Mark Kelly

Mark is a financial services professional with over 30 years of experience across leading buy-side and sell-side firms, including asset managers, hedge funds, investment banks, brokerages, corporate and retail banks. He leads our regulatory reporting functions, with a focus on UK and EU MiFIR and EMIR reporting.

His career includes senior Internal Audit and Compliance roles at major institutions such as Coinbase, Salomon Brothers, and Barclays, complemented by consultancy positions with PwC and Grant Thornton.

Mark has deep expertise in regulatory frameworks, managing client responses to Section 166 reviews, regulatory queries, and breach notifications under MiFIR and EMIR.  As Head of Professional Services at Abide Financial Limited (later Nex Regulatory Reporting), a UK-Approved Reporting Mechanism, he guided clients and teams on complex MiFIR and EMIR transaction reporting requirements.

Since 2019, Mark had also consulted on cryptoasset regulation. His encyclopaedic knowledge of financial products, business flows, and legal structures underpins every engagement, ensuring precision and insight in regulatory assignments.