Zahra has been a consultant for several Global Financial Institutions and Fintechs for over 20 years, including Barclays, Deutsche Bank, UBS Wealth
Management, and ICBC Bank. Her expertise spans Financial Crime, Technology, Operations, and Transformation. As the Financial Crime Strategist, Zahra has led change in creating policies and procedures, working with technology to automate risk-based client solutions, and designing bespoke, risk-based, anti-financial crime frameworks to enable digital service providers to launch and scale up. Zahra regularly contributes to research and panel discussions on the latest
technological advancements, sharing her insights into understanding and harnessing AI’s transformative potential and ensuring its responsible and
effective implementation. Zahra holds an ICA International Diploma in Anti-Money Laundering from the University of Manchester and is currently studying for the Executive Level ICA Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Crime Compliance. She is a member of the International Compliance Association,
an advisory board member for several international RegTech committees, and a mentor and gender equality advocate for the WIBF.