Sydney Shannahan

I am a Compliance Associate at Teal Compliance. I joined Teal in 2025, bringing seven years of experience in AML, across the legal, real estate, accountancy, and corporate services sectors. Prior to joining Teal, I worked in-house with HMRC and FCA-supervised firms, specialising in compliance training, high-risk KYC matters, risk assessments, and policy development.

I support a range of compliance services, including file reviews, staff interviews, policy reviews, and training delivery. My expertise includes AML compliance, source of funds verification, overseas company tracing, and creating practical compliance guidance that supports day-to-day regulatory requirements.

Expertise

My core areas of expertise include:

• AML compliance, including KYC queries, overseas company tracing and source of funds verification.
• Design and delivery of AML training
• Drafting and reviewing policies, risk assessments and practical guidance tools to support day-to-day compliance
• Communicating technical content clearly and accessibly, with a focus on relevance, usability and frontline application

Career Highlights

I’ve led the rollout of compliance programmes across several organisations in different sectors, training colleagues with varying levels of experience and building confident, well-informed teams who understand how to apply compliance practically and consistently.

Alongside my core work, I’ve also contributed to industry webinars exploring the mental health and wellbeing of compliance professionals – an area I feel strongly about, particularly given the pressures many in-house teams face. I’m interested in how compliance culture can better support both regulatory outcomes and the people delivering them.