DC-Services UK Team Gallery

Signoff Authority and Segregation of Duties

No practitioner can sign a record they drafted. Stage-one and stage-two reviewers must sit in different tracks. The system is enforced by the workflow, not by convention: a record cannot be marked released until two distinct practitioner identifiers, from two distinct tracks, are recorded against it.

• ›Written intake brief signed by the client
• ›Conflicts screen and independence check
• ›Defined deliverable list and retention envelope

Vetting, Training and Continuing Development

Joining the firm requires identity verification, qualification checks against the original awarding body, and a documented sanctions screen. Continuing development is logged against the track the practitioner sits in. Practitioners who move tracks complete a transfer brief before taking signoff authority in the new track.

• ›Source hashing at intake
• ›Role-based, time-bound access
• ›Two-stage review before release

Conflicts Framework Applied to People

Each practitioner declares personal holdings, advisory roles and family interests against the conflicts register before any matter is assigned. Where a conflict is identified the practitioner is removed from the matter; reassignment is recorded in writing. The register is held by the secretariat, not by the operating tracks.

Codified Exclusions for All Personnel

No practitioner, regardless of track or seniority, is authorised to hold client keys, place trades, or issue investment, tax or legal advice on behalf of the firm. Requests of that kind are declined at intake. The exclusions apply uniformly so that counterparties can take them as a fact about every person in the gallery.