Who Are We

The founding partners lead the firm and work directly on the engagements it takes on.

REG Advisor Partners is a boutique advisory firm working with organisations on regulatory and compliance matters. It was founded by practitioners with senior in-house and advisory backgrounds, combining technical depth with an understanding of how decisions land in the business.

Founding Partners

Livio Russo
Livio Russo
Founding Partner — Compliance, Ethics & Financial Crime

20+ years across in-house group leadership (Generali, MD — Ethics & Investigations; Anti-Financial Crime) and top-tier advisory (Promontory, BCG). Leads complex cross-border investigations and board-level regulatory engagement. FATF contributor; Adjunct Professor at Università Cattolica.

MD, Ethics & Investigations and Anti-Financial Crime — Generali
Top-tier advisory experience — Promontory, BCG
Cross-border investigations & board-level regulatory engagement
FATF contributor
Adjunct Professor, Università Cattolica
Arber Ngjela
Arber Ngjela
Founding Partner — Risk Management and Quantitative Solutions

15+ years inside tier-one banks (Intesa Sanpaolo and Deutsche Bank) and management consultancy (Promontory and Oliver Wyman). Supervisory credibility across EU, UK and US regimes with direct experience in turning regulatory challenges into new functions, unlocked capital and faster delivery. Full-lifecycle model validation across credit, market, liquidity/IRRBB and stress testing and across financial crime: AML transaction monitoring, KYC client risk rating and segmentation.

Tier-one banking experience — Intesa Sanpaolo, Deutsche Bank
Management consultancy — Promontory, Oliver Wyman
Model Risk Management
Hands-on and Quantitative Capability

Our Partners' Track Record

The depth of experience our partners bring from prior senior roles

Group-scale advisory

Continuous risk, AML, CFT and sanctions opinions to business lines and group entities

Complex international groups

Investigations and standards deployed across large, multi-entity organisations

Senior-level practice

Built through in-house group leadership and top-tier regulatory advisory

Reflects the founding partners' experience in prior senior in-house and advisory roles, rather than engagements of the firm.

How We Work

Direct partner contact

You work with the partners themselves, not with a delegated team.

Sector focus

Banks, insurers and financial-services firms, and the supervisory frameworks that apply to them.

Proportionate solutions

Controls weighed against supervisory expectation and the operational reality of the business.

Regulatory engagement

Experience of dealing directly with supervisors, standard-setters and control functions.

Confidentiality

Sensitive matters handled discreetly, with professional and ethical obligations taken as given.

Conclusions we stand behind

Findings are evidenced and explained, so they hold up when challenged.

Connect With Our Team

Speak directly with the partners who will lead your engagement.

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