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Martina Mifsud

Head of Risk & Compliance
ARQ Group

Martina heads ARQ’s advisory team in the area of AML/CFT compliance. Prior to joining ARQ, she worked with the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit, carrying out both on-site and off-site AML/CFT inspections of financial services entities and DNFBPs. During this period, she was also involved in national projects, such as the implementation of the risk-based approach to supervision in Malta. She also held the position of compliance officer within the fund administration and investment services sectors.

Martina advises a number of systemic and non-systemic banks in Malta as well as various top-tier gaming companies. She heads the team within ARQ that conducts AML/CFT audits, gap analyses and enterprise risk assessments and regularly delivers training to officers and staff of various institutions. She is a member of the sub-committee on the prevention of money laundering and the financing of terrorism of the Malta Institute of Accountants and regularly lectures on financial crime matters.