AFC in Practice - Investigations Ep.2: EDD in Wealth Management/Private Banking

Ms. Cody is a Director, Head of AML Advisory at Sofi. Ms. Cody is a board member for Carolina’s Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists and the ABA Board. She is a certified anti-money laundering expert with three professional certifications and a BA from Wells College. She has written several articles and spoken on various topics related to multiple issues within Financial Crime. Ms. Cody holds the position of Director, Head of AML Advisory at Sofi. She serves on the board of directors for the Carolina’s Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists and the ABA Board. Possessing three professional certifications, she is a certified anti-money laundering expert and holds a BA from Wells College. Ms. Cody is an author of several articles and a presenter on diverse subjects pertaining to issues within Financial Crime.

Annie is a Financial Crime professional with over 20 years of experience in the financial industry at both large and mid-size institutions.  Annie began her career at UBS Financial Services holding various roles in Advisory and Banking Operations to Financial Crime Deputy Head of Investigations for the Americas. Annie currently serves as the Head of Financial Crime Prevention at City National Bank of Florida, appointed as the BSA and OFAC Officer overseeing the BSA/AML, OFAC, and Fraud programs.

Kari Lewis is a Senior Vice President, AML/Financial Crime Senior Risk Manager at U.S. Bank. Her team interacts with the business lines on key AML topics, provides advice and counsel on significant customer and business changes, and assists the businesses through complex financial crime scenarios. Kari has over 25 years of experience in the financial industry at large financial institutions, including previous experience providing oversight of onboarding and periodic review of U.S. Bank’s special requirement customers/products and high-risk customers in the United States and Europe.

Melissa Raman is the Executive Director, Correspondent Banking & Payments Leader, Financial Crimes Risk Management 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.