Melissa Raman

Melissa Raman is the Head of Correspondent Banking & Payments within Corporate & Investment Banking Financial Crimes at Wells Fargo. Her team covers the risk program for the Financial Institutions portfolio of customers globally with teams in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. Melissa has worked in the banking industry for 20 years primarily in various roles within the BSA/AML and Sanctions sectors at large and mid-sized financial institutions. Melissa has been the named Sanctions & OFAC Officer at a mid-sized FI, run all areas of BSA operations in the second line of defense, managed several teams of investigators who filed SARs involving complex, large-scale money laundering and terrorist financing investigations, and managed analysts responsible for conducting Enhanced Due Diligence reviews on high risk customers.

Melissa holds a B.A. in Politics from St. Mary’s College of California and an M.A. in Organizational Leadership from Chapman University.