Credentials

eComply has been established as a focused private company providing risk, compliance and corporate governance consulting to a select segment of the financial services industry. We are a specialist team of high caliber professionals, all of whom have held high level risk and business management positions.

Tim Howse has had over 23 years experience in the industry. He started his career at UAL Merchant Bank where he held various senior management positions including asset management administration, unit trust operations, user systems, risk management and compliance. He was appointed General Manager, Operational Risk and Group Chief Compliance Officer at Nedcor Investment Bank following the UAL /Syfrets merger in 1997. He was subsequently appointed Chief Compliance Officer responsible for the Cape region of the new Nedcor Group following the merger with BoE in 2003. Tim is a founder and current board member of the Compliance Institute of South Africa. He is also chairman of the Asset Management sub-committee of the institute. He is a Certified Compliance Professional (CCP) and has been approved by the Financial Services Board for purposes of providing outsourced compliance services to Financial Services Providers. In addition, he holds a Fellowship of the Institute of Financial Markets (FIFM) on which he serves as deputy chairman of the board of governors. Tim left Nedbank in 2004 to set up eComply.

Lesley Harvey BCom, CA(SA), has 23 years' experience, of which 17 were in financial services locally and abroad. Lesley is an affiliate member of the CFA Institute's Investment Performance Council and is a board member of the Alternative Investment Management Association – South African Chapter.