Francois is an admitted advocate of the High Court. He attained his BLC and LLB degrees at the University of Pretoria, as well as his ILPA (Institute for Life and Pension Advisers) (Life) Certificate. Francois has been involved in the financial services industry since 1990 and is an approved compliance officer. He joined Moonstone Compliance as a compliance officer in 2005. Francois is familiar with the challenges faced by financial institutions and financial services providers, as well as non-financial accountable institutions, in the ever-changing regulatory landscape, and has wide experience in Financial Intelligence Centre Act and Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act compliance.

Kayleen is a dedicated professional with a BCom Law degree, whose journey has been enriched by extensive experience in the real estate sector where she discovered her zeal for compliance. Her passion for compliance, particularly compliance with FICA, has been a defining aspect of her career. As a member of the Compliance Institute of South Africa, Kayleen has further honed her expertise in FICA compliance within the legal fraternity.

Kayleen is a new member of Moonstone Compliance, where she serves as an AML Compliance Consultant, providing governance structures with knowledge and tools to effectively fulfil specific AML requirements. Her commitment to creating a supportive compliance environment drives her to provide a proficient service. Kayleen is thrilled to be part of this dynamic team, where she looks forward to making a meaningful impact.

Marili is an Admitted Attorney of the High Court. She has attained her LL.B, LL.M and Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning. After practising law for several years, Marili joined Moonstone in 2022 as the Legal and Compliance Advisor and a member of the Regulatory Support Team. As part of her current role at Moonstone Compliance, she is responsible for drafting and reviewing contracts, intercompany agreements, and other legal documents, and provides legal support to Moonstone business units. Additionally, she provides regulatory support to Moonstone Compliance’s Compliance Officers including the development of documents, compliance and audit tools used by Compliance Officers to assist and enhance the effectiveness of Moonstone’s service offerings, research, and the writing of compliance opinions. Marili is passionate about compliance, houseplants, and her dog.

Lanèl is an Admitted Attorney of the High Court of South-Africa and has been involved in the legal industry since 2017. In 2020 Lanèl joined Moonstone and her duties include amongst others legislative interpretation, contract evaluation, risk identification and management, strategic and operational commentary, monitoring, research and administrative support functions to mitigate risk of non-compliance with legislation and regulations.

Joani is a specialist in general employment and labour law. Her experience includes harassment advice and investigations, restraint of trade advice and negotiations, debarment advice and litigation, disciplinary proceedings at various levels, unlawful competition, and labour related litigation.
She has experience in health and safety related advice and inquiries under the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the Mine Health and Safety Act.
Joani completed her B.Com and LLB degrees at the University of the Free State

Billy is an admitted attorney. He attained Post Graduate and Advanced Post Graduate Diplomas in Financial Planning and is a Certified Financial Planner. He is an approved compliance officer and Compliance Institute member. He has been involved in many areas of the financial services industry since 2000 and has been directly involved with compliance management since 2004. Billy joined Moonstone Compliance in 2011 as Chief Operating Officer. Being at the head of a compliance operation which is responsible for almost 12 000 intermediaries, Billy is well versed in the challenges faced by financial institutions and financial services providers in the ever-changing regulatory landscape.

Before taking up her role at Moonstone Compliance, Andrea was actively involved with the Legal, Compliance and Governance functions of several industry-leading companies. She is an admitted attorney, and has obtained a BA degree in Value and Policy Studies at Stellenbosch University, completed further studies in Human Resource Management and Industrial Psychology, and obtained her LLB and LLM degrees thereafter.

Andrea believes in the value of data privacy and its relationship to trust, brand, growth, risk and compliance. For this reason, she works closely with an organisation's executive management to determine their specific privacy governance requirements and then offers customised solutions through Moonstone Compliance's Privacy Governance Department that is proportionate to the size, scale, geography and resources of their operation. This includes many POPIA related services such as assistance with policy creation and implementation, Personal Information Impact Assessments, Data Flow Mapping, bespoke facilitated training interventions, reviews and POPIA gap analyses, consultation and advice.