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Vice President – Anti Financial Crime Digital Assets

Digital Assets Compliance & Anti-Financial Crime - global advisor to institutional banks on digital asset risk, supporting corporate, private and investment banking products and clients.

Currently responsible for the rollout of a new anti-financial crime framework to support institution grade products.

E2E control design, regulatory management, licence applications etc.

Comp Sci background.

Experience: 11 years

Yearly salary: $180,000

Hourly rate: $150

Nationality: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Residency: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Experience

Vice President – Anti-Financial Crime Digital Assets

Deutsche Bank

2022 - 2025

Global Advisory Lead for Corporate and Investment Banking. Advising the bank on financial crime risk of cryptocurrency, stablecoin, tokenised asset-based products, clients and transactions. Leading control enhancement program across Transaction Monitoring, Sanctions, KYC, Operations etc. to attain BaFin & MAS crypto custodian licences. Implemented global Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) client onboarding framework (incl. correspondent relationships), allowing the expansion of client base to crypto exchanges. Implemented digital asset native controls – Blockchain Analytics, Coin Listing Process, VASP counterparty assessment methodology. Line manager for senior Transaction Monitoring experts. Conducting regulatory horizon scanning to determine control framework future requirements. Developing training programs for internal anti-financial crime teams.

Vice President (Contract) – Anti-Financial Crime Data

Deutsche Bank

2021 - 2022

Worked as data delivery expert for MI teams conducting internal and external reporting.

Vice President (Contract) – Anti-Financial Crime Technology

Deutsche Bank

2017 - 2020

Implemented Gifts & Entertainment control, creating a new preventative capability in the bank. Designed enhanced Name List Screening user interface to increase investigator alert volume.