The Board guides Knights’ approach and is committed to extending its values to all stakeholder groups, including shareholders, clients, employees, governments and regulators, as well as the communities in which it operates.

The Board is comprised of two Executive Directors, the Non-Executive Chairman, and a further two independent Non-Executive Directors. The Board believes that the Directors have an effective blend of financial and public market experience, diversity, skillsets and capabilities. Our CEO, David Beech, is the only member of our Board with a legal background. The rest of the Directors bring a broad range of experience from across various disciplines and a wide range of industries.

We are scaling our culture of operating responsibly, sustainably and with integrity. This is essential to the long-term success of the Group.

The Group is governed by the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority, the Financial Conduct Authority and its own rigorous commitment to conducting its business to the highest standards.

Knights has a meticulous ‘Know Your Client’ process to ensure that its business is not used as a conduit for the proceeds of crime, terrorism or money laundering. The Group conducts thorough audits on client backgrounds prior to working with them, and its dedicated, independent in-house compliance teams rigorously monitor all work being conducted throughout the business on an ongoing basis.

All colleagues receive mandatory compliance training during the onboarding process and are required to refresh this every year, with over 5,722 hours of refresher training delivered in FY23.

Anti-Bribery and Corruption

Knights is committed to maintaining the highest standards of ethics and compliance with all relevant laws wherever it does business. The Group does not tolerate any form of bribery or corruption and requires all individuals working for it to comply with anti-bribery and corruption laws and ethical standards.

Whistleblowing

All employees of Knights should feel able to raise concerns about any safety, legal or ethical issues. If they feel unable to report these concerns to a manager the Group also provides an anonymous whistleblowing process, which is detailed on its intranet.

Modern Slavery

The Group has a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery anywhere in our supply chain and a full copy of its policy is available on our website.