Mr. Christos Christou

Biography

A professional Compliance Officer working for 30+ years in the banking and non-banking financial services industry.  He holds a banking degree (Chartered Banker Institute – UK), and an MBA from the University of Liverpool; he is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS) from ACAMS® and Certified Blockchain & KYC Professional.  He practices Regulatory Compliance and AML/CFT for more than 20 years, specializing in Regulatory Compliance, AML/CFT, Sanctions, Advanced Analytics and Forensics, and RegTech/FinTech.  He started his career from Banking Operations and moved into training and development within the banking sector until 2001; for 15+ years he also worked as a part-time adjunct lecturer for the Chartered Bankers Institute, other Professional Training Academies, and different Universities and Colleges in Europe. He became a Group Compliance Project Manager for his bank in 2001 implementing policies, procedures, systems, and controls and he had different management positions within the Group Compliance Division.  Since 2013, he works as the Chief Compliance Officer for Lulu Financial Group offering money remittance and foreign currency exchange products in multiple countries within GCC and APAC regions.  He is a member of the Task Force for ACAMS® for exam writing, conferences, and subject matter experts’ panels; he is also serving as a member of panels for many different conferences organized by the Compliance Community worldwide. He is also a member of the Private Public Partnership Sub-Committee organized by the AML Executive Office of the United Arab Emirates.