Danai N.
Head Of Conduct, Risk & Compliance, MLRO & DPO (WealthTech) at AVIONE- Claim this Profile
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Bilal Ahmad (MBA)
Danai is an amazing person to work with. She is an excellent team player who also has the ability to deliver on her own. I have had the pleasure of working with Danai for 15 months, during this period she never shied away from helping others, she will share her knowledge. She is extremely good at root cause analysis, outcome testing and attention to detail. I have no histation in recommending Danai.
Bilal Ahmad (MBA)
Danai is an amazing person to work with. She is an excellent team player who also has the ability to deliver on her own. I have had the pleasure of working with Danai for 15 months, during this period she never shied away from helping others, she will share her knowledge. She is extremely good at root cause analysis, outcome testing and attention to detail. I have no histation in recommending Danai.
Bilal Ahmad (MBA)
Danai is an amazing person to work with. She is an excellent team player who also has the ability to deliver on her own. I have had the pleasure of working with Danai for 15 months, during this period she never shied away from helping others, she will share her knowledge. She is extremely good at root cause analysis, outcome testing and attention to detail. I have no histation in recommending Danai.
Bilal Ahmad (MBA)
Danai is an amazing person to work with. She is an excellent team player who also has the ability to deliver on her own. I have had the pleasure of working with Danai for 15 months, during this period she never shied away from helping others, she will share her knowledge. She is extremely good at root cause analysis, outcome testing and attention to detail. I have no histation in recommending Danai.
Credentials
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ISO 9001 Lead Auditor - Quality Certification
BSI -
Level 3 Securities and Investments
Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) -
Prince2 Foundation
AXELOS Global Best Practice -
Prince2 Practitioner
AXELOS Global Best Practice -
Specialist Certificate in AML Risk in Capital Markets
International Compliance Association
Experience
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Belong
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United Kingdom
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Head Of Conduct, Risk & Compliance, MLRO & DPO (WealthTech)
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Oct 2021 - Present
Creating, from the ground up, the organisational Compliance program covering all legal & regulatory topics.Ensuring the regulatory and licensing approvals are managed, prepared and submitted.Being a partner to the business including advising Engineering on product features, Marketing on communications best practice and Operations on incoming regulations and overall enterprise risk.Internal expert owning programs relating to ethical conduct, complaints, investigations, anti bribery & corruption & training.
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Chair of The Board of Trustees
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Aug 2021 - Present
Collaborating with the CEO on organisational strategy, governance, external relations, efficiency & effectiveness.Chairing the effective and a constructive working relationship with the charity trustees, ensuring accountability for achieving agreed strategic objectives. Collaborating with the CEO on organisational strategy, governance, external relations, efficiency & effectiveness.Chairing the effective and a constructive working relationship with the charity trustees, ensuring accountability for achieving agreed strategic objectives.
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Entrepreneur First
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United Kingdom
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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400 - 500 Employee
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Head of Compliance, MLRO & DPO (Venture capital & private equity)
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May 2020 - Jul 2021
Providing regulatory oversight including providing regulatory advice and guidance to key internal and external stakeholders.Oversight and execution of the Compliance Monitoring programme including identifying issues and escalating findings.Conducting regular thematic reviews across the business and identifying potential internal control weaknesses.Instigating remedial action plans on identified issues and ensuring remedial action is taken and executed. Undertaking horizon scanning on new or forthcoming regulations and undertaking impact assessments of these regulations.
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Mount Street
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United Kingdom
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Financial Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Group Head of Compliance, DPO & MLRO - PCF15, HMRC Nominated Officer (Asset Management)
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Dec 2017 - May 2020
Advising and guiding the business on the commercial impact of new regulations and assisting with any necessary gap analyses.Creating, undertaking & reporting on the bi annual internal/external audit process as Lead Auditor.Providing training across the business including ongoing education and updates of regulatory changes.Developing and maintaining company policies and procedural manuals in accordance with regulatory requirements and ensuring information is disseminated to and understood by the business.Oversight and ownership of specific project lines on a multi-jurisdictional level including management of new passporting, liaising with oversees regulatory authorities and international business implementation.
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Key Currency
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United Kingdom
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Compliance Officer & MLRO - HMRC Nominated Officer (FX, payments EMI)
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Oct 2016 - Nov 2017
Oversight of all compliance and regulatory aspects of the company offices in the UK and Spain including but not limited to on-boarding, documents management, and procedure maintenance.Undertaking proactive assessment of the firm's change readiness in relation to incoming regulatory changes (such as PSD2) to ensure that the business is mobilised to create advantage, minimise risk and sustain performance.Oversight of all compliance matters relating to trading activity to ensure adherence to standards in keeping with the firm’s authorisation. Assessment of promotional materials to ensure that information contained therewithin is clear, fair and not misleading.Stakeholder management by acting as primary negotiator and liaison with regulators, suppliers, legal and other government bodies relating to Compliance matters.
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Director - Compliance Monitoring and Audit Assurance Consultant (Retail banking)
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May 2012 - Sep 2016
Designed and owned the Quality Assurance (2nd line) framework, including providing an independent assessment of the in-house compliance risk management standards, controls and procedures.Conducted ‘check the checker’ compliance testing and business process audits to ensure that the remediation outcomes were in line with FCA and internal TCF guidelines.Drove continual process and policy improvement to ensure consistency in line with the requirements of the organisation and those of the changing regulatory environment.Designed, agreed and delivered an agreed audit scope, plan and methodology.
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Education
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2020 - 2022
University of Geneva
Master’s Degree, Dual MA & MSc in Finance and Investment (M&A focus) -
2008 - 2011
The University of Salford
Bachelor’s Degree, Psychology & Criminology
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