Execution spirit, business-minded.

Based in Paris · Previously Dubai UAE, Munich Germany · Available for new opportunities

About

I have a tradfi and entrepreneurial background: over 10 years in banking, including 7 years focused on compliance-related topics.

I sit at the intersection of two fields I'm passionate about: data and compliance. Two subjects that are evolving fast.

Compliance & AML

ACAMS
Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist
Issued by ACAMS. Global standard certification covering AML/CFT regulations, risk assessment, and financial crime detection. Issued Jul 2026 · Expires Jul 2027 · Credential ID ER-005239624.
ICA
ICA Certificate in Anti-Money Laundering
Issued by the International Compliance Association (ICA). Covers the regulatory framework, risk-based approach, and practical techniques for detecting and preventing money laundering.
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ICA
Member
Member of the International Compliance Association
Professional member of the ICA, the leading global organisation for compliance and financial crime prevention professionals.
Merkle Science
Crypto Investigator Certification
Issued by Merkle Science. Blockchain forensics training covering on-chain investigation techniques, transaction tracing, and crypto-crime detection.
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Data Management Certifications

Tableau
Tableau Certified Data Scientist
Official Tableau certification for advanced analytics, statistical modeling, and data science workflows.
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Tableau
Tableau Certified Analyst
Official Tableau certification covering data connection, visualization design, and dashboard development.
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Tableau
Tableau Best Practices
Comprehensive hands-on training covering Tableau features and best practices.
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Coursera
DeepLearning.AI
Neural Networks & Deep Learning
Part of the Deep Learning Specialization by Andrew Ng. Covers forward/backpropagation, activation functions, and building neural networks from scratch.
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Coursera
Centrale Lille
Project Management
Fundamentals of project management methodologies, planning, and team coordination.
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Work Experience

Mar. 2022 – July 2026
Lithuania/UAE
Co-founder and Deputy MLRO
Gains Associates
Regulated crowdfunding platform, based in Lithuania.
Regulated crowdfunding platform, based in Lithuania following a VASP regulatory change. Designed and implemented AML/CTF compliance framework for VASP licensing. Selection and onboarding of KYC/AML vendors ahead of VASP registration. Set-up of transaction monitoring system alongside platform development.
Figma Excel VASP KYC/KYB AML/CFT
Aug. 2021 – Mar. 2022
Estonia
Co-Founder & AML/CTF Officer
Gains Associates
Regulated crowdfunding platform, based in Estonia.
Regulated crowdfunding platform, based in Estonia ahead of a VASP regulatory change to Lithuania. Designed and implemented AML/CTF compliance framework for VASP licensing. Selection and onboarding of KYC/AML vendors ahead of VASP registration. Set-up of transaction monitoring system alongside platform development.
Figma Excel VASP KYC/KYB AML/CFT
2018 to 2021
Paris, France
Data Transformation Manager
BNP Paribas Group Internal Audit
BNP Paribas' global internal audit covering risk and compliance across international hubs.
Identifying AML/KYC risks and control gaps through data analytics, training auditors worldwide, and conducting field assignments across Switzerland, Morocco, Kosovo, UK, Germany, and Ukraine (3rd Line of Defence).
Tableau Prep Tableau Desktop Power BI Excel PowerPoint SharePoint SQL
2016 to 2018
Munich, Germany
Risk Analyst
BNP Paribas Personal Finance
German subsidiary of BNP Paribas' European consumer finance division.
Delivered risk data to group headquarters, supporting monthly strategic reporting. Pulled and processed data from ETL pipelines and built risk decision reporting. Supported portfolio risk analysis using data mining to identify patterns and exposures. Participated in stress test forecasting models via cost of risk and conducted ad hoc data mining investigations to detect emerging fraud patterns.
Excel VBA SAS SQL Oracle PowerPoint Forecasting Data Mining
2015 to 2016
Paris, France
Risk Analyst
BNP Paribas Personal Finance
Headquarters of BNP Paribas' European consumer finance division.
Consolidated and analyzed risk data from all subsidiaries to provide management with a clear view of portfolio evolution. Automated reporting processes, enabling faster identification of emerging risks.
Excel VBA SQL Oracle PowerPoint Excel Automation PowerPoint Automation
Summer 2015
Paris, France
Java Developer, Internship
BNP Paribas Arbitrage (CIB)
BNP Paribas' Corporate & Investment Banking division.
Built a web task management tool to help the team coordinate better.
J2EE PowerPoint

Personal Projects

Rental Yield France
Rental Yield Dashboard: France
A Tableau dashboard built on French government open data to make rental yield analysis more accessible. The data quality turned out to be a limiting factor, good enough to explore trends at a high level, but not reliable enough to go further.
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Dubai Freehold Residential Real Estate Dashboard
Dubai Freehold Residential Real Estate
Tableau dashboard on Dubai Land Department open data to help individual investors spot the best freehold zones to buy and rent out in Dubai. Cross-source join between rental contracts and purchase transactions, with a Python pipeline for monthly ingestion.
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Skills

Compliance AML/CFT, KYC/KYB, CDD, VASP, SAR, PEP & Sanctions screening
Programming Python, SAS, SQL, Java, VBA
Data viz Power BI, Tableau, Excel, Figma
Databases PL/SQL, Oracle, MS Access
AI / ML Neural networks, deep learning, predictive modelling
Other GitHub, SharePoint, project management, agile

Education

2015 – 2016
Dauphine University PSL, Paris, France
Master of Business Informatics (dual degree)
Finance, BI programming, risk management
2013 – 2016
ENSEIRB-MATMECA, Bordeaux, France
MSc / BSc Computer Science
Databases, IT project management, algorithms

Awards

Oct 2016
Syntec Engineering Prize
Awarded by the French federation of consulting engineering firms.
Jun 2015
Atos IT Challenge
European student IT competition run by Atos (cloud, data, cybersecurity). Awarded by Thierry Breton.

Hobbies

Running. Two marathons: Dubai and Munich. Travelling.

Contact

LinkedIn

Recommended Reading

Money Laundering and Illicit Financial Flows cover
Money Laundering and Illicit Financial Flows: Following the Money and Value Trails
By John A. Cassara. A recommended read on the mechanics of money laundering and the movement of illicit funds through the global financial system.
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China - Specified Unlawful Activities: CCP Inc., Transnational Crime and Money Laundering
A deep dive into China-linked money laundering networks, transnational crime, and their links to Chinese state and corporate structures.
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