I am devoting this weeks blog to the departure of one of Complinet's three original founders, Alex Viall. Complinet is a little different to most information services vendors in that the three original founders have remained very much involved in the business throughout it's past fourteen years but also the profile of the original three is particularly interesting and relevant to the Complinet story. Originally meeting at University the three comprise Chris Pilling our CEO, who is a consummate innovator and entrepreneur, while Nick Roberts (now running our Australian and New Zealand operation) came from a banking background and is firmly grounded in the commercial side of the business leaving Alex as a former SFA employee (pre FSA days) and a former compliance officer at ING Barings. The combination of technologist, sales and regulatory experience really goes a long way to explain the personality and characteristics of the business. It's actually one that works its way through the entire organization.
We're not so much a product company as a collection of industry experts and activists who work tirelessly to find ways to build new and interesting solutions to solve risk and compliance challenges and the associated operational burdens they place on the precious resources. We of course need to then sell and market those solutions but the backbone of Complinet has always been hatched from the idea that we 'get' the issues and challenges that you as practitioners face.
And so while we have grown significantly, adding more industry expertise it is still pretty sad to see on of the original founders move on. Rest assured we'll continue to develop new technology and engage with the financial services market in our on-going qwest to make your job a little easier.
As for Alex? Well it's a wedding and then a well deserved year out touring the world with his new wife. Lucky thing.
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