About Mubarak
I help wealth managers, private banks, fund administrators and financial crime consultancies tighten CDD and AML without slowing onboarding. Over 10 years in UK financial services across wealth management and private banking, specialising in CDD and AML. Most recently I led the Client Due Diligence function at a UK wealth manager, where I rebuilt the operating model end to end and cut average processing from around 10 working days to 4. I lead enhanced due diligence on trusts, foundations, offshore corporates and cross-border source of wealth, and contributed to a JFSC-mandated Jersey remediation across 2,000+ accounts, working across FCA and JFSC regimes. I take on interim, contract and project work: CDD and AML remediation, operating-model redesign, EDD on complex cases, MLRO support and financial crime framework design.
English
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
London (up to 50km)
Experience
- Veridex AdvisoryFounderJanuary 2025 - Today (1 year and 6 months)• • Build AML and CDD remediation methodology for regulated firms, including firm-wide AML policy suites, business-wide risk assessments and risk-based CDD/EDD frameworks.• • Design financial crime controls and supporting documentation to a standard that holds up under regulatory scrutiny, covering CDD/KYC, sanctions screening, SAR procedures, training, MLRO reporting and record keeping.• • Advise on financial crime risk in product structures and counterparty flows.
- LGT Wealth Management UK LLP,Head of Client Due DiligenceNovember 2024 - November 2025 (1 year)• • Led the CDD and ODD function across onboarding and ongoing monitoring, with end-to-end responsibility for policy, process, controls and team delivery.• • Designed and implemented a revised CDD policy and governance framework, embedded across onboarding and ongoing due diligence.• • Cut average CDD processing times from around 10 working days to 4, through process redesign, workflow change and revised quality controls.• • Built a Salesforce-based trigger events framework used by CDD, ODD, Financial Crime, Compliance and Front Office, covering periodic review cadence, event-driven reassessment and audit trail.• • Put in place a third-party payments control framework that strengthened sanctions alignment and reduced operational risk.• • Delivered AML/KYC training to Front Office teams across London, Bristol, Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh and Jersey, with enhanced technical training for CDD, ODD and Financial Crime teams.
- LGT Wealth Management UK LLP,Ongoing Due Diligence ManagerJanuary 2024 - October 2024 (9 months)• • Ran periodic and trigger-based reviews across the client base, with ownership of deadlines, MI and regulatory requirements.• • Oversaw workflow prioritisation, quality assurance and escalation management.• • Worked closely with Compliance and Financial Crime on high-risk cases, providing input on complex structures and risk decisions.
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Education
- Professional Banker Certificate & DiplomaChartered Banker Institute2018Professional Banker Certificate & Diploma
- Valentines Sixth Form, A-Levels2012Valentines Sixth Form, A-Levels