Mentoring & career coaching
Two things, from a senior practitioner who has built and led AML, KYC and compliance functions at Stripe, Adyen, Meta and OKX: helping you grow where you are, and helping you land your next move. Practical and hands-on, not just talk, and built entirely around you.
Two ways I can help
Some people want an ongoing sounding board to grow faster in the field. Others are actively changing roles, employers or markets and need a partner in the search. Often it's both.
Grow where you are
Ongoing 1:1 mentoring for compliance and financial-crime professionals who want to get better, faster. A senior voice who has actually done the job, on hand for the decisions and moves that matter.
- Technical depth: AML, KYC/KYB, CDD/EDD, monitoring, sanctions, SAR/STR
- Leadership and managing teams, quality and stakeholders
- The path to senior, lead, deputy MLRO or MLRO
- Breaking into fintech, payments and crypto from banking or Big4
- Tooling, data and RegTech that increasingly define the role
Land your next move
A structured, hands-on partnership for when you're actively job-hunting or changing direction. We don't just talk: we build the CV, run the interviews, and work the search together, week by week, until you land.
- Positioning and personal narrative for the roles you actually want
- A CV that gets you seen, tailored to each application
- Interview preparation and practice, with real frameworks
- A job-search engine: applications, cold outreach and LinkedIn
- Role sourcing, warm introductions and salary strategy
Inside a career-transition engagement
When you're actively searching, this is what working together actually looks like, week to week.
Weekly 1:1 coaching calls
Regular live sessions, often twice a week when you're mid-search, each with a written summary and action plan afterwards so nothing slips between calls.
Positioning & personal narrative
We sharpen your experience into one clear positioning line, and build confident, honest answers for the tricky questions: career gaps, layoffs and short tenures.
CV review & tailoring
Hands-on CV work: a sharp profile summary, the right structure, keyword alignment to each job description, and portfolio or evidence links where they help.
Interview preparation & practice
Mock interviews and structured prep using proven frameworks like "Think, Feel, Say, Do", company research, the questions to ask, and a debrief after every real one.
A three-pillar job-search engine
Direct applications through company career sites, cold outreach straight to hiring managers, and steady LinkedIn engagement, run off a shared tracker and proven outreach templates.
Role sourcing & warm introductions
I actively look for suitable roles for you and open doors through my network, forwarding openings and making introductions as they come up.
Salary strategy & logistics
Salary benchmarking and negotiation tactics, plus practical help with market entry and relocation logistics when you're moving to a new country.
Accountability & momentum
Clear owners and targets on every action, and a standing check-in that keeps the search moving, especially on the weeks motivation dips.
People Phil has mentored
A few words from colleagues and team members, sourced from LinkedIn.
"Phil was a great manager and mentor with deep knowledge and experience in the financial crimes space — an effective communicator who leads not only by example but with empathy. One of the best colleagues I've worked with."
"A powerful combination of compliance expertise and natural leadership. Phil kept the team motivated, shared knowledge generously, and was always open to ideas. A reliable, forward-thinking manager and a natural leader."
"A rare manager who is also an inspiring mentor and strategist. Strong across operations, complex transformation, financial crime and analytics, and a genuinely creative thinker. His programmes consistently deliver beyond expectations."