We provide comprehensive technical, compliance and operational solutions for Guernsey financial service providers. Our Skilled Persons team delivers targeted, bespoke support that addresses regulatory, governance and remediation needs while allowing business teams to focus on day-to-day operations.
What We Do.
We assess business processes, controls, and regulatory frameworks to identify areas that require enhancement. We produce high-quality management information, deliver independent reviews and provide bespoke regulatory and operational support tailored to each firm’s needs. Our work strengthens compliance, clarifies expectations and ensures governance is effective and well-informed.
Your Problems and Our Solutions.
| Common Challenges | How We Resolve Them |
| Financial service businesses often encounter gaps that slow operations, reduce clarity and create regulatory risk. These include: | We deliver focused, hands-on solutions that restore clarity, strengthen compliance and support high-quality governance: |
| Policies and controls that don’t align with GFSC expectations, creating uncertainty and exposure. | Rebuilding and aligning policies, procedures and controls to the GFSC Handbook, laws and rules. |
| Projects that stall or fail to deliver, leaving Boards without clear outcomes or meaningful reporting. | Taking ownership of stalled or complex projects, bringing structured delivery and clear accountability. |
| Management information that lacks accuracy or insight, making oversight and governance difficult. | Producing accurate, decision-ready management information tailored for Boards and Committees. |
| Unclear regulatory communication, resulting in misunderstandings with stakeholders or the GFSC. | Managing regulator and stakeholder engagement, ensuring expectations are clearly understood and met. |
| Legacy structures and entities that are hard to close, consuming time and resources. | Assisting and guiding entity closures and liquidations efficiently, removing long-standing operational burdens. |
| Financial crime risks, including weak sanctions checks or uncertainty around SAR preparation. | Applying forensic techniques to financial crime cases, strengthening sanctions processes and SAR formulation. |
The Team
Sara Barclay – Lead Consultant
Sara Barclay is a seasoned compliance specialist with over 18 years of experience in regulatory compliance, financial crime prevention, and corporate governance. As Co-Founder and Technical Compliance Consultant, she brings deep expertise in AML/CFT, GDPR, and prudential regulatory frameworks, driving her firm’s commitment to delivering high-quality, business-focused compliance solutions.
Sara’s approach is rooted in the belief that compliance should be proactive, integrated, and embraced across the entire organisation—not treated as a standalone function. She provides consultancy, licensing support, documentation drafting, and tailored training to both regulated and non-regulated financial services businesses to support their compliance responsibilities for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism.
Her hands-on experience includes serving as MLRO and Nominated Officer for various financial institutions, helping them meet regulatory obligations and remedial requirements. She has delivered AML/CFT training across all staff levels, including Directors and Reporting Officers, and has presented at Offshore Professional Conferences.
Before transitioning into consultancy, Sara worked in Law Enforcement, including roles with the Guernsey Fraud and International Team and the Guernsey Financial Intelligence Service.
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Julie Shepherd TEP – Senior Consultant
Julie is a highly experienced fiduciary and operations professional with over 25 years in offshore financial services. Her career has focused on trust and company administration for ultra-high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients, with deep expertise in managing complex structures.
She has held senior roles across leading firms, overseeing client servicing, technical operations, and compliance departments. Julie has also held senior operational roles which included designing and implementing reporting systems, authoring fiduciary policies, managing regulatory frameworks and supporting operational strategy through business analysis and workflow optimisation.
Julie is particularly skilled in regulatory remediation, with proven success in both detailed review and process management, enabling regulatory alignment and strengthened internal controls.
Known for her detail-oriented yet pragmatic approach, Julie combines strategic insight with hands-on leadership.
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Shane Clancy – Senior Consultant
Shane is a seasoned compliance and risk management professional with over two decades of experience across the banking, fiduciary, and investment sectors. His career has spanned senior leadership roles, including MLRO, Compliance Officer, and Executive Director, with a focus on regulatory governance, AML frameworks, and operational remediation.
Shane has led high-impact client review and remediation projects, particularly in response to regulatory enforcement actions. He has developed and implemented compliance monitoring programs, business risk assessments, and governance restructuring strategies across multiple institutions.
With a strong foundation in financial administration and business management, Shane has supported regulatory change initiatives, collaborated with industry bodies, and contributed to updates of the AML Handbook in Guernsey. His hands-on leadership style and attention to detail have earned him multiple industry awards and recognition for cross-functional collaboration.
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