Ian Morrison

Throughout his career, Ian has built an extensive global network of senior compliance and risk professionals, partnering with organisations across the UK, Europe, Middle East and Asia. His client base spans investment banks, asset managers, private equity and hedge funds, insurers, multinational corporates, professional services organisations, law firms and rapidly growing financial technology businesses.

Ian specialises in senior and leadership appointments, typically from Vice President and Director through to Managing Director, Partner and functional leadership level. He has worked closely with Chief Compliance Officers, Financial Crime Prevention leaders and General Counsels, providing executive search and market intelligence around some of their most business-critical appointments.

His track record includes searches for Chief Compliance Officers, regional and global Heads of Compliance, Heads of Financial Crime Prevention, Money Laundering Reporting Officers (MLROs), Investigations leaders and senior specialists across Anti-Money Laundering, Sanctions, Compliance Monitoring and Regulatory Risk. His international search experience includes mandates across the UK, UAE, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, India, Korea, Malaysia and Australia.

Alongside executive search, Ian has significant experience delivering complex market intelligence and talent-mapping projects. He works as a strategic partner to clients looking to understand competitor structures, benchmark senior talent, enter new markets or build and strengthen specialist Compliance and Financial Crime functions.

Central to Ian's approach is his belief that recruitment should be the outcome of a relationship, rather than the starting point. Over many years, he has built an international community of senior compliance professionals by sharing market intelligence, regulatory developments and thought leadership, alongside podcasts, speaking engagements and industry events.

At Meraki Talent, Ian is developing a specialist practice focused on the increasingly complex challenges facing organisations across Financial Crime Prevention, Compliance, Regulatory Risk, Investigations and ESG Governance. His coverage extends beyond traditional financial services into multinational corporates, insurance, private equity, professional services, fintech and digital assets, where regulatory scrutiny and the need for experienced leadership continue to grow.

Known for his international perspective and relationship-led approach, Ian's aim is to be a trusted source of information and advice to clients and candidates, not simply someone they contact when they have a vacancy. Whether an organisation is building a new compliance function, strengthening its financial crime capability, making a critical leadership appointment or seeking intelligence on an evolving market, Ian brings together specialist knowledge, an extensive global network and more than two decades of search experience.