GSC-SRMO Team

Cathy Brand

Founder & CEO

Cathy Brand is the Founder and CEO of Global Sales Compliance Ltd.® and Sales Road Maps Online Ltd.®. Cathy is a leading industry expert in cross-border marketing compliance with over two decades of experience specifically dedicated to cross-border financial product & services marketing regulations in 70+ jurisdictions worldwide. Cathy’s diverse 30+ year career includes experience at Global Financial Institutions Citigroup, UBS, Zurich Insurance, a US Family Office and key leadership roles as CEO of Global Sales Compliance Ltd.® and Sales Road Maps Online Ltd.®.

Cathy realised the value of building a marketing compliance platform at Citigroup Alternative Investments, which was key to the growth of CAI’s third-party AIF distribution business over an 8-year period, from start-up mode to facilitating Citi fund and services marketing globally, resulting in $billions in Sales Revenue. During Cathy’s leadership of the industry’s unique bespoke and RegTech cross-border marketing compliance consultancy over two decades, GSC/SRMO has provided cross-border regulatory solutions to support Client financial product and services marketing overseas, resulting in significant Client business growth. Cathy holds an MBA in International Finance from the George Washington University (Washington, D.C. USA) and a BBA in International Business from the University of Georgia (USA).

Felicity Youl

Principal Consultant

Felicity Youl is a Principal Consultant for Global Sales Compliance Ltd®.

Felicity is a leading industry expert in compliance, risk and legal matters impacting financial services in the Asia Pacific region, founded on 30 years’ experience at global financial institutions and international law firms. In Felicity’s leadership role as Chief Compliance Officer for Citigroup and BNP Paribas, she built a large-scale Compliance and Operational Risk framework and teams across the Asia Pacific region, supporting all aspects of Compliance for all business lines. Prior to this Felicity was a lawyer for Lovells in London and Hong Kong, and Clayton Utz in Sydney. Felicity started her career as an Associate to Burchett J, Federal Court of Australia and is admitted to practice as solicitor in Australia (NSW), Hong Kong and England & Wales (current practising certificate). Felicity holds Economics and Law degrees from Sydney University, along with Graduate Diplomas in Legal Practice (University of Technology, Sydney) and Applied Finance and Investment (Securities Institute of Australia). In 2020 Felicity was awarded a Certificate in International Corporate Governance from INSEAD, the Company Director’s Course Certificate from the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a Certificate in the Leading Sustainable Corporations Programme from Said Business School, University of Oxford.

Caroline Maurice

Principal Consultant

Caroline is a Principal Consultant for Global Sales Compliance Ltd®. Caroline has over 30 years compliance experience gained at leading global investment banks including Goldman Sachs and UBS. At Goldman Sachs International she created the global cross-divisional Rules of the Road programme, comprising guidance and training material for the revenue producing divisions with respect to 30 overseas jurisdictions. Her experience encompasses a wide spectrum of disciplines, including risk management and conduct risk, where she initiated the conduct risk programme for the company. Caroline is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and Fellow of the Chartered Governance Institute. She recently completed a Certificate in ESG from the International Association for Sustainable Economy and closely follows ESG European and UK regulatory developments.

Tony van Gool

Principal Consultant

Tony van Gool is a Principal Consultant for Global Sales Compliance Ltd.® Tony has over 25 years’ experience in business development and distribution management with an evidenced history of results in wholesale asset management distribution across multi-channel intermediated target markets in the UK and Europe. Tony has developed and implemented client and sales governance and risk-control frameworks and analytics across pan-European sales teams, enabling distribution across multi-disciplinary channels. Tony headed up UK distribution for Artemis for 17 years, before focusing in the final 2 years on pan-European business management. Previously Tony worked at Invesco and Fidelity. Tony earned a PhD in Materials Science (Electrochemistry) and a BSc in Metallurgy & Materials Science from University of Nottingham.

Amy S. Yuter

Principal Consultant

Amy Yuter is a Principal Consultant for Global Sales Compliance Ltd®. Amy is a leading industry expert in US Securities Law Compliance with over 25 years’ experience. Amy served as Chief Compliance Officer of BrightSphere Investment Group with responsibility for oversight of investment advisers, investment companies, transfer agents, broker-dealers, and private funds. Prior to joining the BrightSphere organization in 1995, Amy was a Securities Compliance Examiner with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Amy received her MBA and BBA from Temple University and earned a Certification in Public and Administrative Law from The Philadelphia Institute. Amy previously served as a Director of the National Society of Compliance Professionals, has participated as a member of various committees at the Investment Adviser Association and the Investment Company Institute and founded the Philadelphia Compliance Roundtable and the annual Investment Management Compliance Testing Survey.

Nicholas Tempest

SRMO Head of Sales

Nicholas Tempest is Head of Sales for Sales Road Maps Online Ltd.®

Nicholas has over 20 years’ experience in business-to-business financial services sales, investment, insurance & property brokerage and software sales as well as advisory experience as a licensed member of the Chartered Insurance Institute with City Financial Partners. An experienced and talented entrepreneur, Nicholas has established and sold several businesses including Grosvenor Financial Services (Hong Kong) and St. James’s Place Wealth Management (Hong Kong). Whilst in Hong Kong Nicholas was a licensed member of The Hong Kong Confederation of Insurance Brokers, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and the Hong Kong Estate Agent’s Authority. Nicolas attended University of the West of England in Bristol, England.

Melanie Goodman

Social Media Management

Melanie Goodman is an experienced award winning LinkedIn consultant who is focused on bespoke LinkedIn strategies and training for those in the financial services and legal sector. Passionate about conveying the power of LinkedIn to the legal and financial services sectors, she has worked for the last 15 years in business development and social media for both individual & corporates globally. She is a regular contributor to The Entrepreneur and has been featured in Wealth Briefing, PCD Club and Family Office Magazine. Melanie holds an Economics degree and a post graduate degree in Law and practiced as a real estate finance lawyer for a number of years.

Deborah Thomas

Head of Operations Management

Deborah Thomas is the Head of Operations Management for Global Sales Compliance Ltd® & Sales Road Maps Online Ltd®. Deborah started her career with one of the big 4 Chartered Accounting firms before moving into executive search and recruitment. She over 2 decades of experience across Finance, Treasury, and Operations Management. Deborah earned a Bachelor of Science (Economics) Degree from University of Wales (Aberystwyth).

Jennifer Howze

SRMO Media Manager

Jennifer Howze is the Media Manager for Sales Road Maps Online Ltd®. Jennifer is an award-winning journalist and digital expert who has worked for a wide range of publications and media companies, including The Times, The Wall Street Journal, TheStreet.com and CNN. She cofounded one of the UK’s first influencer networks and specialises in digital-first strategy and editorial. Jennifer holds a Masters Degree from Goldsmiths University (London) and a Journalism Degree from the University of Texas (Austin).

Claire Palmer

Executive Assistant
SRMO Library Content Manager

Claire Palmer is the Executive Assistant to Cathy Brand and the GSC-SRMO team in addition to the Library Content Manager for Sales Road Maps Online Ltd.®

Claire has been a professional Senior Level Executive Assistant with extensive experience in the legal, banking and finance sectors for nearly 2 decades. Clare gained valuable experience in UK based law firms such as Clifford Chance, Wragge & Co. and Travers Smith as well as Key Executive support to corporate finance M&A management at NM Rothschild & Sons.

Claire has decades of cross-cultural and multinational working experience and has travelled extensively to 55 countries.

Lee Ann Obringer

Marketing and Media Communications

Lee Ann Obringer is responsible for GSC & SRMO Marketing and Media Communications. Lee Ann has 30+ years of experience in developing and implementing all facets of marketing communications with expertise in planning and implementing marketing and media programs, graphic design, Web page development, presentation design, large-scale exhibit design, and writing and editing marketing and technical documents. Lee Ann has written more than 60 articles for HowStuffWorks.com and provided marketing communications support to companies in industries including radiology, otolaryngology, pharmacy, information technology, real estate, education, and workplace safety, as well as several U.S. universities and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. As director of marketing for 14 years at ELB & Associates (later U.S. HealthWorks), Ms. Obringer was responsible for developing and implementing all aspects of corporate and divisional marketing plans. Lee Ann holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Journalism and Marketing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA).

Thomas Bathurst

Head of SRMO Website Application Development

Thomas Bathurst is Head of Website Application Development for Sales Road Maps Online©. Thomas has over 25 years of experience in designing, delivering and supporting Websites and Applications. Thomas developed his skillset initially as a Microsoft Certified Engineer creating systems for the likes of Ericsson as well as in the public sector for various Government departments. Thomas later migrated his skills to become a Zend PHP Certified Engineer and an Oracle Certified MySQL developer and has since been involved in delivering projects for amongst others, the IOC and UEFA.