Why are there barriers for BAME individuals accessing financial services? How can FinTech companies with a racially diverse workforce, build inclusive products to serve more customer groups? What efforts have TransferWise made to understand the diversity issues in anti-financial crime? Gemma Rogers, Co-Founder, FINTRAIL sits down with Perpetua to explore her personal and professional journey, especially how it pertains to equality and diversity.
Perpetua (Pesh) is the DMLRO at TransferWise as well as the Financial Crime Compliance Oversight Lead, responsible for the UK and EU markets. Pesh joined TransferWise in 2017 having spent her early financial Crime career in the banking, CFD/FX and gambling industries. Pesh graduated with a Masters in law from Coventry University and comes with a wealth of FinCrime experience gained through the management of Financial Crime in both small and listed companies. Pesh is a certified Anti-Money Laundering specialist (CAMS) and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).