Sameena Ali, CAMS, CGSS

Sameena Ali is a Financial Crime Compliance professional at the regional office of a leading global bank in Dubai, UAE. She possesses 20 years of experience in broad ranging global sanctions risk management, branch banking, service quality and corporate training. Sameena has held various positions across financial crime risk management and compliance functions in the last 15 years focusing on designing of policy and procedures, providing advice to businesses on the interpretation/ application of regulatory expectations, laws, best practices, policies related to sanctions compliance, implementation of sanctions and anti-money laundering programs and systems. She is currently responsible for oversight and management of Sanctions investigations for the Africa and Middle East region.

Sameena holds an MBA in Finance along with being a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (CAMS), Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS) and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). She has actively engaged in various global sanctions and financial crime forums as a speaker, sharing insights on effective compliance strategies, emerging trends and best practices.