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Anna Kostus
Senior Managing Director | Financial Crime and Regulatory
Real-World Experience
Financial Crime Compliance Officer, BNP Paribas
Anna Kostus is a multilingual financial crime expert with experience spanning AML, sanctions, transaction monitoring, investigations, customer due diligence/enhanced due diligence and risk assessment in the UK, the Middle East and continental Europe. Ms. Kostus holds an M.A. in Intelligence and International Security, as well as a Ph.D. in War Studies, both from Kings College London.
Experience Highlights
Financial Crime Compliance Officer (AVP) with BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking, conducting end-to-end investigations for suspected money laundering, terrorist financing and market manipulation offenses.
Senior Strategic Intelligence Analyst, Financial Crime with NatWest (formerly RBS), gathering intelligence on current and emerging money laundering and terrorist financing threats.
Led a multifaceted AML and counter-terrorist financing (“CTF”) remediation program for a subsidiary of a Swiss private bank.
Delivered and implemented new cross-border customer due diligence standards for a large European bank, addressing the regulatory requirements of 12 jurisdictions.
Led the delivery of financial crime/AML control framework compliance and regulatory reviews (including S166 reviews) for Tier 1 and challenger banks, private wealth and asset managers, money service businesses and gambling operators.
Delivered AML/CTF business-wide risk assessments for a UK challenger bank and a development finance institution.
Redesigned a governance risk and compliance model for a European FinTech seeking to obtain a banking licence.
One of the biggest challenges for firms operating globally is navigating regulatory divergence across jurisdictions. Despite regulatory moves to address these inconsistencies, implementing harmonized anti-financial crime controls remains complex. Meanwhile, criminals exploit these gaps.
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Senior Enforcement Counsel at the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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Federal Prosecutor, U.S. Attorney’s Office
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Head of Compliance at Charles Schwab, Fidelity Investments, GE Capital and UBS Investment Bank
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Financial Crime Compliance Officer, BNP Paribas
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Antitrust Attorney, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
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U.S. Federal Prosecutor
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Head of AML Compliance, Deutsche Bank; Deputy Head of the Financial Intelligence Unit, German Federal Criminal Police
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Special Agent, Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations
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Prosecutor, Brazil; Chief Governance and Compliance Officer, Petrobras
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Sustainable AML controls depend on a combination of advanced technology, high-quality data and responsible expertise — without which even the strongest frameworks can fail.
FTI Consulting has assembled an extraordinary team of multidisciplinary professionals and cutting-edge technology resources to help clients anticipate and address the highly dynamic shifts in the evolving geopolitical landscape.
View expert profile: Marc-Philip FerzanSenior Managing DirectorOrganizations that thrive are built on trust, consistency and purpose. When integrity becomes part of strategy, it turns into a competitive advantage: protecting reputation, attracting investment and sustaining performance.
View expert profile: Marcelo ZenknerManaging DirectorDealmakers will benefit from having a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction strategy that increases the sophistication required to ferry cross-border deals through to completion. When deciding to engage a provider to support the merger clearance process, working with a company with a global footprint can increase efficiency and ease the stress of getting a deal done.
View expert profile: Kathryn McCarthySenior Managing DirectorSustainable AML controls depend on a combination of advanced technology, high-quality data and responsible expertise — without which even the strongest frameworks can fail.
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