Uldis
Upenieks
Uldis Upenieks from Citadele Group is responsible for the Compliance Function, including AML, since 2017. Uldis has 25 years’ experience in the financial sector, of which last 20 years he has worked in the banking sector.
Uldis is co-chair of the Compliance committee of the Finance Latvia Association as well as the co-chair of the ACAMS Baltic’s Chapter. He is extensively involved in the development of the AML/ CTF/ CPF regulatory framework in Latvia as well as setting and maintaining best financial industry practices in AML, CTF and CPF areas.
Before joining Citadele banka, Uldis was a Chairman of the Board at IPAS CBL Asset Management. Before that, Uldis Upenieks worked in PrivatBank – as a Board member and as a Head of Internal Audit of the PrivatBank group.
Prior to that Uldis was responsible for the Client Oversight Function (2002-2009), and a Vice President and the Deputy Director of the Risk and Compliance Sector (2009.-2011.) at Citadele.
Uldis Upenieks holds a master’s degree in business administration, a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Riga Technical University and he has studied at Riga Graduate School of Law and has completed Corporate Governance course at INSEAD.