Nirosha Amarasinghe is a Sanctions Compliance Manager at the world's largest virtual currency exchange, Binance. Nirosha functions in a global role providing stakeholders across compliance and broader Binance teams with effective strategic advice to manage Sanctions, Anti Bribery & Corruption (ABC) and Counter Terrorist Financing (CTF) related risks. She implements, and oversees compliance frameworks, critically evaluating processes to identify compliance risks associated with Binance's activities, whilst staying abreast of regulatory and internal developments that affect Binance globally. Nirosha also liaises and negotiates with external stakeholders, ranging from regulators, auditors to industry bodies/associations. Nirosha Actively contributes and leads internal and industry-wide knowledge management initiatives, fostering exchange of knowledge on evolving regulations and risk typologies in order to enhance Sanctions, ABC & CTF knowledge within the industry.

Prior to joining Binance Nirosha held the position of Lead Regulatory Compliance Manager at First West Credit Union in British Columbia, Canada. Her role entailed providing consultation and direction to management to implement and maintain policies and infrastructure in accordance with associated regulatory expectations. Nirosha played a key role in the Federal continuance journey of First West and shared her knowledge and expertise in the process of this provincial credit union becoming a federal credit union. Nirosha collaborated and interacted with leadership and key stakeholders at all levels throughout the Credit Union, providing expert advice and consultation.

Prior to joining First West Nirosha was with HSBC Bank Canada. She played a key role in the compliance function during the period HSBC was undergoing the Deferred Prosecution Action (DPA) imposed by the US Government and played an integral part in compliance scrutiny of the Monitor and Skilled Person appointed by the US Department of Justice. She carried out in-depth analysis of rules, regulations, and policies to identify emerging compliance risks, assessing the materiality of policy gaps, reviewing the design and operating effectiveness of controls to mitigate Financial Crime and Regulatory Risks. Her work was highly commended by internal and external stakeholders.

Prior to joining HSBC Bank, Nirosha was with BMO Bank of Montreal, which is one of the largest banks in Canada. She specialized in Canadian Retail Banking and Wealth Management industries during the period she was with BMO.

Prior to joining the Bank of Montreal, Nirosha was with ICICI Bank in Sri Lanka, where she held the position of a Compliance Manager. She was a pioneer member of the management team recruited to set up the Banking operation in Sri Lanka. Prior to ICICI, Nirosha was with AVIVA Insurance, a UK Based insurance company. She held the positions, Sales Administration Manager and Sales Compliance Manager at AVIVA.

During her career, Nirosha had the opportunity to attend various compliance and legal programs in a few countries such as, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore etc. In addition to ACAMS Vancouver Chapter Board, Nirosha also sits on a few other boards and shares her knowledge and expertise with a larger segment of the community, in a volunteer capacity.

Nirosha was an Attorney-at-Law in Sri Lanka and holds a LL.B Degree. She also holds the Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) designation from ACAMS, USA and Chartered Marketer designation from Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), UK.