Alba
Kiihl, CAMS
Alba Kiihl is the Global Head of the Compliance Risk Monitoring Team at State Street. In this role, Alba leads a global team responsible for the design and execution of an independent monitoring and testing program covering compliance risks across the firm.
Upon joining the firm in November 2017, Alba promptly began implementing industry leading practices relative to compliance monitoring and testing and established a centralized group intended to bring efficiency and effectiveness to the existing program. Through framework re-design, definition of roles and responsibilities, establishment of a global operating model and organizational realignments, the centralized function was successfully implemented and remains in operation to this day.
Alba started her career in the United States in 2004 as a consultant serving the financial services sector. Some of the projects undertaken during her 9-year tenure with the consulting firm included outsourced internal audit engagements and reviews covering the full spectrum of a compliance program. In 2013, Alba joined Santander Bank, N.A. where she built a second line of defense testing unit from ground zero, developing a state-of-the art testing methodology and onboarding the required talent to serve as the foundation for the new group. Alba was responsible for creating a risk-based testing plan and overseeing the output of work executed, providing direction to staff and insights into key and emerging risks affecting the compliance testing program.
Alba graduated in Brazil and holds a BA in Psychology. She subsequently received a Masters in Management from Harvard Extension School. She is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and holds CAMS Advanced Certification in Audit.