Eckard
Conradie, CAMS
Eckard is currently the Head of Financial Crime Compliance - Corporate and Investment Banking SA and International (Principal). Before joining the CIB Financial Crime team, Eckard was a Regulatory Specialist in the Retail and Business Bank as well as Wealth & Investment Management segments in Absa. Eckard joined Absa Group in 2006 and held various positions during his tenure. In addition, Eckard is a UK FCA approved SMF 17 (MLRO) and acted as the MLRO for Absa Securities UK, Absa’s United Kingdom operations from October 2021 to June 2022. Eckard has experience and knowledge of African, as well as international Financial Crime regulation, and advises on local and international financial crime risk, focusing on Markets and Non-Bank Financial Institutions such as asset and investment managers, money remitters and micro-finance institutions as well as Global Corporate customers.
Eckard holds an International Diploma in Financial Crime Compliance from the International Compliance Association and was CAMS certified in 2014. He also completed a Specialist Certificate in Financial Crime Risk in Cryptocurrencies through the International Compliance Association.