Carla Williams Russell

Experience

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  Marc Schoeman and Associates

  May 1995 - Mar 2001

  Accountant and Office Manager

  Financial Consultant, taxation advice, provision of accounting and auditing services and the manager of a small accounting company.

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  Reichmans Limited

  Mar 2001 - Feb 2009

  I was responsible for ensuring that the division implemented the compliance risk management methodology of the group and I was responsible for regulatory reporting, monitoring, training and projects for Reichmans Capital - a wholly owned subsidiary of Investec. Responsible for full finance function reporting into the Financial Director.

  • Divisional Compliance Officer

    Apr 2003 - Feb 2009

  • Assistant Accountant

    Mar 2001 - Mar 2003
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  Investec

  Feb 2007 - Feb 2009

  Divisional Compliance Officer for Private Bank

  I was the divisional Compliance Officer and Monitoring specialist, responsible for implementing the Enterprise Risk Assessor Tool for Private Bank.

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  The South African Bank of Athens Limited

  Feb 2009 - Oct 2010

  Head of Compliance

  I joined SABA after leaving Investec and was both the registered Money Laundering Control Officer and FAIS Compliance Officer for the Bank. I represented the Bank at the Industry Forums and was responsible for the restructuring of the compliance function and ensuring alignment with the International requirements of the Bank of Greece.

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  Standard Bank South Africa

  Oct 2009 - May 2012

  Assisting the Head of PBB Compliance by assuming direct responsibility for the management of the Line of Business Compliance Officers servicing the Physical Channel with compliance risk management activities within PBB Risk Management. Assuming responsibility and accountability for the integration of all compliance risk management activities within Personal and Business Banking (PBB) Risk management, reporting directly to the Director of Compliance Risk for PBB.

  • Head Compliance Physical Channel Execution

    Aug 2011 - May 2012

  • Head Compliance Risk, Integration Personal and Business Banking

    Oct 2009 - Aug 2011
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  Barclays

  May 2012 - Jun 2013

  CIB FAIS Compliance Officer

  Accountable FAIS Compliance Officer for Corporate and Investment Banking cluster, provision of advisory and other compliance services to the cluster

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  Barclays Africa Group

  Jul 2013 - now

  Compliance Officer Wealth Advisory

  I am currently the Registered Compliance Officer for Absa Wealth within the Wealth Investment Management and Insurance cluster, I provide a full range of advisory and compliance services to the business.