Welcome to Genuine Group

Hello, thank you for visiting our website. We are the Genuine Group Management Team and we’ve been working together for more than 7 years solving many information management challenges, implementing new systems and developing strategies that work. We are practical, helpful and full of energy.

Combining our experiences has helped us to help you to achieve the aims of your organisations. We want to continue to do this and to pass on our skills and experience to those of you who have challenging business issues.

We look forward to working with you.


The Management Team
  • Alison North
    Founded the original company in 1986 under the name AIS. Became Managing Director of FileBusters Ltd in 1995, bought out Document Law Ltd in 2007, became CEO of The Genuine Group in 2008 Alison gained extensive international experience in senior information and records management roles between 1978 and 1986. She left Conoco in April 1986 when she set up AIS as an independent records management consultancy. Alison’s business skills and commercial expertise make her well placed to lead the organisation as it delivers on its commitments to its local and international clients and its colleagues in the RM industry.

    Other roles:
    Trustee of The Friends of Charing Cross Hospital Treasurer of the Records Management Society of Great Britain.


  • Darren Fayker
    Joined AIS in 1991 as a consultant working alongside Alison on many local and international projects. In 1995 he became a director of FileBusters Ltd and when FileBusters became part of the Genuine Group in 2008 he moved over to become Project Director for the Genuine Group. Has extensive experience in developing and implementing records management programmes across many different industries. He is responsible for the continuing development of our REGAL software.


  • Hayley Shanahan
    Joined FileBusters in 2002 as a document supervisor and became operations manager in 2004. In 2008 she became Operations Director of the FileBusters Division of the Genuine Group. Hayley runs our sub-office in Hampshire and is responsible for the management of our long-term contracts and customer relations.


  • Yakubu Bayi
    Joined Document Law Ltd in 2006 and was appointed Legal / Research Director. When Document Law became part of the Genuine Group in 2008, Yaks came too.

    Graduated with a degree in Law and a Masters in Maritime & Commercial Law from Cardiff University, specialising in international Banking and Insurance. As a student, Yaks worked with FileBusters during his vacations and became interested in the legal aspects of records management. He now heads up the Document Law Research division of the company with responsibility to deliver all the legislative and regulatory citations that form the bedrock of the REGAL database.