Anna Issel

Anna is a Global Head of Anti-Financial Crime for the International Private Bank Division of Deutsche Bank. Anna is responsible for a portfolio of 3 million clients and covers all anti-financial crime related topics including KYC, optimisation of processes related to client on-boarding and transaction monitoring. Anna’s focus is on developing AI and machine learning tools to prevent and detect financial crime.

Anna spent almost her entire career at DB, joining as an analyst. She has held leadership positions in Group Strategy, focusing on Principal M&A as well as Integration and Transformation. Subsequently, Anna joined Group Audit as a Chief Auditor for Anti-Financial Crime, building out dedicated AML and Sanctions teams, and working closely with the key regulators.