Rachel Waldren

Rachel is a leader in financial crime risk and compliance who brings her experience in the public and private sectors to assist individual clients' needs. 

She has worked in major banks as the Global Head of Financial Crime and Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing Compliance Officer. Rachel has been appointed as an AML/CTF expert in high-profile Australian litigation, Royal Commissions and has been appointed as an AML/CTF Independent Auditor.

Rachel has led engagements involving: 

• The provision of an Expert Report to a Royal Commission in relation to a large Reporting Entities AML/CTF Compliance 
• Conducting Financial Crime Frameworks diagnostics and advised clients on their Regulatory engagement strategy
• Undertaking Independent Reviews in Australia and New Zealand
• Conducting training workshops to a wide variety of clients including Boards, Audit, Risk, Compliance and Operations Teams.

Rachel has over 30 years' experience and has proven reputation for simplifying complex legal and regulatory risk and applying a compliance lens in a business context.