Leonid Komov

Expertise

Leonid has extensive experience in financial crime, compliance and licensing across multiple jurisdictions.

His 20+ years of experience include senior roles in AML and control functions, including Head of AML/Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) and global and regional roles in banking and financial technology companies. More recently, he advised and consulted regulatory technology, crypto, and fintech companies, supporting the end-to-end design, implementation and scaling of compliance and financial crime frameworks.

Leonid helped a number of e-money institutions and crypto companies to secure regulatory authorisations across the UK, EU, and other jurisdictions and expand internationally. Leonid also sits on the advisory boards of technology firms, guiding them on shaping their product proposition and go-to-market strategies.

Leonid Advises

• Licensing and authorisations for e-money, payments and crypto firms
• FCR Risk assessments and frameworks
• Compliance/FCR Policies and procedures
• International expansion
• Compliance/anti-financial crime technology
• Recruiting and building out compliance teams

Experience Highlights

• Led end-to-end authorisation and designed relevant systems and controls for a UK e-money firm, now providing ongoing retained support on compliance and FCR matters;
• Led a full setup and support from a compliance perspective for the launch of the payment account at the fastest-growing neobank in the UK;
• Supported several firms as a fractional Head of Compliance and MLRO, spearheading compliance/FCC build-outs and transformation;
• As a trusted advisor for fintech founders and the C-Suite, Leonid helped to secure authorisations and manage expansion initiatives across the EU, UK, Canada, Singapore and several other jurisdictions.

Career History

Work Experience: Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Société Générale, Revolut.

Clients include: Allica Bank, Apron Payments, TazaPay, Pawabank, Flagright, TransactionLink, etc.

Education: PhD in Finance, International Diploma in Governance, Risk and Compliance, University of Cambridge Programme – RegTech: AI for Financial Regulation, Risk, and Compliance.