in Archaeology (BA) from the University of Bristol and holds the ICA Advanced Certificate in Regulatory Compliance.

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