Andrea has over twenty years of experience within both the Legal and Compliance fields. She currently serves as the Chief Compliance Officer, Head of Compliance, Money Laundering Reporting Officer and a member of the Senior Management Committee of Credit Suisse Trust Limited. She has previously served as the In-house Legal Counsel, a member of the Executive and the Internal Risk Committees and the Corporate Secretary of Itaú Bank & Trust Bahamas Ltd and Itaú Bank & Trust Cayman Ltd. She has also served as the Head of Compliance, Legal Advisor and Money Laundering Reporting Officer of Banca Del Gottardo (now known as EFG Bank & Trust (Bahamas) Ltd.), the Head of Compliance of UBS (Bahamas) Ltd, UBS Trustees (Bahamas) Ltd. and UBS Trustees (Cayman) Ltd. Andrea has also served as the Head of Legal, Risk and Compliance, the Money Laundering Reporting Officer and a member of the Executive and Risk Committees of Edmond de Rothschild (Bahamas) Ltd.

Prior to serving in senior Legal and Compliance positions, she was employed as an Associate Attorney at Higgs & Johnson. She is the Founder of Risk & Compliance Consultancy Services Ltd, a consultancy company that specializes in advising financial institutions on compliance and risk management matters. She is CAMS certified, a CAMS (Audit) Inaugural Class graduate, a Fellow Member of the International Compliance Association (FICA) and the American Academy of Financial Management (AAFM), a Chartered Certified Risk Analyst (CRA) and a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Consultant (CAMC). She was an Executive Committee member of The Bahamas Association of Compliance Officers (BACO) for over 8 years where she assisted with the development of Compliance on a national level. The last position she held with BACO was Executive Vice-President. She previously served as the Education Chairperson of BACO for many years. Additionally, she was one of the Steering Committee and Board Directors of the ACAMS Bahamas Chapter for over three years.

Andrea has served as the moderator and speaker of BACO seminars on various occasions and the moderator for an ACAMS Bahamas Chapter event. She has also served as a speaker during the ACAMS 22nd and 19th Annual International AML & Financial Crime Conferences in Florida.