Edward
Gerovian
Edward is the Senior Vice President and Head of FIU for Bank of Hope in Los Angeles, CA, a $20 billion firm with 57 branches nationwide, and the nation’s largest Korean American bank. Edward has 24 years of experience in financial management roles within various Risk, Compliance, and BSA departments in Banking. Prior to joining Bank of Hope, Edward served as Deputy BSA Officer for California United Bank (now Pacific Western Bank) for 4 years, with oversight responsibility of the Bank’s BSA and OFAC programs. Edward’s prior BSA and Risk background includes banks such as OneWest Bank (now CIT), BNY Mellon, and Countrywide. Edward completed his MBA in Finance from the University of La Verne, in 2002 and is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and Certified Financial Crimes Investigator. He is a member of the El Camino Real HIFCA Coalition (HSI Consortium), Advisory Council for Abrigo’s BAM+ system (AML solution) and Content Development and Validation Consortium for the Certified Transaction Monitoring Associate (CTMA) certification for ACAMS. Edward has previously presented at CCBN, IAFCI and ACAMS Southern California Chapter events.