Theresa Karunakaran
Regulatory Affairs Lead for Compliance Matters
Theresa Karunakaran comes with a rich background in regulation and supervision in the Reserve Bank of India, India's Central Bank. She holds a Post Graduate degree in economics and PGDM and a certificated member of the Indian Institute of Bankers. In a career spanning over 36 years with the RBI, she has worked in all the key areas of central banking, with the major part being in the area of regulation and supervision of banks and non-banking finance companies. She was a member of the First international team constituted by Financial Stability Board, comprising of Bafin, Germany, Treasury, Government of Australia and RBI, to assess Bank of Mauritius compliance with Basel Core Principles.
After serving successful stint with RBI as General Manager ,she has worked with Axis Bank the third largest private sector bank in India, as Advisor till July 2015. She worked as Director, Regulatory Affairs at Deutsche Bank AG India from 2015 till August 2020 . In this assignment, she worked closely with the RBI Working Group on Fin Tech and Digital Banking headed by its Executive Director. She is currently the Regulatory Affairs Lead for Compliance Matters, an independent advisory platform on regulatory compliance for banks and FIs.
She has been a Distinguished Speaker at Amity University - NOIDA's International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Leadership( ICEIL) in December 2020. She also addressed the Nepal AML Summit at its conference in Kathmandu on January 2020 on Best practices for identifying Beneficial Ownership. She is a resource person for FCAP certification programme in AML for bankers/auditors from Asia, and National Institute of Bank Management. She has been a speaker at the Annual AML India Summit 2020 and the Asia AML/CFT Summit in July 2021, organized by Fintelekt and Asian Banker's Association ,Taiwan. Some of the international forums on which she speaks regularly include the Global Counter Terrorism Council ,AMLC-Fintelekt AML/CTF Annual Summit (Philipines)etc.
Shashwat SanyalShashwat holds over 21 years of experience with MNCs.His key competencies lie in Risk Management & Governance. He carries significant experience in overseeing the delivery of sensitive regulatory obligations and was responsible in his role as Executive Director for structuring & delivery of Compliance programs for the implementation of Bank's obligations to the US regulator and UAE regulator for Private Bank (2018).
With a Bachelor of Commerce & a Postgraduate in Business Management, he holds a Specialist Certificate in Conduct Risk (Spec.Cert(Conduct)) and is an affiliate member of the International Compliance Association. He is also a member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists and is CAMS certified.
Pramod SharmaPramod has provided technological solutions pertaining to various aspects of banking and insurance domains to the leading banks - Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Capital Group, City, IPSL, ABN Amro.
While working closely with these banks, he sensed the need for comprehensive AML/CFT and sanctions solutions, as he felt current solutions are still not solving the real pain areas of customers.
As CEO of IntelleWings, he has been leading a team of highly motivated group of people, who are working consistently to make complicated AML compliance space easier and accurate through the usage of cutting-edge technologies.
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