Imogen Bester Email & Phone Number

Evangelist of Luno’s exchange, custodian of the API.

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Established the Market Surveillance department from inception to a fully integrated monitoring capability. Liaise with regulators for periodic updates and findings discussions.Facilitated the FinCrime team with the design and implementation of on and off-chain transaction monitoring tools, refined utilisation of machine learning based customer risk scoring platforms. Management of fraud rules engine to guide compliance team efforts to place friction or enqueue high risk customers, created… Show more Established the Market Surveillance department from inception to a fully integrated monitoring capability. Liaise with regulators for periodic updates and findings discussions.Facilitated the FinCrime team with the design and implementation of on and off-chain transaction monitoring tools, refined utilisation of machine learning based customer risk scoring platforms. Management of fraud rules engine to guide compliance team efforts to place friction or enqueue high risk customers, created monitoring dashboards to this end. Show less

Johannesburg

Engaged with front office execution based trading for retail and institutional investors in the local and foreign equities markets and local derivative instruments.Facilitated infrastructure enhancements with back office and developed risk reports and analytics across a host of product offerings.

Johannesburg

Financial Pricing Model- Developed and implemented a dynamic pricing sensitivity model to allow a commercial bank to test the revenue impact associated with structural fee changes.Risk Management Framework- Designed a managed platform solution, utilising graph database tech to identify customers or employees from over 190 different sources of information.Data Factory- Part of a weekly structured training program to fast track technical upskilling by combining extensive training offered… Show more Financial Pricing Model- Developed and implemented a dynamic pricing sensitivity model to allow a commercial bank to test the revenue impact associated with structural fee changes.Risk Management Framework- Designed a managed platform solution, utilising graph database tech to identify customers or employees from over 190 different sources of information.Data Factory- Part of a weekly structured training program to fast track technical upskilling by combining extensive training offered by industry experts in a wealth of sectors. Show less

Lyttleton Manor, Pretoria

Rewired and conducted quality control testing flight simulation controllers and repaired and tested Rooivalk junction boxes.Implemented the research, design and machining of a helicopter instrumentation binnacle.

Post Graduate Diploma In Forensic Accounting, Auditing

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.), Industrial Engineering

Master'S Degree, Fraud Risk Management, Currently Enrolled

Thesis: Market manipulation in cryptocurrency exchanges