Corporate Governance and Compliance Advisory
Compliance only works when it is owned at the top, not left to one officer alone. We advise on the governance around your compliance, so your board and senior team own it properly and oversee it well across Canada.
Governance That Holds Compliance Up Firmly
Strong compliance rests on strong governance. When roles are unclear, reporting lines are weak, or the board is not really engaged, compliance drifts and gaps open. We advise on how to structure governance around your compliance program, who owns it, who oversees it, and how it reports upward, so accountability is real.
Building Accountability at the Top
Regulators expect your compliance program to be owned at a senior level, not parked with one person and forgotten. We help you build the governance framework that carries it, clear board and senior responsibilities, the right place for your compliance officer, sensible committee and reporting structure, and a culture where compliance is taken seriously. That turns compliance into something your leadership genuinely owns.
Governance Framework
We help you design the governance framework around your own compliance.
Roles Defined
We define board, senior, and officer responsibilities for compliance really clearly.
Reporting Structure
We help you set sensible reporting and committee structures up properly.
Tone Top
We help you build a real culture that takes compliance seriously.
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Businesses We Support and Guide
We advise payment service providers, money services businesses, currency dealers, crypto businesses, and many of the other financial businesses that genuinely need strong and clear compliance governance under Canadian regulation.
We support banks with program design, oversight, & regulatory examination readiness.
We help credit unions meet obligations proportionate to their membership and scale.
We handle registration, renewals, reporting, & controls FINTRAC expects from you.
We cover Bank of Canada registration alongside your anti money laundering obligations.
We establish what your wallet activity triggers, then build only what applies.
We build compliance around what your product does, before volumes and questions arrive.
We register virtual currency dealers and build the reporting their activity demands.
We support financial institutions across registration, program build, and reporting duties.
Why Businesses Choose Our Advisory
Ownership Built
We put compliance ownership where it belongs, with your board and senior team, not left to one officer.
Structure Clear
We make roles, reporting lines, and committees clear, so everyone knows who owns, oversees, and answers for compliance.
Culture Real
We help build a tone from the top your whole business feels, so compliance is lived rather than written down.
Serving Businesses Across Canada
We advise businesses right across the whole of Canada, from Toronto and Montreal to Vancouver and Calgary, and foreign businesses strengthening their Canadian compliance governance wherever they happen to be based.
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Governance Advisory Questions
Clear answers to the questions businesses ask most about structuring governance around their compliance program right across the whole of Canada.
What is compliance governance advisory?
It is advice on how to structure ownership, oversight, and accountability for your compliance program at board and senior management level.
Why does governance matter for compliance?
Because a program owned only by one officer is fragile. Real board and senior ownership is what makes compliance hold up under pressure.
Where does the compliance officer sit?
Your compliance officer runs the program day to day, but the board and senior management remain accountable, and we help structure that relationship.
Do you also act as our oversight?
This is advice on structuring your oversight. Performing the oversight role itself is a separate service we can also provide.
Is this the same as board training?
No. Training teaches your board its duties. This builds the governance framework those duties sit within, though the two work well together.