Maya is a Managing Director and Head of Insights and Research at FINTRAIL, a financial crime consultancy focused on digital banking, FinTech and virtual assets. She has managed the design and implementation of risk management frameworks and controls, and conducted investigations and training for numerous traditional banks, FinTechs, RegTechs, and other financial institutions.

Maya has a background in corporate investigations and business intelligence.  She formerly led the EMEA Correspondent Banking, FinTech and Global Corporates financial crime review programme at Deutsche Bank, and has headed Middle East business intelligence teams at Deutsche Bank and HSBC.  She has worked on numerous global investigations into money laundering and bribery and corruption, and is passionate about understanding country risk and the context in which such activities arise.