Consulting expertise & Industry experience

Ron has a career of over 35 years in finance, regulation, and corporate leadership. Over the last 22 years, Ron has been a regulatory consultant in the UK’s private markets, hedge fund and asset management sectors; founded and led two of the UK’s most respected GRC consultancies, and is widely recognised for fundamentally shaping today’s wholesale compliance consulting sector.

Prior to Blueprint GRC, during the period 2010 to 2023, Ron was the founder and CEO of the ACA Group in Europe, overseeing multiple service divisions and a period of intense growth. Alongside advising clients direct, Ron held responsibility for strategic development, enterprise growth, and team and solution development. Prior to this, Ron was the founder and for almost a decade, the CEO of UK compliance consultancy, Complyport Limited whilst also launching one of the first regulatory hosting firms in the UK. Ron and his team have been instrumental in the launch and on-going compliance of hundreds of regulated firms – including many of the largest alternative investment managers and advisers in the world.

Before professional services, Ron was at the UK regulator, the Financial Services Authority, authorising and supervising new wholesale, buy-side industry entrants. Ron’s earlier career was spent working in funds and wealth management at large asset management companies in the City of London.

Bobby is a financial services professional of over 20 years, focused on governance, risk and compliance (GRC). His career in financial services advisory includes tenure at the UK financial services regulator and spans the breadth of alternative and mainstream investment management sectors in the UK; including private markets, hedge fund, and asset management. Bobby is an industry-recognised technician, with a depth of expertise and experience across highly complex regulatory matters relevant to wholesale clients.

Before joining Blueprint GRC, Bobby was a Managing Director and the Co-Head of ACA’s European Compliance Advisory Division. At ACA, Bobby’s responsibilities included participation in strategic initiatives, change management and thought leadership in addition to the day-to-day management of ACA’s UK regulatory and prudential practice. Further, Bobby continued to provide technical leadership to the team and manage a book of consulting business.

Prior to the 16 years at ACA (and legacy organisations acquired by the ACA Group), Bobby was a compliance officer and member of the central compliance team at Bear Stearns International. Before that, Bobby spent approximately five years at the Financial Services Authority.

Andy has spent over 18 years in the financial services sector, predominately advising private markets, hedge fund and asset management clients on their regulatory obligations. Andy is a recognised industry expert for new entrants seeking regulatory process insight, as well as technical and practical support through retained arrangements, complex projects and professional training for clients at all stages of their evolution.

Prior to Blueprint GRC, Andy was a Managing Director and the Co-Head of ACA’s European Compliance Advisory Division, co-managing a large team of front-line consultants. ACA is one of the world’s largest and foremost ‘GRC’ advisory companies in the finance sector – focused on regulatory, cybersecurity, performance measurement, ESG and technology solutions for over 6,000 global clients. Andy was at ACA for over 10 years, where alongside corporate responsibilities, he managed ACA’s UK regulatory, governance and prudential offering. During that period, Andy continued to manage a substantial book of consulting business personally and led the firm’s European Private Markets Practice.

Prior to ACA, Andy was a Director of Sales with SS&C, the global leading Fund Services and Administration business and prior to that Andy was an Associate Director with wholesale compliance consultancy, Complyport Limited.