Ruth has over a decade’s experience of advising financial institutions on regulatory issues.

Her work includes advice on strategic planning and other business issues, as well as implementation and regulatory and legal matters.  Recent work includes advice on implementing principles-based regulation, preparing for regulatory visits and developing compliant organisational systems and controls and governance structures.

Ruth’s work has covered the establishment of new businesses, acquisitions and disposals, group reorganisations, capital-raising, structuring of products for capital-efficiency, regulatory lobbying, regulatory compliance (including regulatory reviews and implementing compliance with new regulation), investigations, dealing with regulatory breaches, product development and reviews of internal operations. 

Ruth graduated from Jesus College, Oxford, in 1984 and qualified as a solicitor in 1988.  She became a partner in Cameron Markby Hewitt (later CMS Cameron McKenna) in 1995 and headed the Capital Markets and Regulatory Group there until March 2001.  She was a partner in the firm of Tite & Lewis (associated with Ernst & Young) until December 2002 and established her own financial services regulatory consulting and solicitor’s practice in January 2003.

Examples of Ruth's experience >>

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