Sanjay Singh

Sanjay Singh is the Head of Compliance & Anti Money Laundering, leading and managing the regulatory compliance risks of Al Ansari Exchange including functions of regulatory sanctions, regulatory reporting, transaction monitoring, corporate and financial institution on-boarding and long-term relationships with law enforcement agencies and the Central Bank of the UAE.

Sanjay’s former appointments include senior positions in financial institutions like Standard Chartered Bank, First Gulf Bank, First Abu Dhabi Bank and Dunia Finance LLC , where he led the retail banking, corporate and institutional banking, group audit, risk management and governance, and corporate credit risk management. He has extensive experience managing large teams working across several regions and in all three lines of defense (the business line, the compliance and risk line and group audit line).

Sanjay is a seasoned banking professional with over 34 years of experience. He holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, dual Graduate Degrees in Commerce and Law from Premier University, Diploma in Banking and International Regulatory Compliance from Manchester Business School and is a certified Lead Auditor of Business Continuity Management (BS 25999). Sanjay believes in `leading by example’ ensuring everyone is well-positioned to meet the expectations of regulatory compliance and to go the extra miles to keep up with the pace of the ever-changing regulatory and business environment.