About Us
Unlocking Market Access
We’re in the tomorrow business, providing you with critical insights to empower your strategic vision. Our mission is to help ensure global companies have the tools to build safe, sustainable, products in a world full of change.
Compliance & Risks
We are the trusted market access technology provider for the world’s leading brands. We have spent two decades honing the digital tools, expertise and content you need to monitor, assess and prove your products’ compliance, protecting your brands and helping drive your growth.
We stay ahead of an ever-evolving regulatory landscape so that you can, too.
In Numbers
2002
Founded In
160
People on the team
28
Languages spoken
Our History Timeline
2023
Launch of ESG Solution To Help Global Brands Meet Regulatory Obligations
With the increased scrutiny on climate change and greenwashing, we launched a new ESG Solution to help global organizations meet new regulatory obligations.
Compliance & Risks Seek EEE Manufacturers to Partake in Research Study for EU Commission funded Project Scandere
Compliance & Risks today announces its partnership with EU Commission funded Project Scandere, focused on examining the potential of product-as-a-service (PaaS) models to better execute and promote a sustainable, circular economy.
Compliance & Risks & WFSGI Launch Mastering Labelling Compliance Series
Compliance & Risks and The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) announces the launch of their “Mastering Labelling Compliance” fireside chat series.
2022
C&R Partners with ICPHSO to Support 2022 Student Mentorship Programme
Announcing the sponsorship of this year’s ICPHSO Student Mentorship Programme.
2021
Winner of Best Flexible Working Strategy
Up against stiff competition, our team were the proud winners of ‘Best Flexible Working Strategy’ category at the HR Leadership & Management Awards 2021.
Strategic Investment from Luminate Capital Partners
After a significant investment from Luminate Capital Partners, we began our drive for rapid growth and investment in our platform, people and services.
Launch of Evidence Module in C2P
In order to help clients to achieve, maintain and demonstrate compliance for all products in all markets, we introduced the Evidence Module to further enhance C2P’s holistic approach to the industry’s challenges.
2020
C2P contains 60,000 regulations over 40 regulatory topics
C2P contains the world’s most comprehensive database of product compliance coverage, with over 60,000 regulations, standards and related documents across 40 regulatory topics.
2019
Named in 50 Innovative Companies to Watch 2019
Further recognition of our progress came in 2019 from Silicon Review when we were named in this highly competitive category.
Standards Module launched in C2P
The C2P Standards Module was launched, providing search, discovery, analysis and full-text access to standards in a single platform, ‘live linked’ to regulations and product requirements.
Recognized in Top 20 Most Promising Compliance Technology Solutions Providers List
CIO Review Magazine recognised us as one of the Top 20 Most Promising Compliance Technology Solutions Providers in the world.
2018
Shortlisted for EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards
Founder, Damien McGovern, is shortlisted for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.
WFSGI Compliant Labelling Requirements Database is launched
Partnering with the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI), we developed the WFSGI Compliant Labelling Requirements (CLR) Database, providing global information on labelling requirements for the sporting goods industry.
2017
Listed In Top 10 Fastest Growing Compliance Companies
Named as one of the top 10 fastest growing compliance companies by Silicon Review, a trusted community for business and technology professionals.
2016
Harnessing the power of machine learning
Advances in technology innovation sees machine learning adopted in C2P, leveraging algorithms to predict the likelihood of proposed regulation coming into force with 95% accuracy.
2013
Working with INTERPOL and United Nations University to crack down on e-Waste illegal trade
Compliance & Risks began working on the Countering WEEE Illegal Trade (CWIT) project with INTERPOL, United Nations University and other partners to provide a set of recommendations to support the European Commission and law enforcement agencies in countering the illegal trade of e-Waste in and from Europe.
2012
Market Access Advisory service is launched
Our bespoke advisory service is launched to support clients in understanding and achieving their compliance obligations around the globe.
2011
C2P contains 11,000 regulations
Extensive work by our in house team sees our regulatory content grow to over 11,000 regulations, standards and related documents.
2010
Compliance & Risks reaches the 100 client mark
Increasingly popular and trusted within the industry, we signed our 100th client.
2005
C2P piloted by a bluechip consumer brand
We landed our first large, blue chip, multinational consumer brand, successfully proving C2P’s capabilities for the first time at scale.
2002
Compliance & Risks is founded
Built on the simple idea that there was a better way to assess the risks and opportunities in changing product regulation, we created the C2P platform to help manage and navigate the world of compliance.
- Leadership Team
- The Board
Meet Our Leadership Team
Our Leadership Team spans the US and EMEA and is responsible for setting the strategic direction of Compliance & Risks.
With extensive industry and specialist experience in their field their goal is to enable the growth of our business to retain our position as the market leader in market access and product compliance solutions.
He is responsible for the corporate direction, strategy and M&A activity enabling the executive team to drive innovation in everything we do.
Joe has degrees in Materials Science and Industrial Technology as well as a Masters in Business Administration.
He has over 30+ years’ experience as an Executive Revenue Operator who has driven accelerated revenue growth on a global scale for B2B technology companies.
A graduate from Millikin University, he has a BA in Accounting. Outside of C&R Craig enjoys the beautiful weather of southeast Florida spending time with his family and fitting in a little golf.
Outside of work, Ruth loves to travel, enjoys skiing and spending time with family. Ruth is a Certified Public Accountant and developed her career foundation through undergraduate (European studies) and postgraduate (Business and Financial Information Systems) degrees at University College Cork in Ireland.
Before joining Compliance & Risks, he worked in the Fintech and Financial Services Industry, having spent time with Finastra and Vista PE.
Before AQ, Matt’s product experience includes Urjanet, Kabbage, CNN, Apple and IBM.
Before joining Compliance & Risks, Sandra operated a leading HR consultancy practice in Ireland. She has also held various HR positions in Lotus Development (IBM), EMC/Dell, Graphite HRM and Marks & Spencer Plc at management level in the UK and Ireland.
Sandra has lectured and developed course material for HRM and Organisational Development subjects for various university degree programmes.
Sandra’s motto is to spend time looking for people’s diverse qualities because that’s what makes a good team great.
Prior to joining Compliance & Risks, Eric was CTO Autoquotes (acquired by Revalize), a SaaS platform that turned aggregated content into value.
He also led Engineering for predictive analytics provider EagleEye (acquired by Guidewire), field service SaaS platform WorkWave, and mobility solution provider Agentek.
Meet Our Board
Our Board of Directors have extensive experience leading and scaling B2B SaaS technology businesses. With our strategic investor Luminate Capital Partners they are helping drive our next phase of accelerated growth.
Prior to founding Luminate, Hollie focused on software private equity investing at Silver Lake. Earlier in her career she worked in private equity at Hellman & Friedman and in investment banking at Morgan Stanley & Co.
She graduated from Harvard University with an A.B. in Economics and received an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Mark is an Operating Partner at Luminate Capital Partners and is based in Atlanta, GA.
Prior to Luminate, Mark founded and served as CEO of Orderly, a restaurant technology company and co-founded the restaurant group Takorea. He was also a founding partner of Actuate Partners, a technology investment group and advisor to Silver Lake.
Mark received his B.S. in Accounting at Miami University.
He is a Partner at Luminate Capital Partners and is based in San Francisco. Prior to joining Luminate, Dave was an investment professional at Mainsail Partners.
Dave received his M.A. in Finance and his B.A. in Economics from Claremont McKenna College.
He is responsible for the corporate direction, strategy and M&A activity enabling the executive team to drive innovation in everything we do.
Joe has degrees in Materials Science and Industrial Technology as well as a Masters in Business Administration.
Outside of work, Ruth loves to travel, enjoys skiing and spending time with family. Ruth is a Certified Public Accountant and developed her career foundation through undergraduate (European studies) and postgraduate (Business and Financial Information Systems) degrees at University College Cork in Ireland.
Our People
Our culture and people are at the heart of our success. Our high retention rates give an indication of the supportive environment we work in, alongside our encouraged career progression possibilities. The stability and reliability of our service are two standing pillars our clients have come to appreciate when working with us.
We are always growing our team. Find out if we have a role that’s right for you.
Our ESG Pledge
Our mission is to help ensure global companies have the tools to build safe, sustainable, products in a world full of change.
We are dedicated to being a socially and environmentally responsible business and conduct our business with integrity, living by our core values; trust, innovation, winning together, and respect.