What Does a Compliance Professional Do?

The person leading a compliance regulatory function will have to internalise conflicts and exercise supreme judgement in balancing the need to allow its business to flourish in an increasingly complex regulatory environment, whilst avoiding the potentially devastating consequences of non-compliance.

Why Is Regulatory Compliance Recruitment Important?

The regulatory compliance sector is one that is constantly evolving, making it a very interesting field to work in. Every year, new regulations and rules are being introduced, meaning compliance professionals must always be on top of the ever-changing sector to properly assess how any regulatory update can affect a business and its activities.

Genevieve Higgins-Desbiens

Chief Operating Officer

About Genevieve Higgins-Desbiens

Genevieve Higgins-Desbiens is a Chief Operating Officer at Rutherford, a London-based recruitment firm that specialises in legal, compliance and financial crime searches within law firms and financial services businesses. After obtaining her Bachelor of Business in Canada, she worked for several high-profile brands as well as start-ups, strengthening and building their brand all whilst optimising their marketing strategies, both offline and online. After moving to the UK, she quickly specialised in the professional services sector, driving the marketing agenda for firms within the recruitment industry.

She joined Rutherford in 2020 to build the firm's marketing function from the ground up, and since then she took on a wider remit, now overseeing all operations for the business and spearheading all growth-focussed efforts.