Maya is a financial crime specialist with more than 15 years’ experience spanning frontline banking, specialist consultancy and investigative work. She leads the financial crime practice across Cosegic and FINTRAIL, supporting payment institutions, digital finance firms, banks and investment firms in strengthening their compliance frameworks and managing complex financial crime risks.

Maya’s work focuses on helping organisations move beyond technical compliance to embed proportionate, risk-based frameworks. She has extensive experience advising firms on anti-money laundering, sanctions, fraud and anti-bribery and corruption controls, including enterprise-wide risk assessments, financial crime audits and assurance reviews, control framework design, governance redesign and large-scale remediation programmes.

Alongside her advisory work, Maya has conducted investigations into financial laundering networks and bribery and corruption risks. She previously held senior roles at Deutsche Bank and HSBC, where she oversaw global client assessment programmes, led in-depth reviews of financial crime frameworks, and directed regional intelligence and enhanced due diligence teams across EMEA and the Middle East.

Maya is passionate about the role innovative financial services can play in promoting financial inclusion and economic development, and works with clients to deliver compliance solutions that support responsible innovation rather than hinder it.