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About KnowCo

“...grasped a complex problem very well and quite quickly... professionalism and commitment to produce high quality deliverables was exemplary”
Programme Manager, UK Retail Bank

KnowCo Consultants

KnowCo is a team of experienced specialists providing Governance, Risk and Compliance (‘GRC’) support to financial institutions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

This support runs across the organisational spectrum, from GRC strategy, through the policy and process-system infrastructure, to assurance and risk intelligence.

We work with a small, select group of partners acknowledged as leaders in particular GRC application areas.

Management Team

Paul Ashton

Paul held senior risk and origination positions at GE Capital, United Bank of Kuwait, Citibank and Arbuthnot Latham Merchant Bank, majoring in structured, asset and infrastructure financing. Since 2001 he has led and supported regulatory and best practice governance, risk and compliance projects, including capital and liquidity risk management assignments, in the UK and Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Lise Land

Lise has a PhD in expert systems and held senior positions with Unisys and Deloitte. She has delivered many major risk and compliance projects for banks and other financial institutions including asset management and broking firms. She and her team provide support in GRC project and programme management, and process embedding.

Theo Scott

Theo has a BSc (Econ), an MSc in Computer Science and a PhD in Mathematical Programming. During the past 10 years he has worked at various UK and international banks and financial institutions supporting Basel II regulatory capital requirements, quantification of economic capital, stress testing and risk appetite. For the last three years Theo has assisted clients in optimising risk-sensitive modelling by deploying bespoke information management and business intelligence applications, especially in adverse data environments.

Our Partners

We work with a small, select group of partners acknowledged as leaders in particular GRC areas:

  • FRS Global/Spring Programs Ltd
  • Calmindon
  • Kingston Smith Consulting

Our Value Proposition

Our value proposition is based on a combination of technical GRC subject-matter expertise and pragmatic, proportionate delivery and implementation skills.

We build and deliver point technology solutions which help banks and other institutions deal more quickly and cost-effectively with GRC challenges.