Senior Vice President, Head of Regulatory Reporting
Currency
Karl Newman is Head of Regulatory Reporting for EMEA and APAC in Mesirow Currency. He is responsible for ensuring all in-scope derivatives and securities activity is reported in a timely, complete, and accurate manner, as per the applicable regimes (ASIC, EMIR, MiFID, FinfraG). He also provides support on other regulatory developments.
Karl has approximately 15 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Mesirow, Karl was Compliance Advisory Director at Chatham Financial, where he initiated and delivered the EU and UK EMIR Refit projects as well as supporting their clients' EMIR and MiFID reporting. Prior to Chatham, Karl was Compliance Advisory Director responsible for EMIR, MiFID and SFTR reporting, at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), Bank and Capital Markets. Prior to SMBC, Karl was technical account manager, with DTCC's Global Trade Repository, where he supported top-tier clients (e.g. BlackRock, JP Morgan, etc.) with regulatory change projects. Prior to DTCC, Karl was a project manager specialising in the global delivery of Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) projects. In this capacity he worked at Standard Chartered, HSBC, and BP.
Karl earned a Bachelor's degree in English Literature & History of Art (hons) from the University of York.