Maria Natasha Kaae
Head of Compliance UK & Ireland
RESPONSIBILITIES
Maria Kaae joined our team in London in September 2023 as a Senior Compliance Officer Structured Finance & Capital Markets . In 2024 she took on the role of Head of Compliance for the UK and Irish offices.
She leads the compliance function in the UK and Ireland and is responsible for identifying and managing compliance and operational risks associated with our activities in these jurisdictions.
FOCUS
Maria focuses on continuously enhancing the compliance framework for the UK and Irish offices, ensuring that all policies and procedures comply with regulatory standards.
EDUCATION
Maria obtained her bachelor’s and master’s in law from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Her master’s dissertation was on Cross-border Fundraising: A cost-benefit Analysis of the Regulatory regimes available to a Danish Venture Capital Fund Manager.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
She has over ten years of experience in the legal industry. She previously worked as a Legal Officer for the Danish Defense Personnel Organization within the Danish Ministry of Defense, focusing on individual employment law. She then relocated to London and worked as a Legal Analyst for Pinsent Masons, LLP.
Her compliance career started in 2019 when she worked as a Legal and Compliance Analyst with Fisher Investments, a discretionary portfolio manager responsible for the Luxembourg branch’s compliance framework and its subsidiaries.