FinCrime Spotlight

Why should you embrace traumatic events and failures? How can creativity, discipline and intuition shape your professional journey? What advice would a CTO give to a young data scientist?

Gemma Rogers, Co-Founder, FINTRAIL sits down with Jeff to explore his personal and professional journey.

Jeff has most recently been with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York leading the Fed’s data science division and responsible for numerous artificial intelligence initiatives across the Fed. His start-up experience includes Strevus, Inc. where Jeff was Founder and CTO and Siperian, Inc where Jeff served as Chief Scientist. Jeff has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UC Berkeley, a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Illinois, and an undergraduate in Computer Science from Dartmouth College.

Have you discovered your FinCrime niche? How understanding the everyday realities of the FinCrime professional will help improve of policy making? Why private and public partnerships will become even more crucial in the fight against financial crime? Gemma Rogers,

Co-Founder, FINTRAIL sits down with Isabella to explore her personal and professional journey.

Isabella sits in the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies at RUSI. Her work focuses on the UK’s financial crime policy agenda and assesses its effectiveness in light of evolving threats. She is a member of the RUSI Task Force on the Future of UK Sanctions Policy. Before joining RUSI, she was the Financial Crime Writer at RegTech, ComplyAdvantage where she commented on global AML/CFT standards and their impact on regulated entities. Isabella holds a master’s degree with distinction in Intelligence and International Security from King’s College London.

Why is it essential for compliance to be a core feature for all new products? How can FinCrime professionals utilise the art of storytelling? Adapting to new systems, teams and cultures; what does it mean to be a consultant?

Gemma Rogers, Co-Founder, FINTRAIL sits down with John to explore his personal and professional journey.

John is the AML/BSA Officer at TransferWise, as well as the company’s Financial Crime Oversight Lead for North America. He joined TransferWise in 2019 from Navigant Consulting, where he was a Senior Consultant. Prior to Navigant, he held multiple roles in financial crime compliance at American Express. John is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and admitted to practice law in two states.

Why is it critical for a young analyst to be patient? How does the ‘hero complex’ manifest itself in startups that experience hyper growth? What are the differences in compliance cultures in the US, the UK and Ireland?

Gemma Rogers, Co-Founder, FINTRAIL sits down with Kate to explore her personal and professional journey.

Kate Hotten built and now leads Stripe's financial crimes program across APAC, EMEA and LatAm. Prior to Stripe, Kate worked for Wells Fargo in the U.S. and U.K. with a focus on anti-bribery and corruption and correspondent banking portfolio risk. She has been recruited for projects in Angola, Jordan and Uganda sponsored by counter-terrorism grants and similar initiatives. Kate is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and received a Master of Science in Economics from University of California, Santa Cruz.

Why facing your fears can become the gateway to new opportunities?  How personal branding can strengthen your network? What traditional financial institutions can learn from a digitally enabled approach?

Gemma Rogers, Co-Founder, FINTRAIL sits down with Stephen to explore his personal and professional journey.

Stephen Brent Sargeant is an Anti-Money Laundering Investigator (AML) and Law Enforcement Liaison at industry leading cryptocurrency exchange, Bitfinex. He previously acquired AML experience working for international Bank, HSBC as an AML Investigations Manager. Passionate about helping others, Stephen has written articles and produced podcasts on social media platform, LinkedIn, for professionals in the Financial Crime Compliance field. He has also collaborated with many other industry leaders in creating events for Foreign Professionals and Women in Compliance. 

How can you effectively operate as a compliance professional within a FinTech? Why being open and exploring change can create new and exciting opportunities? How being both a mentor and a mentee can help you reach your professional goals?

Gemma Rogers, Co-Founder, FINTRAIL sits down with Marta to explore her personal and professional journey.

With over 15 years' leadership experience in the financial services industry, Marta is an accomplished senior financial crime and compliance Director. She has held senior leadership positions in the banking and payment sectors in Portugal and the UK at Citigroup, HSBC, Worldpay, GoCardless, Novo Banco Bank and Caixa Geral de Depositos Bank. Marta is currently the Head of Financial Crime Compliance and Money Laundering Reporting Officer for ClearBank. She has spent her professional career shaping compliance and anti-financial crime frameworks both in global organisations and at Fintech companies. Marta is a tutor for ICA Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Crime Compliance. As a passionate mentor, Marta supports the next generation of talented young individuals to realise their potential.

Why are agile structures are so important for business and fighting financial crime? How do your own biases affect your objectivity? What FinTech myth is real?

Gemma Rogers, Co-Founder, FINTRAIL sits down with Dinu to explore his personal and professional journey.

Dinu Popa is the AML / Financial Crime Lead at MarketFinance. He has over 5 years of experience managing AML, FinCrime, and Fraud prevention in Corporate and FinTech. Prior to MarketFinance, Dinu worked for Santander in the UK Consumer Finance division. His international experience spans across leadership positions in the public sector in Romania as Director for International Relations at the Romanian Post, Minister's Advisor for European Affairs at the Ministry of Communications & Information Security and Director's Advisor for the Romanian VOSA.

Why is data and tech crucial in the fight against financial crime? How does mentoring enrich your personal growth? What is the connection between, drugs, financial crime and the music industry?

Gemma Rogers, Co-Founder, FINTRAIL sits down with Willem to explore his personal and professional journey.

Willem Wellinghoff is the Chief Legal and Compliance Officer for ShieldPay Limited, an online digital escrow solution for banks, law firms, corporates and consumers. Willem is primarily responsible for the legal and compliance affairs for the Group, including risk management, regulatory compliance with payment services regulation, anti-money laundering & terrorist financing obligations and also counts strategic growth and expansion to his responsibilities.

Why is your network important? How do you apply transferable skills in a FinTech environment? What links protests, doping and infatuated individuals?

In this episode, Gemma Rogers, Co-Founder, FINTRAIL sits down with Rebecca to explore her personal and professional journey.

Rebecca is Vice President of Risk & Compliance at Tide, as well as being the business's Money Laundering Reporting Officer. She joined Tide in 2018 from financial crime consultancy, Fintrail, where she was an Associate. Prior to Fintrail, Becky held roles in the HSBC Financial Intelligence Unit and at Aegis Defence Services.

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