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10 KYC and AML operations experts
These ten professionals have led KYC, customer due diligence and AML operations functions. A reader can learn from them how teams run onboarding checks and periodic reviews, organize monitoring and remediation work, and meet regulators' expectations at scale.
Professionals to explore
01—10Anna Mokrzyk
LinkedInExperience: Head of KYC & Client Due Diligence (CDD) · Worldline
Head of KYC & Client Due Diligence (CDD) at Worldline since January 2026, after serving as Risk Management Team Lead there (2024–2025). Earlier roles include Compliance Operations Lead (AML CTF) at Accenture (2023–2024), and Compliance Operations Lead (2023) and Compliance Operations Specialist (AML & CTF) (2022) at Klarna; the headline cites periodic reviews and risk management.
Debbie van Heel
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of KYC and KYB Operations · N26
Global Head of KYC and KYB Operations at N26 since February 2025, after serving there as Global Senior Operations Manager (2021–2025), Global Operations Manager (2019–2021) and Global Operations Team Lead (2018–2019). The profile says this person leads the teams that safeguard customer integrity at N26 as part of financial crime prevention.
Deepti Mahoney
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of KYC · SumUp
Global Head of KYC at SumUp since April 2021; the profile describes SumUp as providing tools for businesses to accept card payments. Earlier roles include Head of KYC MLRO at Iban (2019), Head of KYC at Tide (2018–2019) and CDD Analyst at Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (2016–2018).
Emanuele Ranghetti
LinkedInExperience: Head of KYC · Deutsche Bank Italia
Former Head of KYC at Deutsche Bank Italia (2019–2022), followed by Group Head of AML Advisory at UniCredit (2022–2024) and Head of AML at Mooney (2024–2026). The profile headline reads AML Director and Head of KYC, and it describes experience ensuring corporate processes comply with KYC, Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Financial Crime regulations.
Katarzyna Said Nagy
LinkedInExperience: Head of FinCrime Operations Europe Bank · Revolut
Former Head of FinCrime Operations Europe Bank at Revolut (2022–2026), after Revolut roles as Senior Financial Crime Compliance Manager (2021–2022), FinCrime Services Operations Lead (2019–2021) and Financial Crime Team Leader & Product Owner - compliance improvements (2017–2019). The profile headline says this person built and scaled EU FinCrime functions covering fraud, AML, outsourcing and governance.
Liis Allikof
LinkedInExperience: Head of Global KYC Function · Wise
Head of Global KYC Function at Wise since September 2022, after serving as KYC Europe Area Lead at Wise from 2018 to 2022. Earlier roles include Resource & Planning Manager at Evander (2013–2016) and Help Desk Line Manager at BNP Paribas Cardif (2011–2013).
Patrick Schmid
LinkedInExperience: Head of KYC & CSO · Airbus Bank GmbH
Head of KYC & CSO at Airbus Bank GmbH since November 2024, a role the profile describes as Head of Know Your Customer & Customer Sales Operations, after serving as Head of KYC there (2023–2024). Earlier roles include Team Lead - Market Control at Fidor Bank AG (2021–2023) and Manager Merchant Compliance at Getnet (2021) and Wirecard (2019–2021).
Peter Mills
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director - KYC Operations Head - Europe, Middle East and Africa · Citi
Managing Director - KYC Operations Head - Europe, Middle East and Africa at Citi since April 2026, after serving as Managing Director - APAC KYC Banking Operations (2022–2026) and APAC Regional Head and Director of ICG KYC Operstions and Global Head of KYC Remediation (2019–2022). The profile describes the EMEA KYC Operations Unit as an AML/KYC support and control function responsible for the preparation, due diligence and approval of customer acquisition due diligence and associated documentation.
Tim Meulemeester
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director - Customer Onboarding & FinCrime Prevention · ING Americas
Managing Director - Customer Onboarding & FinCrime Prevention at ING Americas since May 2022, after serving at ING as Senior Program Director (2021–2022) and Director, Customer Onboarding & KYC (2018–2020). The profile cites 15+ years as a senior operating leader and describes designing operating models for resilience and cost efficiency in a regulated environment.
Živilė Arnašienė
LinkedInExperience: Head of AML KYC Office · Swedbank
Head of AML KYC Office at Swedbank since June 2021, after serving there as Head of KYC department (2018–2021) and Head of KYC Middle Office (2017–2018). Earlier, AML Compliance Supervisor (2015–2017) and Team Lead, AML Compliance (2014–2015) at Western Union; the profile cites AML/CTF and KYC process development, operations management and transaction monitoring.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's setting to yours, since a large global bank, a digital bank and a payments company run KYC with different volumes, customer types and tooling. Also decide whether you need someone who built a function from scratch or someone who ran and improved an established one.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How did you size and structure KYC and due diligence teams as onboarding volumes grew?
- 02What changes cut review backlogs or false positives without weakening controls?
- 03How did you prepare KYC and AML operations for regulator reviews or audits, and what did examiners focus on?
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