Ilda Costa Rosario Soares

Ilda Costa Rosario Soares has a strong background in financial crime and fraud prevention. Ilda is currently serving as the Head of Financial Crime & Fraud MLRO SMF17 at Chetwood Financial Limited. Prior to this role, they held the position of Head of Financial Crime & Fraud at the same company.

Before joining Chetwood Financial Limited, Ilda worked as a Compliance Director & MLRO at MultiPass (prev. DynaPay) from March 2020 to July 2022. Ilda also served as the VP of Financial Crime & Fraud at Nvayo Limited from September 2018 to August 2019.

Ilda gained experience in financial crime risk management and compliance at U.S. Bank, where they worked as a Financial Crime Risk Manager Compliance (DMLRO) from September 2017 to September 2018. Prior to that, they held the role of VP Financial Crime (DMLRO) at BGC Partners from September 2014 to August 2017.

Ilda began their career as a Senior Financial Crime Specialist at EFG Bank in November 2012. Earlier in their career, Ilda worked at Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking as an Onboarding Manager AML/KYC from September 2007 to December 2009, and at Royal Bank of Scotland Business as a Client Onboarding AML/KYC from June 2003 to February 2007.

Ilda Costa Rosario Soares completed their Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree at BPP Law School from 2010 to 2013. In 2014 and 2015, they pursued an ICA Diploma in Anti Money Laundering from the International Compliance Association. In 2020, they enrolled in the University of London to pursue a Master of Laws degree with a focus on Finance Law, Commercial Banking Law, and Financial Crime Law. Additionally, in 2020, they obtained a certification in Transaction Monitoring from ACAMS. Currently, Ilda is studying at the International Compliance Association to obtain an Advanced Certificate in Manage Fraud, specializing in managing fraud.