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      Victoria Wildhirt has more than 14 years of experience as a consultant to national and international financial services companies on compliance/regulatory issues. She has been with KPMG since January 2014 and previously spent four years with an international management consultancy in the financial services sector. Prior to that, she worked for several (inter)national financial institutions in private wealth management and product management.

      In her work at KPMG, Victoria Wildhirt is an expert for banks and insurance companies in the area of compliance. Her consulting focus is on the further development and optimisation of compliance management systems at individual and group level. She has supported numerous projects for the implementation of compliance requirements at international and national level and is responsible for the topics "Compliance Excellence" and "Compliance Management Frameworks" for banks and insurance companies as the technical lead. In addition to her work at KPMG, she is an active member of the Compliance Risk Roundtable (CRRT) of the Frankfurt Institute for Risk Management and Regulation (FIRM).

      1. Area Of Expertise
        • Optimisation of compliance management systems, including
          • Automation and optimisation of compliance processes, standards and methods
          • Integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in compliance
          • Introduction of 3-Line-of-Defence (3LoD) models
          • Expertise in the design of group-wide compliance programmes for, among other things
          • Customer protection/ sales compliance (IDD/ Directive (EU) 2016/97, Retail Investment Package)
          • Crypto/digital assets compliance (KryptoWTransferV, MiCA)
          • Money laundering prevention (GwG)
          • AI compliance (EU AI Act)
          • Tax compliance (FATCA/ CRS, DAC7)
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        • International markets
        • Corruption
        • National markets
      2. Education & Qualification

        Studied Business Administration at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf and Universidad Autònoma de Bacelona (UAB)

        Attended St Hugh College in Oxford, England

        Certification as SCRUM Master & Product Owner

        Qualification as PRINCE2 Practitioner