Shahmeem Purdasy

Shahmeem Purdasy has a diverse work experience in the field of economic crime and compliance. Starting from their most recent position, Shahmeem is currently the Head of the Line 1 Economic Crime Hub Advisory Team at Virgin Money. In this role, they are responsible for leading a team that provides economic crime risk advice to the first line of defense economic crime function and the wider business.

Prior to this, Shahmeem worked as a self-employed economic crime moderator, speaker, peer-reviewer, and trainer. They were involved in panel moderation and speaking at various financial crime events and also trained MLROs and C-Suite bank members on economic crime developments.

Shahmeem also has experience working at Bank of China (UK) Limited as the Senior Vice President and Head of the Financial Crime Compliance Team and Transaction Monitoring Team. In this role, they led the bank's efforts in risk assessments, policy development, transaction monitoring, and governance related to financial crime compliance.

Before joining Bank of China, Shahmeem worked at Plenitude Consulting as a Senior Executive and General Counsel. They were responsible for advising banks on regulatory compliance and financial crime compliance, including designing and delivering change programs to meet compliance obligations.

Prior to that, Shahmeem held various roles at Santander UK and UK Finance, where they were involved in managing legal counsel for contentious regulatory matters and providing advisory services on financial crime policy and governance.

They also have significant experience in advising the government on financial crime law and policy as an Advisory Lawyer at the Home Office and a Senior Advisory Lawyer at the Treasury.

Shahmeem started their career as a barrister, specializing in defending white-collar crime cases in both criminal and quasi-criminal courts.

In summary, Shahmeem Purdasy has extensive expertise in economic crime, compliance, and regulatory matters, gained from their various roles in the financial industry and government.

Shahmeem Purdasy began their education in 1996 at the University of Plymouth, where they obtained a LL.B (Hons) degree in Law. In 1999, they attended the Inns of Court School of Law and earned a Professional Qualification as a Barrister. The following year, in 2000, they were called to the Bar by The Honorable Society of Gray's Inn. In 2006, Shahmeem pursued further education, attending the New York Law School to become a New York Attorney, again obtaining a Professional Qualification. In 2013, they obtained a Diploma in Anti-Money Laundering from Alliance Manchester Business School, and the following year, they completed the Anti-Money Laundering Diploma (Graduate) as a Professional Qualification. In 2016, Shahmeem attended the Bar Standards Board and became a Registered Pupil Supervisor. The same year, they were also an assessor for the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for the 4th round Mutual Evaluation Reports. Recently, in 2022, they became an Advocacy Trainer at The Honourable Society of Middle Temple, specializing in Advocacy Training.