About

Mario is a C-level risk and compliance executive with nearly 20 years’ experience in risk management, financial crime prevention, and organisational development. His experience ranges from roles in private, commercial, and investment banking, to the insurance industry and the consulting sector. Mario has a proven track record in successfully building out and enhancing risk management and compliance frameworks. Having worked on various remediation and transformation projects (e.g., s.166 Skilled Person Reviews) both as a consultant as well as an auditor, he understands what regulators expect and how this can be done in practice.

He is a graduate of the University of Oxford’s Executive Leadership Programme and a regular speaker at seminars and conferences on risk management and financial crime prevention. In addition to his career in financial services, he is a Member of the Advisory Board at the Institute of Money Laundering Prevention Officers (IMLPO), a member of the Research Advisory Board at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), and the Chief Examiner of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) Regulation & Compliance Exam.