Olivia
Tawadros
With over 15 years in the industry, Olivia brings a wealth of experience in AML/CFT. As a regional expert based in the Middle East, Olivia currently leads the Systems Infrastructure team at the UAE Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). Having worked in local and multinational financial institutions in various roles, she established a strong foundational knowledge and skill set before joining the UAE FIU in 2017.
Olivia led the UAE FIU’s goAML (FIU’s reporting platform) implementation. She was also a member of the delegation representing the UAE FIU during the FATF/MENAFATF on-site visit for the Mutual Evaluation Assessment of the UAE. Throughout her career, Olivia has been an integral part of several technology tool deployments, policy creations and the design of risk based approach mechanisms for investigations. Her specialty is investigations of organized crime, especially those involving complex structures. She is a published ACAMS author on the same topic.