SMF Capital is a specialist recruitment firm focused on Senior Management Function (SMF) appointments for UK FCA-regulated businesses. Led personally by Adrian Lawrence FCA, it recruits executive and non-executive leaders for permanent, interim and fractional roles, with regulatory fit-and-proper considerations built into each search from the outset.

The firm serves wealth and investment managers, consumer credit lenders, insurers and intermediaries, banks and building societies, payments and fintech businesses, crypto-asset firms, and overseas organisations establishing UK branches. Its services include SMF recruitment, short-term leadership cover, authorisation support, governance and SMF structure reviews, coordinated board and executive team searches, and recruitment support for overseas firms.

SMF Capital recruits across a broad range of functions, including regulated chief executives, chief risk and operating officers, compliance officers, MLROs, chairs and committee chairs, and other senior management roles. Its process considers the responsibilities attached to each appointment, the firm’s regulatory context and candidates’ suitability for approval.