Our People

Julian Fenwick
‍Managing Director
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Prior to this Julian was CEO of Blake Dawson Technology. Julian holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Sydney and is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a member of the GRC Institute.

Following a career in hospitality and retail management, Julian moved into the legal compliance industry in October 2000. Since that time he has been instrumental in the development of the online compliance training industry in Australia.Julian is a proud father of two boys, an avid home cook and a keen amateur sailor.

Julian also participates in the annual CEO CookOff raising money to support OzHarvest.Julian is a regular presenter in Australia and Asia on marketing professional services, legal technology, and managing organisational compliance.



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John Blackwell
Head of Operations
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‍who focus on building relationships with people to help them deliver solutions to their organisations.

After working in a variety of external and internally facing roles with PwC for nearly 20 years, John has applied knowledge, experience and skills to ensuring that our clients adopt and implement the solution that best fits their e-learning and policy management needs.

As well as business development, the sales professionals at GRC Solutions provide account management, solution consulting and maintain a keen oversight in the lifecycle of a product implementation to ensure that the organisation and their employees benefit from the investment made.John gets a buzz when a contact he has worked with before, invites him to present our solutions at their new organisation. “The products and solutions sell themselves; the relationships we build with people help them to endure”.



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Adrian Phoon
‍Head of Content
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Since joining GRC Solutions in 2012, he has helped expand our award-winning Salt Compliance courses into the Asia Pacific; continuously improved our products to reflect legal reforms and instructional design principles; and delivered many customised projects for our clients.

From providing thought leadership for the Commonwealth Bank Foundation‘s financial literacy programs to presenting at iDesignX, he has researched, taught and developed content. His writing has been published widely, moving from Shakespeare to modern Chinese art to food sustainability. A University of Sydney graduate with First Class Honours in English Literature, he’s a lifelong learner.
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Joe Bennett
Head of Client Services and Technology
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Joe and his team provide only the highest levels of expertise and product support for our Salt Compliance clients.

He also coordinates learning management system compatibility testing with our Salt Compliance technology to ensure a seamless integration between the two before implementing Salt for our clients.
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Irene Chua
Director of APAC, Business Development

Drawing over 10 years’ experience in management, technical, project management and learning technology roles, she understands many of the risk and compliance issues facing organisations.

Prior to joining GRC Solutions, Irene held management role with Singapore Technologies Engineering Group in Singapore.


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Nathalie Nuijens
Senior consultant

He helps organisations develop a succesful risk and compliance program by converting a strategy into an operational program of work. His practical approach ensures the outcomes influence the way people behave at work.

Liam is a professional trainer and often speaks at conferences and networking events for industry associations such RMIA, GRC Institute, Governance Institute, Institute of Internal Auditors and the IAPP.
Key Skills

Key Skills
◽ Risk and compliance for growth
◽ AFSL and ACL problem solving
◽ AML/CTF programs and training
◽ Consultation, interviews, investigation
◽ Practical solutions development
◽ Dealing with unique organisations
◽ Corporate governance
◽ Whistleblowing

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Justin Muscolino
‍Head of North America Training Operations
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Justin brings over 24 years of wide-arranging experience in compliance, training and regulations. Previously  he served as Head of Compliance Training at Bank of China, Macquarie Group’s Head of Americas Compliance Training and JPMorgan Chase’s Compliance Training Manager.

Justin also worked for FINRA, a US regulator, where he created Examiner University to train examiners on how to perform their function.

Key Skills
◽ 20+ years of regulatory knowledge
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Qualifications & Certifications
◽ Langevin Professional Trainer Certification
◽ Certified Asset Management Professional (CAMP Designation)

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Michael Funston
Senior Manager Legal Compliance
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‍Michael has thirty years post-admission experience as a lawyer. Prior to working for GRC Solutions, he managed the Legal & Compliance team at the Customer Owned Banking Association for ten years.

Michael has also held positions of Senior Lawyer at ASIC, and Coordinator of the Financial Rights Legal Centre (previously Consumer Credit NSW Inc). His areas of expertise-include retail banking and finance regulation, privacy law, financial services industry codes, and general consumer protection law.

Key Skills
◽ High level research and analysis skills
◽ Deep understanding of banking and finance policy issues
◽ Ability to explain complex regulatory issues simply
◽ Lively and engaged public speaker
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Qualifications & Certifications
◽ BA (Hons), University of Melbourne
◽ MA, University of Sydney
◽ LLB, University of Sydney
◽ LLM, UNSW Australia

Stephanie Wong
‍Lawyer
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Stephanie has wide-ranging experience in developing content for the legal sector, having drafted and edited many of our off-the-shelf and custom courses. She writes with a sensitivity towards the industries and sectors our clients work in, and an acute understanding of the human dimensions of the challenges that our learners may encounter, in both the context of their workplaces and the process of learning.
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Key Skills
◽ Knowledge of key regulatory and compliance frameworks, including AML/CTF, privacy law, workplace bullying, discrimination and harassment, and competition and consumer law
◽ Ethics and regulatory training
◽ Australian and international tax law
◽ Creative problem solving and practical solutions development
◽ Legal research
◽ Editing and proofreading

Qualifications & Certifications
◽ Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice – The College of Law
◽ Juris Doctor – University of Sydney
◽ Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing)/Bachelor of Arts (Screen Arts) – Curtin University

Deidre Grover
Senior Compliance Advisor
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Deidre was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW over 30 years ago and has worked at GRC Solutions since late 2018. Deidre has spent many years working in financial services in both education and policy roles. She has also spent many years working as a Senior Legal Writer and Editor and was formerly the Assistant Editor of the authorised NSW Law Reports. 

Over the past decade, Deidre has worked as a Program Developer and Policy Analyst at the College of Law, as the Anti-Money Laundering Graduate Program Manager at the Australian Financial Markets Association, and as a Senior Policy Adviser at Finsia.
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Key Skills
◽ Corporate governance
◽ Modern Slavery
◽ Anti-money laundering (AML)
◽ Whistleblowing
◽ Privacy

Qualifications & Certifications
◽ Diploma in Law (LPAB) (University of Sydney Law Extension Committee)
◽ Practical Legal Training (College of Law)
◽ Graduate Certificate in Public Policy (Australian National University)
◽ Certificate in Not for Profit Governance (Governance Institute of Australia)
◽ Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training (BSZ40198) (Learning Dimensions Australia)

Bill Tarrant
Training Specialist
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Bill is an accomplished trainer with broad-ranging leadership experience
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In creating and delivering online and facilitated training,Bill leverages skills developed in public administration, university teaching,contact centre and sales team management, and most recently seven years involvement with financial services compliance training in Australia. He has deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities associated with delivering compliance training to customer contact staff.
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Key Skills
◽ Applied ethics
◽ Critical reasoning
◽ Change management
◽ Public speaking/presenting
◽ People management
◽ Staff development

Qualifications & Certifications
◽ BA (Hons I Philosophy)
◽ Cert III front line management
◽Prosci Change Management Certification
◽Cert IV in TESOL

Geeta Castle
Regulatory Compliance Consultant

Geeta is the principal consultant at Teal Blu, a boutique regulatory compliance consultancy firm based in Singapore providing expertise and tailored services to organisations doing business in Asia Pacific.
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She has over 20 years of experience covering compliance, risk, governance and audit for top tier Asia Pacific, US and European based organisations.

Her experience includes expertise in advising financial services, financial technology, trading venues, brokerage, pharmaceutical and life sciences organisations.

Key Skills
◽ Corporate governance
◽ Regulatory compliance
◽ Compliance and risk management frameworks
◽ Compliance and ethics culture

Qualifications & Certifications
◽ MBA ( Business Law, International Business) -University of New England
◽ BAppSC - University of Sydney



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