About Seonaid Mackenzie – Strathmore’s Global Press Release
Seonaid Mackenzie is Managing Partner of Sturgeon Ventures LLP, a financial services firm which provides investment management, corporate finance and compliance/regulatory advice as well as training for start-ups and established firms. Sturgeon Ventures is the pioneer of the Regulatory Incubator (Regulatory Umbrella in the U.K.) and has incubated many start-ups.
Seonaid Mackenzie, MD of Sturgeon Ventures has been voted one of the top 30 most inspirational entrepreneurs in the City for 2104 by Brummell Magazine.
Seonaid Mackenzie has had a 30-year career in the City, and founded Sturgeon Ventures in 1998, the pioneering regulatory incubator for start-up managers.
Every September, Brummell showcases the most successful women currently working in the City and, this year, we focus on entrepreneurs. A true inspiration to other women (and men), these 30 visionaries have shown originality in their ideas and are not averse to taking both personal and material risks.
Sturgeon Ventures named Most Trusted FCA Regulatory Incubator 2014 – UK
Sturgeon Ventures was named Most Trusted FCA Regulatory Incubator 204 by one of the most respected business publications, Acquisition International magazine’s prestigious 2014 Finance Awards.
ACQ MAGAZINE announced Sturgeon Ventures has won the UK – Business Incubator of the year 2104 at the ACQ GLOBAL AWARDS 2014
Since 2008, the ACQ GLOBAL AWARDS have been celebrating achievement, innovation and brilliance in their annual awards with award winners chosen by the industry itself.
2014 M&A Award Winners Revealed
United Kingdom – 12th June 2014 – Winners of the prestigious 2014 M&A Awards, sponsored by UK-based AI Global Media, Acquisition International Magazine and DealFlow Source have been announced today.
On 21st November Sturgeon Ventures LLP were awarded Regulatory Incubator Firm of the Year 2013 Award from The publishers of Acquisition International Magazine, in their 2013 Finance Awards.
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2013 Finance Awards – Winners Announced
Seonaid Mackenzie, Managing Partner at Sturgeon Ventures LLP, is proud to have been named “Compliance Innovator of the Year” at the prestigious Thomson Reuters’ 2013 Compliance Awards.
Seonaid said:
“At Sturgeon Ventures we are always looking to innovate and bring the best solutions and highest levels of service to our clients.
PRESS RELEASE
Thomson Reuters Accelus held their 9th Compliance Awards on 6th November 2013 at the Sheraton Park Lane in London’s Piccadilly. It was a packed out evening with the great and the good from the London world of regulation and compliance.
Seonaid Mackenzie, Founding Partner of Sturgeon Ventures LLP, won the 2013 Compliance Innovator of the Year Award, accepting her award to great cheers from her table consisting of some of the Sturgeon team as well as incubated clients.
2013 Compliance Innovator of the Year
Seonaid Mackenzie has been nominated for the award of “2013 Compliance Innovator of the Year” at the 2013 Compliance Awards.
Seonaid is the Managing Partner at Sturgeon Ventures LLP.
About the Awards:
Since 2004, Thomson Reuters Governance, Risk and Compliance has continued to reward the outstanding achievement of remarkable individuals and firms working in the fields of compliance and regulation.
FCA Logo is never to be used in branding by FCA Regulated Firms, their Appointed Representative Firms or any other associated company.
Consumer duty refers to the responsibility of consumers to make informed and ethical choices when it comes to purchasing goods and services. It encompasses the idea that consumers should consider the impact of their consumption habits on society, the environment, and other stakeholders.
Why should we care, it’s just a little education, whilst pondering about why 15th January is called Blue Monday, I thought why the rainbow is a symbol of hope… and the educational piece came about.
Sturgeon Ventures supports Crosslight Advice and Seonaid Mackenzie is a trustee, this charity is having an impact on our society during these times of hardship www.crosslightadvice.org.
Sturgeon Ventures recently read that the FCA has launched a permanent Digital Sandbox for those involved in a variety of related themes, including – banking, payments, pensions and wholesale sell and buy-sides.
Sturgeon Ventures is pleased to share the latest press release from The Women in Finance Charter Annual Review 2022 and proud to say it has been a signatory to the Charter since its inception in July 2016.
Sturgeon Ventures likes to share great articles on important topics for our industry. See below for a recent article from Osborne Clarke on the issues around sustainable ESG performance or specific ESG-linked activities.
Sturgeon Ventures are pleased to announce that they have won the recent Lawyers Worldwide Awards 2023 for Start-up Compliance Consultancy Firm of the Year – UK.
