Marina Antoniou

Global Head of Global Markets Risk & Control assessment BNP Paribas

'Marina is the Head of Global Markets Risk & Control assessment at BNP Paribas.

She specializes in global capital markets risks and controls with a focus on conduct risk, rogue trading, financial crime and surveillance.

Marina has extensive experience working with regulators globally. In the past, she acted as lead validator, at Top Tier banks, on regulatory conduct risk programmes sanctioned by the US Federal Reserve Bank and the US Department of Justice.

Marina is passionate about innovation. She has led global transformation initiatives launching automated solutions to mitigate non-financial risk. She also acts as guest lecturer at Exec MBA courses and speaker at conferences globally covering conduct risk, digital transformation, digital assets, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech and ESG.

Marina is a qualified chartered accountant and member of the ICAEW. She completed a Technology Entrepreneurship course at Harvard. She also studied FinTech at the University of Oxford Said Business School during which she developed a FinTech innovation idea aiming at fundraising for people impacted by natural disasters. Marina studied Investment Management at the London Business School and has an MSc in Economics & Finance from Warwick Business School.