Master of Laws (LL.M.), Law | Lund University, Sweden.
Juris Doctor (J.D.), Law | University of Sydney, Australia
Political Science & International Relations | Bachelor of Science (BSc), Francis Marion University, United States
Professional Experience
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) specialist with over 15 years of international experience strengthening institutional integrity and risk frameworks across Asia-Pacific, Europe, and North America. Extensive experience advising and supporting Globally Systemically Important Financial Institutions (G-SIFIs), Fortune 500 organisations, and government entities. Subject matter expert in operational and integrity risks, covering anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, fraud, and related integrity risks. Proven track record of leading global compliance programmes; embedding robust monitoring, testing, and assurance frameworks; and strengthening organisational capability through targeted training and awareness initiatives.
Recent Roles:
Chief Compliance Office & Group Whistleblowing Officer
Viaplay Group AB | Jun 2023 - Present
Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Principal for the organisation’s global compliance and risk management efforts across 20+ B2B and direct-to-consumer markets. Led three second-line compliance divisions: Corporate Compliance & Whistleblowing, Third-Party Risk Management, and Data Privacy, Protection, & AI Governance.
Senior Advisor, Principal for Anti-Corruption Compliance & Investigations
Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Member of the Risk & Compliance Leadership Team, with full accountability for the Third-Party Risk Management practice. Advised clients across all key markets, including Financial Services, Telecommunications, Automotive, Industrial Machinery, among others.
Senior Legal Counsel (Secondment), Legal and Compliance Department
Morgan Stanley | Oct 2016 - Nov 2019
Asia-Pacific (APAC)
Seconded full-time into the APAC Legal & Compliance Division to support a multi-year reorganisation of the Financial Crime Risk Management (FCRM) function across the Investment & Corporate Banking (ICB) business spanning 6 APAC jurisdictions (excl. Japan). This included structural governance work to set up consolidated APAC FCRM and Legal functions to perform ongoing KYC, transaction monitoring, and contract management duties.
Legal Counsel & Internal Investigations Officer
Hudson Investment Group Ltd.
Jan 2016 - Sep 2016 ·
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Directed the full spectrum of regulatory compliance for Australia’s corporate scheme, managing all monitoring and reporting obligations under key legislation and the ASX Listing Rules. I ensured organization-wide compliance while also overseeing the legal, integrity, and corporate governance functions for the parent company and its subsidiaries, including leading internal investigations into allegations of fraud, corruption, and misconduct.
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Compliance & Integrity Programme Design & Implementation
Designing and operationalising integrity frameworks with clear gatekeepers, governance, internal controls, enforcement mechanisms, and independent oversight.
Risk Assessments and Gap Analysis
Assessing exposure to integrity and operational risks, covering money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions, bribery, corruption, fraud, and related risks to inform risk-based, proportionate controls, monitoring, and mitigation measures.
Client & Third Party Risk Management
Conducting integrity due diligence on counterparties, including ongoing transaction monitoring, testing, and sampling of financial flows and high-risk activities to detect red flags and initiate enhanced due diligence where warranted.
Technology & Data-Driven Integrity
Leveraging advanced data analytics and technology solutions to modernise integrity tooling, enabling proactive risk identification and real-time monitoring, testing, and improving oversight accuracy.