ABOUT ADEMPI
A new style of compliance consultancy
WHAT
SETS ADEMPI
APART
Our focus is delivering expert, pragmatic and commercial advice with a personal touch.
Adempi was founded in 2019 on a simple observation: the best regulatory advisers spend too much of their time on everything except advising. Since then we have worked with more than 90 FCA-authorised and aspiring firms — many of whom come back to us again and again, or keep us on retainer as their trusted adviser.
Through Adempi you access the go-to advisers in a given field. We are made up entirely of experienced consultants who have a track record of delivering superb support to their clients.
Smart use of technology, modern working practices and a different pricing structure ensure that you benefit from our expertise in the most impactful and cost-efficient way.
Essentially, we're stripping away the architecture that often weighs senior consultants down and, in doing so, we are freeing up their time so that they can do what they love – focussing on you, the clients.
Our Consultants
Our work is delivered by a panel of ten senior regulatory consultants with more than 125 years of combined experience in UK financial services regulation. They are specialists in their field with fantastic track records, who choose to work independently as contractors via Adempi.
We are selective about who joins the panel. Every consultant is personally interviewed and referenced, and those advising clients also sit a technical interview.
Specialisms include technical subject matter expertise — like governance, AIFMD, financial promotions or client money — and compliance skillsets such as monitoring, file reviews, training and interviewing. We are best known for our work in private markets and asset management, and we also support consumer credit and payment services firms.
Some of our consultants work with us near full-time; others bring deep specialist expertise for the projects that need it. It means we can build a team around a large piece of work and stand it down again afterwards, without you carrying the cost in between.
How We Work
Working with Adempi, you get access to the best people for the job in hand.
You will have a named lead adviser who manages our relationship with you, getting to know your business's needs and nuances so that our advice is always well-targeted. They are supported by the rest of our team and will draw in different expertise and points of view when your project or query requires it, so you will often get to know several members of the team.
Because our advisers are senior and our structure is deliberately flat, you deal with the person doing the thinking. There is no pyramid, and no junior team learning at your expense.
If you're an experienced compliance professional and want to find out about becoming a consultant at Adempi, click here.
Leadership
Our leadership team focusses on delivering great service for both our clients and our consultants.
Entrepreneurial flair and compliance don't often go hand in hand, but in Gillian clients get the benefit of both. She understands her clients' objectives and risk appetite and brings answers that help their business.
Gillian advises on FCA authorisations and permissions, the financial promotions regime and EIS, with a particular focus on private markets and asset management. She founded the Venture Finance division at regulatory consultancy Bovill before going on to found and run BWB Compliance, which became Adempi in 2019. She chairs the regulatory committee at the EIS Association and sits on the EIS/VCT committee for UK Private Capital.
Gillian Roche-Saunders
Managing Partner
Emily makes sure the right people are on the right work. She manages our panel of regulatory consultants and runs the operations behind every client engagement, so that our clients get a great experience from the first conversation.
A learning, development and operations professional by background, Emily also leads our eLearning offering, ensuring clients get training that fits their business's needs. She has worked with Adempi since 2021 and became a Partner in 2022.
Emily Fuller
Partner, Head of Operations
Memberships
We are active members of the many industry bodies, sitting on their working groups and committees. Through these roles we help shape industry responses, assist with lobbying key bodies like the FCA and HM Treasury, and provide members with insights into how upcoming changes may affect them.
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