Monique Melis

Global Head of Consulting, Kinetic Partners

As a Partner at Kinetic Partners, Monique Melis is the Global Service Line Head of Regulatory Consulting. Monique specialises in regulatory advice and, over the last 20 years, has worked with investment firms and asset managers.  She has strong regulatory knowledge, particularly in the areas of SYSC, CASS, market conduct, transaction reporting and regulatory investigations such as skilled person’s reports.  She also works extensively with PE firms and investors undertaking due diligence on target companies.

Monique’s areas of expertise include senior management systems and controls, market monitoring issues, global procedure manuals for banks, large investment firms, regulatory investigations, transaction reporting, expert witness reports and regulatory due diligence.  Monique is also involved in the resolution of regulatory investigations issues and has on numerous occasions spoken at industry seminars and written articles on regulatory change and transaction reporting.

Monique joined Kinetic Partners from the Cayman Stock Exchange where she was Head of Market Regulation and Business Development.  Monique previously managed the Transaction Monitoring Unit in the Markets and Exchanges Division of the FSA. She transferred to the FSA from the Securities and Futures Authority where she worked in the Surveillance Department.