Larry Nakamura

Larry Nakamura has more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry in operations and compliance, focusing on helping firms build better operational controls for their compliance programs and mitigating regulatory risks. Larry has conducted numerous risk reviews, compliance program assessments, mock regulatory examinations, and independent anti-money laundering audits for a vast array of independent registered investment advisory firms, investment companies, broker-dealers, and hybrid financial services organizations. His work focuses on finding and creating well-designed solutions to compliance and operational challenges aligned with clients' core business values.

Before joining CF Compliance Consulting Group, he served as vice president and chief compliance officer of Corient and as head of U.S. compliance for CI Financial Corp., where he oversaw the compliance integration of more than 25 firms managing $130 billion in retail, institutional, and private funds assets. Larry also spent nine years as an executive regulatory consultant at National Regulatory Services, now Comply. He has also served as an independent compliance consultant as part of several SEC settlement agreements and has provided testimony as an expert witness in SEC enforcement matters. In 1998, Larry co-founded Nexa Technologies Inc., which developed a multilingual direct-access trading platform for high-frequency traders with real-time back-office risk management systems.

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Speaking Engagements

"Service Provider Oversight," Investment Adviser Association (July 22, 2026)

"Regulatory Examinations: Investment Advisers," COMPLYConnect, Miami Beach, FL (October 15, 2025)