Debts & Loans

The Guardian Financial Group has appointed Alan Dawson as its Group Compliance Director.

Dawson will oversee all internal and external compliance procedures across the group including Guardian Debt Management and Credit Issues. The appointment illustrates Guardian’s commitment to compliance and the enhancement of the broker/customer experience. The Group will utilise his wealth of experience across a number of initiatives such as TCF and other compliance areas.

With over 22 years experience working in financial services – the last 14 of those in compliance - at high profile companies such as Prudential, GMAC-RFC and High Street Home Loans Guardian view the appointment as helping to bring debt and claims management firmly in-line with other sectors of the market in terms of compliance despite the current unregulated status of debt management.

Dawson’s role will also include supporting Guardian’s distribution channels to ensure they fully understand the benefits of its extensive product range and services for their clients and the manner in which they should be applied.

Allan Starling, Managing Director of Distribution at The Guardian Financial Group, said:

“At Guardian we have invested a great deal of time and resource into building a stringent compliance offering. Although debt management is not regulated by the FSA we, as a business, feel that the procedures such as TCF and other compliance matters that we are well versed in should also apply to our industry as a whole. We are all about creating a better and safer working environment for both the broker and their client and the appointment of someone with Alan’s knowledge and experience is testament to that belief.”

Alan Dawson, Group Compliance Director at The Guardian Financial Group, added:

“I’m delighted to have joined the team at Guardian. I have known most of the team here for many years and I’m confident that we have a proposition that can take the debt and claims market by storm. Compliance is an integral component in building a successful business and it is great to see a company such as Guardian investing heavily in this belief.”