GRAYFIELDS Executive Partnerships

GRAYFIELDS are boutique search and selection experts across Governance, Risk, and Compliance. Managing Director Chris Fields has worked the risk and regulatory market since 2012.

The firm covers risk management, operational resilience, compliance, financial crime and data protection, from start and scale-up through to FTSE-listed firms, with unique and evolving market maps behind every search.

Since 2012, Chris has introduced Risk, Compliance and Financial leaders across banking, (un)secured lending, insurance, payments, asset managers, critical third parties, Fintechs and gaming.

From an SM&CR perspective, their interview panel is strengthened by Non-Executive Advisor Serena Joseph, an approved SMF holder (SMF 9-14) providing independent SM&CR suitability assessments and reporting.

Their paper on how the CRO role is changing, Chief Risk Officer: 2030, is on the GRAYFIELDS insights page, alongside wider market trends and commentary.

This is a referral and network partnership, not a delivery one. Initia Risk and GRAYFIELDS work together where a firm is building or rebuilding its risk function: GRAYFIELDS finds the people, Initia gives them the platform.

GRAYFIELDS introduces Initia where a hiring organisation's risk tooling is weak, or where a new risk lead is walking into a gap. We introduce GRAYFIELDS where a client needs a permanent senior risk, compliance or governance appointment.