About us
Lift² are Claire and Kathy, who have worked together for over 10 years in compliance, risk and financial crime roles in fintechs and start-ups.
They established Lift² after a series of calls for help from founders who were building/growing fintechs, and needed help with the headache of compliance and risk.
They specialise in making regulations easy to understand and navigate. They use simple language and come up with practical solutions that won't hamper your ambitions
They established Lift² after a series of calls for help from founders who were building/growing fintechs, and needed help with the headache of compliance and risk.
They specialise in making regulations easy to understand and navigate. They use simple language and come up with practical solutions that won't hamper your ambitions
Claire has 25 years’ experience in regulated financial services, and is a qualified trainer and financial crime professional who holds Senior Management Functions (SMF) and Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) roles.
She has established proportionate and creative compliance, risk, data protection and financial crime frameworks in debt recovery, payment services, retail banking, The English Football League Trust⚽, and several fintech start-ups. She is passionate about inclusion and diversity, accessible design and treating customers like superstars 🌟👩🎤. Specialisms:
Likes: Dogs 🐶, craft ale, running🏃♀️, painting and vegan cooking 🌍 Dislikes: Jargon, complicated ways of saying simple things, noisy eaters 🥕 and her stupid inability to remember people's names |
Kathy has nearly 30 years’ experience in financial services, retail banking and fintech start-ups, the last 20 in risk, compliance, and audit.
She’s been the Director of Compliance at the incredible Monzo 🚀 , as well Chief Risk Officer (CRO) at both very new and very established organisations. She’s held Senior Management Functions 4 (CRO) and 17 (Money Laundering Reporting Officer), and her passion is the de-mystification of risk and compliance, waging a one woman-war🔫 against over-complication and pointless jargon Specialisms:
Likes: Dogs 🐕, insta reels, fooooooood 🍝, crossfit, being outside and her husband 👨❤️👨 (I guess) Dislikes: Acronyms, bureaucracy, “but we’ve always done it that way” chat🥱, and the stickers on the bottom of shoes that are impossible to peel off 👞 |