Nathalie von Taaffe

Managing Director, Global Head of Sanctions, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Tax Evasion, Financial Crime - Barclays

Nathalie is a Managing Director at Barclays and their OFAC Officer and Global Head of Sanctions, ABC and Anti-Tax Evasion, Financial Crime Compliance. Nathalie was previously Managing Director and Group Head of Financial Crime Compliance and Group MLRO for a global bank. In that role, Nathalie was responsible for all aspects of sanctions and wider financial crime compliance programme and provided strategic counsel in relation to complex cross-border financial crime issues. Before joining ICBCS, Nathalie was Head of ABC and Sanctions at a Swiss headquartered bank, covering the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.

Prior to working in-house, Nathalie was a white-collar criminal defence attorney for WilmerHale in Washington, DC. She also has extensive experience working for a number of international and national government employers and clients, such as the United Nations, the US House of Representatives and the German Bundestag.  

Nathalie is the former chair of the anti-corruption compliance banking industry forum, the Madison Group and has served as chair and advisor to a variety of expert groups including the International Bar Association, Criminal Law Committee, the American Bar Association former co-chair of UK Finance’s Sanctions Panel and the current Chair of UK Finance’s Sanctions Committee

All Sessions by Nathalie von Taaffe

09:00 - 09:30

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