Meet The Leadership Team

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  Ayaz Siddiqui

  Associate Director


Ayaz Siddiqui
Associate Director
Ayaz heads up the GRT Financial Crime and Regulatory risk practice.  Having qualified as a chartered accountant, Ayaz has held a number of senior roles within Audit, Operations and Regulatory Risk in the City of London over the past 30 years.   His roles have included global head of audit for a US asset management bank, COO for an offshore private bank and multiple roles leading audit teams across a number of investment banks and fund managers.
During a secondment to the FCA, Ayaz acquired detailed knowledge of the “Wholesale Conduct Risk” approach including Deep Dives, Thematic review, LIBOR, SMCR and FX misconduct across a number of wholesale sector firms.  This has allowed him to provide valuable advisory consultancy services to a number of investment banks where he has often acted as a trusted advisor to senior management on a number of regulatory risk related and remediation projects covering Conduct Risk, MiFID II and Criminal Finance Act.
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  Rohit Sabhlok

  Managing Director


Rohit Sabhlok
Managing Director
Rohit Sabhlok
Managing Director
Over 22 years of financial services change experience at Big 4 consulting firms, with deep expertise in MiFID, EMIR, MiCA, RRP, CASS, AIFMD and MiFID II. Rohit has worked with numerous Tier 1 banks and asset managers, providing operational support and dedicated delivery expertise.
Selected experience
• Pre-trade MiFID II gap analysis and implementation at a North American investment bank
• Venture Capital regulatory and process lead
• ICAAP, RRP and MiFID II analysis at a large inter-dealer broker
• Delivery of AML rule standardisation at a Tier 1 US investment bank
• Building a new risk-taking entity at a large Tier 1 European investment bank
• Managing the failure of prime brokerage at a Tier 1 US investment bank, including asset valuation
Risk, control and regulatory delivery
Extensive track record designing and leading enterprise-wide risk and control frameworks, RCSA, post-trade reporting, ICAAPs, recovery and resolution planning, and large-scale control modernisation programmes across derivatives, repos, equity and other pre- and post-trade processes. Directly engaged with the FCA and Bank of England on critical mandates, including the unwind of Lehman Brothers’ prime brokerage business and the development of Northern Rock’s first recovery and resolution plans. Bridges business, IT and regulatory requirements to deliver simplified, automated and resilient operating models.
Digital assets
Served as Crypto Trading Infrastructure Lead at a $30bn fund and co-founded KYAX.com (valued at $27m with Palantir backing), applying capital markets and regulatory experience to build audit, reconciliation and reporting infrastructure.
Combines subject-matter expertise, go-to-market capability, team leadership and executive presence to develop client relationships, shape consulting strategy, mentor talent and drive sustainable growth.