CASS Spring Forum – Edinburgh

Tom is a Next Generation Partner in Financial Services and an "expert in UK and EU regulatory matters" (Legal 500). He specialises in advising buy and sell-side firms on financial markets regulation, as well as their tech and data providers. Tom regularly advises on M&A, securities, derivatives and complex commercial transactions in the regulated sector. Tom has in-house experience gained on secondment to Morgan Stanley, primarily supporting the Sales and Trading business, and at MetLife, supporting a complex restructuring. He is an active participant in the industry, as a member of the Financial Markets Law Committee's Banking, Infrastructure and Fintech Scoping Forums and through his contributions to various trade body working groups, including at UK Finance, ISDA and TISA.

Hanish leads KPMG’s specialist Client Assets Consulting team, helping financial services firms navigate the FCA’s CASS requirements to achieve robust compliance and operational efficiency. With over 20 years at KPMG. Hanish combines deep regulatory knowledge with practical insight into delivering cost-effective, scalable solutions that meet evolving expectations. Over the past decade, I’ve supported banks, asset managers, trading platforms, and fintechs in strengthening their CASS control environments, enhancing audit readiness, and driving regulatory change programmes that improve upstream processes and reduce costs. My experience includes client-side secondments with a US investment bank and UK Financial Investments (HM Treasury), giving me first-hand industry perspective to tailor advice effectively. As Client Lead Partner for several KPMG accounts in the Banking, Wealth Management, and Trading Platforms sectors, Hanish focus on building long-term, trusted relationships to solve our clients’ most complex challenges. Outside of work, Hanish stays active on the football pitch, bike and paddleboard, and love exploring new places through hiking and scuba diving.

Paul is a Chartered Accountant and senior CASS leader with 20 years’ experience across asset managers, platforms and banks. Deep expertise in FCA Client Money and Custody Assets, with a strong track record in regulatory audits, control remediation, Board advisory, and leading high performing CASS teams across in house and outsourced models.

Matt qualified with S&W and leads a wide range of audit and assurance assignments for clients including lenders, fund managers, insurance and FX brokers, and private equity & property funds. Matt has also been involved in a number of regulatory assignments, providing advice to clients in relation to internal audit, due diligence and client asset reporting.

Chris is SMF18 (Z) for Aviva and has SMCR Senior Manager responsibility for 3 CASS firms (one CASS Large firm and 2 CASS Medium firms) and he provides CASS oversight to all Aviva's insurance, wealth and retirement businesses. His role as Head of CASS and Middle Office Oversight ensures he is a full time in his role overseeing each firm’s CASS compliance. Chris has over 30 years of experience gained in both retail and institutional financial services in a variety of consulting, operational and accounting roles for some of the UK and world's leading financial and professional services organisations including Aviva, Aegon, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Franklin Templeton Investments, Grant Thornton, HSBC, Standard Life Aberdeen and Abbey National. In addition, Chris held the role of Chair of the TISA Client Assets Technical Committee from its inception in 2012 until 2015.

Oliver is a director in PKF Littlejohn’s Wealth and Asset Management team with over 10 years’ experience leading the statutory audits of asset, wealth and investment managers. His expertise extends to leading the related reasonable assurance CASS reports required for those entities holding client money and custody assets and is responsible for delivering training on this topic. He enjoys working closely with his clients, helping them overcome the complex accounting requirements and other regulatory challenges faced in the sector, providing practical and relevant solutions as well as expert recommendations.

I am a Director in our Extended Assurance practice with over 20 years’ audit experience, including 12 years on CASS. My focus is on the banking and capital markets sector, but I have also covered a range of other financial services firms. I have provided training and technical support to EY teams, oversight functions and internal auditors.

Grant is the Head of Group CASS Control Office for Lloyds Banking Group. He has been with the Group since 2016, previously being responsible for the Group’s CASS Policy, Strategy, Governance and Monitoring. Prior to joining the Group, Grant specialised in CASS oversight in a number of organisations, both UK focused and in other jurisdictions internationally.

Steve joined TISA in March 2026 as a Policy Executive, with responsibility for leading on Client Assets (CASS) and Financial Crime prevention. Prior to joining TISA, Steve held various management and senior management positions at a range of large investment manager and platform businesses. When he was at Aberdeen, Steve was Head of CASS (CF10a) for its investment management activities. Steve is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.