LEADERSHIP
LEADERSHIP WITH PURPOSE
INF Risk Management was founded to be more than a compliance provider — to partner with Financial Services Providers navigating an increasingly complex regulatory environment. At INF Risk Management we believe effective compliance goes beyond policies, procedures and regulatory checklists. It is about embedding good governance, ethical conduct, accountability and fair customer outcomes into the way a business operates. Our approach is practical, risk-based and outcomes-focused. We translate complex regulatory requirements into workable solutions that strengthen businesses, support better decision-making and place the client’s best interest at the heart of compliance. Compliance should work in practice — not only exist on paper.
Andrea venter
Legal. regulatory. governance. compliance with conscience.
EMPOWER
INSPIRE
Andrea Venter is the Founder and Managing Director of INF Risk Management (Pty) Ltd and an experienced legal, regulatory compliance, governance and risk management professional. An admitted Attorney, FSCA-approved Compliance Officer and JSE Derivatives Compliance Officer, she combines a strong legal foundation with extensive practical experience across financial services regulation, corporate governance, enterprise risk management, compliance and commercial contracting.
She holds an LLB from the University of Pretoria, an LLM in Private Law from the University of South Africa (UNISA), and a Certificate in Compliance Management from the University of Cape Town (UCT).
Andrea began her professional career in legal practice, with a particular focus on conveyancing, commercial and property law. She later transitioned into the financial services industry as a Financial and Investment Adviser, gaining valuable first-hand experience of the advice process, client engagement and the commercial and regulatory realities faced by financial advisers and Financial Services Providers.
Her career subsequently expanded into the microfinance sector, where she developed further experience in financial services regulation, operational risk management and compliance.
Andrea later joined Cargill, a major global agribusiness and one of the world’s largest privately held companies, where she served as Regional Contracts Desk Lead, with responsibility across South Africa, Zambia and Kenya. Her regional role within this complex multinational environment further developed her expertise in commercial contracting, contract risk, corporate governance, internal controls and the management of legal and commercial risk across multiple jurisdictions. Her career thereafter evolved into specialised roles spanning regulatory compliance, corporate governance, enterprise risk management and internal audit. This breadth of experience shaped Andrea’s approach to compliance: not as an isolated regulatory function or administrative exercise, but as an integral part of how a responsible, resilient and well-governed business operates.
Today, through INF Risk Management, Andrea works closely with Financial Services Providers, Key Individuals and management teams to translate complex regulatory obligations into practical and proportionate compliance frameworks, controls and processes. Her focus extends beyond identifying what regulation requires to helping businesses understand how those requirements can be effectively implemented, evidenced and embedded into day-to-day operations. At the heart of Andrea’s professional philosophy and the culture of INF Risk Management — is a steadfast commitment to acting in the client’s best interest. For Andrea, this extends beyond regulatory obligation. It is fundamental to ethical financial services, sound governance, responsible decision-making and sustainable business. Her approach is grounded in a simple principle: Compliance should work in practice, not only exist on paper.
Andrea is particularly passionate about ethical leadership, accountability and building a strong compliance conscience within business. She believes that effective compliance environments are created when businesses understand not only what regulation requires, but why it matters, and when good governance, ethical conduct and fair customer outcomes become part of the business’s culture.
This philosophy underpins INF Risk Management’s approach to every client relationship: EDUCATE | EMPOWER | INSPIRE
Compliance with conscience.
