Press Release: Seasoned Professional Services CEO joins tech forward Compliance Consultancy at a transformative time for industry

Cosegic, one of the UK's leading compliance consultancies, is delighted to announce the appointment of Ben Cook as CEO to drive growth at home and internationally.

Cosegic was acquired by MML Capital, a Midmarket Private Equity fund in 2024, as a platform for delivering a global compliance services, with technology at its core.

Across the US and UK, there are almost 20,000 regulated investment firms. That’s 20,000 teams wrestling with changing regulatory requirements, sometimes conflicting positions from different regulators and a challenging economic environment. Cosegic’s technology platform, alongside 20 years of experience in advising firms enables clients to get the best support, delivered in a way that works with 2025 ways of working.

“With regulation evolving around the world, the need for high quality professional services, underpinned by a transformational technology layer has never been more important”, said Cook. He continued, “With changes in the US, driven in no small part by the new Administration, the FCA here at home, consulting on changes to the regulatory framework for AIFMs, and consistently increasing demands on clients’ internal compliance teams, the opportunity to support the market is vast”.

Martin Smith, Chairman at Cosegic, added:

“Ben’s extensive experience of professional services and rich history of corporate leadership make him the ideal person to lead Cosegic through the next phase of its growth. We have ambitious plans, both in the UK and internationally, and are delighted to have someone of Ben’s calibre on board.”

Tom Biddle, Partner at MML, Cosegic’s lead investor said, “Ben brings exactly the type of foresight and energy that we’re looking for to help Cosegic become the business we know it can. We invested in Cosegic because its services are best-in-class and the market opportunity for the business is huge. We are delighted to be backing Ben and the team to accelerate the business’ growth”

Cosegic was founded in 2003 and supports clients in the US and UK with FCA authorisation, SEC registration, ongoing compliance consulting, prudential services, online training and compliance software. Philip Naughton, current CEO will retire on 11 April 2025.

Source: Data from the SEC’s IAPD Database shows that there are more than 17,000 Registered Investment Advisors. The FCA has more than 2,500 Investment Firms registered.  Data as at April 8 2025.

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