Based in Dubai, Hannah has over 15 years’ consulting experience conducting compliance and risk framework reviews, undertaking assessments of existing frameworks, and supervising outsourced compliance support programs and outsourced or co-sourced Internal Audit functions for financial services firms.
She has extensive experience working with financial services firms during supervisory inspections and audits both preparing for and supporting firms as they undergo a visit from the regulator.
Her financial services regulatory technical expertise covers areas such as operational resilience and ICT framework security, and the EU GDPR as it relates to financial services firms, key areas of focus for financial services regulators internationally.
Hannah also has extensive experience of Skilled Person engagements for financial institutions as mandated by regulators in the UAE, EU and UK, where Kroll is on the FCA Skilled Person Panel. She currently leads the Kroll Skilled Person appointment team with the Central Bank of U.A.E. and led a large international AML review under an appointment from the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority of two Scandinavian banks.
Drawing on her expertise in financial services compliance and regulation, Hannah also acts as a testifying expert in matters requiring financial services compliance and regulatory expertise. She was appointed to provide expert testimony in the context of a Dubai International Arbitration Centre dispute and assisted as expert with Swiss litigation related to events during the 2008 Financial Crisis.
Prior to joining Kroll, Hannah acquired extensive experience in operational, legal, and compliance roles in-house in financial services firms in the UK and EU, principally in France where she worked for 20 years before moving to the Middle East.
Hannah started her career as a finance lawyer at Clifford Chance, working in both the London and Paris offices.
Hannah holds an MBA (major in Finance) from HEC Paris and is a qualified UK lawyer, and a graduate of King’s College London where she read Modern Languages.
She also holds the CF21 Investment Advisor certification from the UK Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI) and the AMF Professional Certification from the French Financial Markets Authority.
