Central Europe MLRO
Revolut · Zürich
2025 —
Oversight of financial crime compliance across Austria, Germany, Poland, Hungary and Romania.
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Curriculum vitae
2
Employment
Head of Financial Crime Compliance · MLRO
Revolut · Zürich
2024 —
Money laundering reporting officer for Switzerland.
Head of Compliance & MLRO
Sygnum Bank AG · Zürich
2022 – 2024
Compliance, regulatory and anti-financial-crime function of a regulated digital asset bank. MLRO Switzerland and Luxembourg.
Head of Compliance & MLRO, Corporate & Investment Bank
J.P. Morgan · Zürich
2019 – 2022
Regulatory and financial crime compliance for Switzerland and Austria.
Country Head of Compliance, Monitoring & Testing
Deutsche Bank · Zürich
2018 – 2019
All Swiss legal entities.
Compliance Officer · Compliance Testing Officer
Deutsche Bank · Zürich
2017 – 2018
Compliance & AML Officer
Deutsche Bank · Wien
2015 – 2017
Relationship Manager, Corporate & Investment Banking
Deutsche Bank · Wien
2011 – 2015
Emerging Markets Corporate Banking
Citi · Amman
2007
Relationship, project and brand management
Various companies · AT · UK
2005 – 2010
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Boards, teaching and service
Co-founder & President
2026 —
Advisory Board Member
2025 —
Independent Board Member
2024 —
Independent Board Member
Mountain Protocol Ltd · Bermuda
Regulated by the Bermuda Monetary Authority; acquired by Anchorage Digital, May 2025.
2023 – 2025
Lecturer — Artificial Intelligence & Compliance
CAS Artificial Intelligence and Compliance · 15 ECTS
2025 —
Lecturer — Innovation Compliance
CAS Compliance Officer, within the MAS Financial Markets Compliance
2024 —
Working group — Financial Crime
Swiss Bankers Association
2024
Hauptfeuerwehrmann
Youth section from 1997, active service from 2002. Auditor; previously assistant youth officer and officer for fire service history. Radio proficiency badge, Fire Service Performance Badge in Silver, breathing apparatus qualification in Bronze.
1997 —
Firefighter (Soldat)
Feuerwehr Opfikon
2019 – 2021
Alumni Ambassador, CH & AT
University of Warwick
2013 —
Judge, EMEA Research Challenge
CFA Society Switzerland
2019 – 2020
Executive
Warwick Economics Society & Summit
2005 – 2008
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Education
Doctor of Business Administration
Heriot-Watt University · Edinburgh
Communication, Behavioural Biases and Financial Markets: A Case Study of Tesla Inc.
Behavioural finance · Information economics · Econometrics
22.06.2022
MSc Economics
WU Vienna
Existence of Long-Term Effects of Macroeconomic Variables on Stock Markets in Selected European Countries
Macroeconomics · Econometrics · International economics
24.05.2013
BSc (Hons) Economics
University of Warwick
The 21st Century Oil Shock
Macroeconomics · Development economics · World economy
02.07.2008
Executive programmes
Blockchain Strategy Programme
Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
2022
Blockchain and Digital Currency · Decentralized Finance
University of Nicosia
2022
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Certifications
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
CFA Institute
2018
Financial Risk Manager (FRM) — candidate
Global Association of Risk Professionals
11.2026
Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA)
Europa Institut, Universität Zürich
2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2023 · 2024
FinTech 7.0 — FinTech Anti-Money Laundering
Europa Institut, Universität Zürich
2022
Bitcoin, Blockchain & Cryptoassets · Smart Contracts & DeFi
Center for Innovative Finance, Universität Basel
2022
Virtual Currency and Blockchain
ACAMS
2022
Certified Spot Market Trader (Xetra)
Wiener Börse AG
2016
Compliance for Financial Services Providers
ARS Akademie, Wien
2016
Data Science in Python
DataCamp
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Professional memberships
Swiss Compliance & Financial Crime Executives Association (SCFCEA)
2026 —
Austrian Compliance Officer Association (ÖCOV)
2019 —
Crypto Valley Association
2022 – 2024
Association of Foreign Banks in Switzerland (AFBS)
2019 – 2022
Swiss Structured Products Association (SSPA)
2019 – 2022
Swiss Association of Compliance Officers (SACO)
2017 – 2022
CFA Society Switzerland
2018 – 2020