Preparing for a Central Bank inspection

Kian Caulwell: Partner, Head of Financial Services Consulting

Kian Caulwell is a partner and Head of Financial Services (FS) Consulting in our practice in Ireland with over 16 years’ FS experience. As the Head of FS Consulting, he is responsible for leading our FS regulatory compliance and risk consulting services. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant, a Chartered Internal Auditor and a member of the Consumer Protection Working Group at the Compliance Institute.

He has significant experience in supporting clients in their preparations for regulatory inspections, developing action plans to address regulator feedback and undertaking regulator instructed, independent third-party regulatory assurance reviews across the Irish and UK regulatory jurisdictions. His areas of specialisms include, corporate governance, risk management and compliance governance, consumer and investor protection.

Cara Hyland: Head of AML Advisory

Cara joined Mazars in 2022 as Head of AML Advisory, having previously been a senior supervisor within the Central Bank of Ireland’s Anti-Money Laundering Division. At Mazars she advises clients on their regulatory engagement approach as well as undertaking independent third-party regulatory assurance reviews. She has a particular focus in the areas of corporate governance, culture and anti-money laundering and combatting the financing of terrorism.

During her career at the CBI she has held a number of supervisory responsibilities for a broad range of regulated of firms, including wholesale credit institutions, funds, fund service providers, e-money and payment firms.