Thistle Consulting

About Thistle Consulting

Thistle Consulting, formerly Thistle Initiatives, is the alternative consultancy for financial services. We are the award-winning specialists helping firms navigate regulatory change, transform their businesses, and meet their strategic growth objectives. By combining deep sector expertise with practical delivery experience, we support firms across regulatory compliance, business transformation, financial crime, and M&A services. Our partnership-led approach embeds best practice and compliance into the way businesses operate, enabling sustainable growth in fast-changing markets. Founded in 2012 and part of the Thistle Group, we support ambitious firms across investments and wealth, payment services, digital assets, insurance, banking, and credit. Our team of more than 80 consultants, former regulators and lawyers, and industry practitioners combines subject expertise with commercial understanding, helping clients grow with confidence in a complex and changing environment.