About this webinar
Every financial services firm depends on its licence to operate, the fundamental ability to do business under regulatory approval. Today, that licence is under unprecedented strain.
Legal and compliance teams are drowning in regulatory changes, struggling with manual processes, and facing mounting pressure to provide Board-level confidence. The result? Overwhelmed teams doing clerical work instead of exercising professional judgement, escalating costs, and Board packs built on key-person risk rather than robust systems.
Join us for a practical, no-nonsense session that reframes regulatory compliance from a burden into a strategic asset. This isn’t another traditional regtech demo, it’s a conversation anchored to what Boards, CEOs, and regulators actually care about: protecting your firm’s licence to operate and providing proof of what works best.
Who should attend
- General Counsels and Heads of Legal
- Heads of Compliance and Regulatory Affairs
- Chief Risk Officers
- Board Members with oversight of regulatory and compliance matters
- COOs responsible for operational resilience
- Regulatory Change Managers
- Those with SMF16 responsibilities
- Anyone responsible for ensuring their firm maintains its regulatory licence to operate
Why you should attend
- See your daily challenges reflected with clarity: From regulatory overwhelm to Board reporting gaps, we’ll articulate what you’re experiencing and why it matters.
- Learn practical ways to cut through the noise: Discover how to filter regulatory updates to only what’s relevant, link obligations to controls with full traceability, and produce Board-ready reports in minutes instead of days.
- Free your team for higher-value work: Understand how to automate the heavy lifting so your legal and compliance professionals can focus on judgement and strategy, not clerical tasks.
- Move from firefighting to confidence: Shift from reactive compliance management to proactive, evidence-based assurance that your licence to operate is safe, resilient, and future-ready.
What you'll experience
This webinar combines real-world insight with practical AI-based demonstrations:
- The Challenge: Understand the mounting pressures on legal and compliance functions – from the volume of regulatory changes to Board expectations and the hidden costs of manual processes.
- The Solution: See how modern technology can automate regulatory filtering, obligation mapping, policy drafting, and Board reporting – with full traceability and audit trails.
- The Takeaway: Leave with actionable insights and a framework you can apply immediately to strengthen your firm’s regulatory positioning.
Your speakers
Andrew Freeman
Former General Counsel & Head of Legal
With 20+ years of GC and regulatory leadership experience, Andrew brings authentic, battle-tested insight into the real challenges facing legal and compliance functions today.
Christopher Lacy-Hulbert
Founder, Zenitech
Christo will facilitate conversation and draw examples from AskGenie, showing how AI automation can transform regulatory burden into Board confidence through intelligent filtering, obligation mapping, and instant reporting.
Ira Hollis
Compliance & Risk Specialist, Lloyds Banking Group