After studying chemistry at university, Richard McGrand became involved in financial services regulation. He worked as a Securities Regulator at the International Stock Exchange in London and at the Securities and Futures Authority for six years. Richard then moved into the industry and worked as a Compliance and AML Specialist for 17 years at a range of financial services institutions, including international banks and asset managers. He was the Compliance Lead for the UK operations of four different banks. Richard also had a three-year stint as a Regulatory Advisor specialising in conduct issues at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

He has various industry qualifications including the Securities Industry Examination Diploma and the Registered Representative exam.

He has had an interest in cross-border activity since the late 1990s and was involved as an author of:

• Bizzozero, McGrand, Bartels: After Brexit – Cross-border financial services from the UK into the EU (Zurich, Basel, Geneva, 2017)