Victor is an Associate Director in the Compliance division of the firm, based in the DIFC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. His role involves addressing critical challenges in regulatory compliance, financial crime, and data protection. He focuses on areas such as anti–money laundering, regulatory compliance, and supporting financial institutions in navigating the regulatory landscape while remaining up to date with the latest regulatory rulings, as well as data protection requirements across ADGM, DIFC, onshore UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Europe.

Victor is currently registered with both the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) and the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) as the Compliance Officer and Money Laundering Reporting Officer (CO/MLRO) for asset management, fund management, and advisory firms. He also serves as Group Data Protection Officer, providing data protection support internally within the group and externally to clients in both DIFC and ADGM. In addition, he is handling multiple licence applications with the FSRA and DFSA in the UAE.

Victor has over 12 years of experience in anti–money laundering, compliance, corporate governance, and financial regulation. He has worked as a compliance, regulatory, and risk specialist with leading financial institutions such as UBS, Société Générale, and Lloyds Banking Group in the United Kingdom. His regulatory experience covers the investment banking, wealth management, and fund management sectors.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of Liverpool and an LLM in International Financial Law from University of Manchester, BPTC from BPP University College and ACAMS certification.