Behar Alija

Behar Alija currently serves as the Deputy Head of Quality Assurance & Governance International within Group Compliance at Commerzbank AG, a role held since April 2018. Responsibilities include acting as a Group Compliance Representative and advising the Chief Risk Officer and Executives on various projects. Previous positions at Commerzbank include Compliance Officer, Compliance Analyst during an international secondment to the Milan Branch, and participation in the International Compliance Graduate Trainee Program, which provided extensive experience across various compliance departments. Early career experience includes roles as a Student Trainee and Intern in Global AML Monitoring & Investigations. Behar Alija holds a Master of Arts in Political Integration and Economic Globalisation and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The Philipp University of Marburg, along with an Erasmus+ experience in Economics and Political Science from Univerza v Mariboru.