Sumit Sarkar

Sumit Sarkar is a seasoned compliance risk professional and is currently the Group Head of Sanctions at a leading financial institution. In his current role, Sumit is responsible for overall leadership and management of Bank’s Global Sanctions Compliance Program. With more than 17 years of financial crime compliance experience, Sumit has held leadership positions at large global banks covering financial crime risk management functions across Asia Pacific, Africa, and Middle East regions. Sumit possesses extensive management experience in driving strategic bank wide financial crime compliance change programs, correspondent banking, implementation of state-of-the-art compliance technology systems and the management of global sanctions compliance programs. Sumit has also been instrumental in promoting industry wide best practices to effectively combat financial crime within the financial services sector and lead the delivery of Correspondent Banking Academy “De-risking Through Education” program.

Sumit possess Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS) certification from ACAMS. Sumit is also Level 3 Qualified from Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments (CISI).