Daniel Charvill
Head of Legal and Compliance @OFX
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WORK HISTORY
Head of Legal and Compliance @OFX
London, GB
Lead and mentor a cross-functional team of 8 Legal, Compliance, and Risk professionals, including four direct reports, to enhance departmental capabilities and governance execution.• Direct legal and compliance operations across the EMEA region as a key member of the global Legal & Compliance team to manage legal risk, regulatory obligations, and financial crime compliance.• Serve as a Member of the EMEA leadership, global risk and compliance leadership, EMEA business transformation, and the global legal team to drive operational resilience, mitigate fraud risk, and ensure accountability:• Devised legal plans to drive commercial growth, including contributions to sports partnership agreements expected to support £30 - 40M in guaranteed foreign exchange.• Secured approval from the CBI to amend the company\'s business plan and expand regulatory permissions, which enabled the launch of new products projected to generate gross revenues of €5.94M (FY26) and €6.63M (FY27).• Positioned as the first and only executive to concurrently manage two distinct teams (legal and compliance) and transform underperforming departments.• Managed EMEA compliance strategy to maintain a robust regional compliance framework while acting as the principal liaison with the FCA and CBI.• Promoted from North American legal support role to EMEA leadership based on performance, strategic insight, and development of high-functioning, multi-disciplinary teams.
EDUCATION
University of Birmingham
BA (Hons) Politics
BPP Law School
Graduate Diploma in Law
SKILLS
ABOUT DANIEL CHARVILL
15+ years of leadership success in shaping legal strategies, developing regulatory frameworks, devising policies and leading legal / compliance functions for financial institutions / FinTech entities across the UK, EMEA and North America.Distinguished record of leading multi-disciplinary teams to turn around struggling subsidiaries and implement multi-jurisdictional legal initiatives, involving post-Brexit legal restructuring, cross-border M&A integration, high-value IP and marketing rights, £10B debt refinancing and mortgage-backed securitisation. Extensive experience in international commercial and capital markets and law, with a strong record of closing £40M+ in commercial partnerships, enabling strategic market entry and growth across complex regulatory environments and drafting and negotiating bond / liquidity agreements. Global GRC Champion, reputed for architecting compliance frameworks and implementing risk governance models to cultivate a culture of transparency and accountability while securing approvals from multi-national regulators:• Managed legal efforts to secure a third-country branch license for Western Union International Bank (WUIB) UK following Brexit by leading cross-functional teams across five countries and coordinating with Deloitte to prepare a full-spectrum banking licence application in 18 months.• Appointed Interim Head of Compliance (EMEA) during severe team disruption and regulatory backlog and delivered two high-impact Irish regulatory compliance frameworks (Individual Accountability Framework & Operational Resilience) within 6 weeks leading to my position being made permanent after 6 months.• Cleared 2023 CBI audit findings by September 2024 and passed subsequent PWC audits.• Rebuilt and expanded the team, including onboarding of risk and financial crime functions under regional oversight.• Enabled full legal and compliance readiness for OFX\'s launch of the Paytron platform in the UK & Ireland by securing pre-approvals from the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), negotiating Visa agreements, updating internal policies and external T & Cs.
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