Nigel Pasea - Director
Nigel Pasea brings to the firm over 30 years experience as an advisor, regulator and practitioner specialising in compliance and corporate governance in the financial services industry.
Nigel joined CCL from UBS where he was the Chief Operating Officer of the MENA region since 2006 and responsible, inter alia, for the setting up of the firm’s offices in Dubai, Saudi Arabia and Qatar and the development of the firm’s compliance and control infrastructure. Prior to moving to Dubai, Nigel was the Head of Compliance for UBS Investment Bank in Switzerland and Deputy Head of Compliance for the EMEA Region. Prior to UBS Nigel was the European Head of Compliance at Bear Stearns International and the Global Head of Compliance and COO of General Re Financial Products.
In addition Nigel worked for 6 years at the UK regulator, the Securities and Investments Board (now the Financial Services Authority) as Head of the regulator’s Authorisation and Compliance Department. Nigel started his career at Deloitte and Touche where he spent 8 years, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1982.
Nigel’s experience covers investment banking and capital markets, wealth management and asset management, and the nature of his previous roles has meant that he has worked in all major financial centres in across Europe, Asia and the Middle East.