About Helios

Paul Felsch, Founder of Helios Consulting

Paul Felsch, JD – Founder & Owner

Paul Felsch is a former government attorney who has served as Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Counsel at some of the world’s leading retail and institutional investment management firms, including Edward Jones, Allspring Global Investments, and Galliard Capital Management. He is a thought leader, speaker and content contributor for organizations such as the Investment Company Institute (ICI), Mutual Fund Directors Forum (MFDF), Investment Management Education Alliance (IMEA), and National Society of Compliance Professionals (NSCP), among others. He also teaches law school courses on investment management regulation.

He founded Helios because he believed there was a need to redefine traditional GRC consulting with an emphasis on simplicity and creativity, and making sophisticated expertise available in a more accessible and cost-effective manner. He brings two decades of combined legal, regulatory, and compliance experience working with investment managers on their most critical GRC challenges.

Extended Professional Profile

Before founding Helios, Paul served as Chief Compliance Officer for Allspring Funds Management, a global $400B retail and institutional SEC and NFA-registered asset manager. He was responsible for leading Allspring Funds Management’s compliance function that supported the firm’s retail-managed accounts business, as well as the firm’s mutual fund, closed-end fund, CIT, UCITS, and AIF products. While at Allspring, he led Allspring Funds Management’s compliance program through several critical initiatives, including the launch of Allspring’s first-ever suite of ETFs, as well as a process optimization effort that led to a 30% reduction of processes with corresponding economic savings and increased employee engagement. He also led the development of Allspring Funds Management’s compliance program to support the firm’s $60B retail managed account platform.

In addition to Allspring, Paul has served as Chief Compliance Officer for Galliard Capital Management, a global $90B stable value and fixed income SEC-registered asset manager with approximately 90 employees. Galliard offers separate account, CIT, and private fund products to institutional investors such as corporate retirement and benefit plans, foundations and endowments, insurance reserves, operating funds, public entities, and Taft Hartley plans. While with Galliard, he assisted the firm with launching its first-ever set of private funds and enabling Galliard to expand its domestic distribution of its US fixed-income strategies to global jurisdictions such as the UK, Canada, EMEA, and APAC. He also led the merger of Galliard’s compliance program with its new global parent across people, processes, and technology segments.

Prior to Allspring and Galliard, Paul began his industry career at Edward Jones. While there, he served as Chief Compliance Officer & AML Officer for Edward Jones’ proprietary mutual fund complex, overseeing the launch and growth of the complex from one fund with $5B in assets to 8 funds with $180B in assets. Prior to serving as Chief Compliance Officer for Edward Jones’ mutual funds, he held numerous other roles with the firm, including Senior Compliance Counsel where he supported Edward Jones’ retail investment advisory, transfer agency, and distribution business lines and worked with financial advisors nationwide.

A former government attorney as well, Paul began his legal career as an Assistant Attorney General with the Missouri Attorney General’s Office. Upon the Attorney General being elected the Missouri Governor, Paul was asked to serve in the Governor’s administration as Assistant General Counsel at the Missouri Department of Economic Development. Before transitioning into industry, he also held the role of Special Assistant Attorney General & Legal Counsel for the Missouri Department of Revenue.

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Paul lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his wife and two children. He enjoys reading, camping, fly fishing, snowboarding, and (every so often) running.

Tiffany Gentile, Senior Adviser

Tiffany Gentile is a seasoned compliance professional with more than 20 years of experience building and leading compliance programs at premier investment management firms, including Allspring Global Investments, JP Morgan, Wells Fargo, State Street, and BNY Mellon, among others. She has deep expertise in the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, with proven success developing and enhancing compliance programs to meet evolving regulatory requirements and industry best practices at both domestic and global scales.

Tiffany joined Helios to foster meaningful relationships, gain deep insight into each client’s unique operations, and turn complexity into streamlined, scalable solutions. She brings proven expertise in regulatory navigation and a strong track record of driving continuous process improvement.

Extended Professional Profile

Prior to joining Helios, Tiffany served as a Compliance Officer at Allspring Global Investments, where she played an instrumental role in developing the firm’s compliance program to support the retail managed account platform, executed the firm’s annual Rule 206(4)-7 compliance review, implemented firmwide risk assessments under Rule 206(4)-7 and Rule 38a-1, developed scalable testing programs, and managed regulatory examination readiness. She also designed and executed a comprehensive third-party due diligence program, enhanced compliance documentation and reporting, and provided actionable compliance guidance to senior leadership. She further designed and delivered training initiatives that strengthened compliance knowledge across teams, fostered collaboration, and elevated organizational compliance standards.

Tiffany’s career also includes senior compliance roles at Wells Fargo, Standard Life Investments, and BNY Mellon. At Wells Fargo, she played a key role in Rule 38a-1 oversight and trustee board reporting for the Wells Fargo family of funds; at Standard Life, she served as Senior Risk & Compliance Consultant, overseeing the firmwide compliance program; and at BNY Mellon, she was Vice President in Corporate Compliance, where she developed and implemented a global monitoring program for 19 investment boutiques. Her earlier experience at Pioneer Investments, JP Morgan, and State Street Bank provided a strong foundation in pre- and post-trade portfolio compliance, investment operations, and fund accounting.

Recognized for her disciplined and results-driven approach, Tiffany is highly regarded for her ability to align compliance objectives with organizational priorities and foster collaboration across business, legal, risk, and operations teams. She is also known for translating complex regulatory requirements into practical, actionable strategies that strengthen compliance frameworks, mitigate risk, and support executive decision-making. By combining subject matter expertise with business insight, she has consistently enhanced governance structures, improved program resilience, and guided senior leadership in advancing strategic goals.

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Tiffany lives in Everett, MA with her fiancé. She enjoys gardening, crafting, weightlifting, and spending time outdoors.

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