Yair Samban

Yair Samban is an experienced leader in the fields of financial crime, compliance, and customer risk management. Currently serving as the Global Director of Specialist Solution Consulting for Customer Risk & Due Diligence at Pegasystems since November 2020, Yair drives digital transformation in anti-money laundering (AML), know your customer (KYC), and fraud prevention sectors. Prior roles include Vice President and Head of Fraud and Compliance for EMEA at Matrix IFS, where responsibilities encompassed new business generation and operations scaling, as well as leadership positions at Medallia and NICE Actimize focused on solution sales and financial crime solutions, respectively. Yair also held roles in Israeli Military Intelligence, leading projects related to technology and intelligence systems. Yair holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from Tel Aviv University and a Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences from The Open University of Israel.