About me
A skilled compliance professional with a Master’s Degree in Law, ICA diploma in anti-money laundering, Machine Learning and Data Analytics certificate, and significant experience in banking and compliance. Through an extensive career, possesses a strong knowledge of anti-money laundering and sanctions requirements, risks and controls, and deep expertise in monitoring and testing financial crime processes. Professionally, adopts an analytical approach to problem solving, is confident working under pressure with tight deadlines, and has excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Prioritises life-long learning and future oriented knowledge, has recently achieved the MSc Crime Science at UCL with a dissertation on the use of machine learning models to mitigate the risk of cryptocurrency money laundering.
Main Skills
Control Testing
Perform end to end testing of financial crime controls and processes
Assurance and Testing Program Design
Create, implement and enhance Assurance and Testing programs
Risk Monitoring
Identify key metrics to monitor risks and performance of financial crime controls
Stakeholder Management
Liaise, influence and collaborate with stakeholders at different levels
Data Analysis
Analyse large dataset to identify risks and trends
Management Information
Create and refine existing MI to effectively report risks and potential issues
Ad meliora
UCL, London
Master in Crime science | 10/2024 – 09/2025 (Expected)
Enrolled in the UCL MSc in Crime science with Cybercrime with the following courses:
- Horizon scanning
- Applied data science
- Multivariate modelling and causal inference
- Cybercrime and cybersecurity
- Crime prevention
- Research design
Professional Experience
Revolut, London
Vice President, Risk and Advisory, Sanctions | 05/2024 – 10/2024
Support the first and second lines of defence globally with the implementation of new products and controls to ensure effective mitigation of sanctions risks
- Support the design and development of financial crime controls by translating regulatory requirements into actionable controls
- Identify and report potential gaps in sanctions controls design, offering effective solutions to senior management
- Evaluate effectiveness of controls over new product implementation based on global and local requirements
- Liaise with a wide range of first and second line of defence stakeholders to evaluate product risks and implement effective controls to mitigate them
- Lead the Group Sanctions Management Forum committee as deputy chair
MUFG, London
Vice President, Global Financial Crime Department Operations | 03/2022 – 11/2023
Support the first and second lines of defence across three regions with the outsourcing and offshoring of financial crime processes
- Created the regional outsourcing and offshoring KYC procedures, through driving industry best practices across the bank to streamline processes and avert regulatory breaches
- Identified and reported potential risks and gaps in the controls outsourced, offering effective solutions to senior management and preventively remediate issues
- Advised the financial crime outsourcing initiative, ensuring full compliance with key regulations and policies
- Led an EMEA wide review of the financial crime MI and reporting activities to ensure transparent and timely communication of control coverage and effectiveness to senior management
- Provided expertise on internal policies and regulatory requirements to multiple stakeholders across the bank
Interim Director, Global Conformance Monitoring | 08/2021 – 02/2022
Develop a global monitoring program to determine suitable activities and metrics to monitor the status of the financial crime controls against risks and requirements
- Analysed and interpreted data sets to create dashboards representing trends and performances, conveying complex information clearly to senior management, and enabling them to make informed strategic decisions
- Liaised with various stakeholders to determine meaningful key risk and performance indicators representing the effectiveness of financial crime controls
- Lead a team and achieved internally set timeline and targets for the creation of the program
- Created a monitoring methodology to establish and deliver the program across the bank
- Presented the program and progress to different level of senior management, ensuring alignment of expectations
Vice President, Global Conformance Quality Assurance | 10/2020 – 07/2021
Design and implement the global compliance Quality Assurance program
- Created the Quality Assurance controls design and assured its correct adoption across multiple regions
- Worked with different levels of stakeholders to deliver a globally aligned and consistent program in line with commitments made to senior management
- Led the implementation of the controls operating across multiple countries’ first line of defence, identified control weaknesses and ensured issues were correctly remediated
- Simplified and automated templates and processes through technical improvements, ensuring the effective use of resources and eliminated data reporting errors
HSBC, Edinburgh
Senior Manager, Compliance Assurance Professional Practices | 02/2018 – 09/2020
Develop and enhance the compliance Assurance program in line with regulatory standards
- Enhanced Assurance procedures and sampling guidance in line with group and industry standards, avoiding occurrences of noncompliance with existing regulations
- Provided advice and expertise to regional teams for the planning, execution and reporting of compliance testing reviews to ensure delivery of high quality reports to Senior Management
- Liaised and collaborated with internal audit to ensure the effective management of risks and controls
- Built understanding and ensured the correct adoption of the sampling methodology
Senior Manager, Compliance Monitoring and Testing, Periodic Activity Testing | 04/2017 – 01/2018
Manager, Compliance Monitoring and Testing, Periodic Activity Testing | 09/2016 – 03/2017
Design and implement the financial crime periodic activity testing program, with oversight of its effectiveness and coverage, ensuring strong global governance, management, and execution
- Created guides, procedures, and minimum standards for periodic testing, meeting internal requirements
- Supported the regional assurance teams in the creation of the annual testing plan, ensuring appropriate coverage of financial crime controls
- Guided regional colleagues to undertake conformance checks, providing feedback and tracking remedial actions
- Collaborated with different testing functions, shared common issues, and developed best practices resulting in a decrease of identified noncompliance situation
Sapientia potentia est