Karen Bissett is a senior Financial Crime Compliance and risk leader with over 20 years of legal and banking experience. After 12 years in private practice, Karen spent 7 years with the Bank of Ireland Group. Starting as a senior legal adviser in consumer banking she began to specialise in financial services regulatory projects and acted for a time as chairperson of the Bank’s Mortgage Appeals Board. Karen then took on the role of the Head of Sanctions and Counter-Terrorist Financing and Deputy Group Money Laundering Reporting Officer.
To gain a deeper knowledge of Financial Crime Compliance and risk from an international banking perspective, Karen spent 3 years as a Global Financial Crimes Director and Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer for Bank of America’s EU headquartered entity, Bank of America Europe. Karen returned to the Bank of Ireland as Head of Financial Crime and Group Money Laundering Reporting Officer in late 2022. Karen is a member of the Law Society of Ireland and maintains a current practising certificate.
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