As a Senior Advisory Director at Square 4, Darren’s role is to lead the development and execution of our advisory engagements in the retail banking, consumer lending and insurance sectors. Darren is a regulatory subject matter expert, specialising in conduct regulation across the complete spectrum of governance, risk and compliance. He is passionate about delivering high quality and bespoke solutions to clients, supported by a highly skilled and motivated team. Darren has supported a number of firms on a variety of engagements, including but not limited to, Consumer Duty implementation and embedding, vulnerable customer strategies, SM&CR and a range of outcomes testing and assurance related engagements including numerous FCA s166 Skilled Persons reviews. Darren also led the team that designed and delivered an award-winning Outcomes Testing Framework for a large fin-tech Bank that was recognised by the International Compliance Association where Square 4 won “Compliance Consultancy Firm of the Year” 2024.
Prior to joining Square 4, Darren had a diverse career spanning more than 25 years. This included as a Director in a number of ‘Big 4’ and smaller boutique advisory firms, as well as ‘in-house’ second line Compliance policy, monitoring and third line Internal Audit. He has extensive experience across the three lines of defence. This includes a deep understanding of the regulatory landscape, complimented with proportionate and commercially focussed solutions to complex regulatory issues.
