General Counsel And Chief Compliance Officer
Vancouver, Canada Area
General CounselJanuary 2021 - May 2022Responsible for all legal matters other than corporate secretary accountabilities. Relevant domains included litigation, legal operations, contracts, legal staffing and legal budgets.Associate General Counsel. July 2016 - January 2021.Provided legal services to all areas of the business. Key responsibilities included providing advice and negotiating transactions in the areas of software licensing and development, privacy, anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing, M&A, lending, debt issuances, payments, over-the-counter transactions such as derivatives and repos, and securitizations. Chief Compliance Officer. August 2019 - Present.Oversaw the compliance function, including policies, procedures and operations. Managed the compliance team. Acted as Chief Privacy Officer and Chief Anti-Money Launder Officer.Senior Legal Counsel. January 2015 - July 2016.Led a series of major software licensing initiatives, and was responsible for legal issues in connection with a Canada-wide contract for debit card processing and a multi-billion dollar national credit card program for credit unions.Other Roles:Interim General Counsel for six months while the General Counsel was Interim CEO. Served as acting member of Executive Team responsible for all legal operations.Interim Head of Compliance Services for 10 months. Oversaw P&L, business development and operations for a business line providing internal AML services as well as comprehensive outsourced AML services and consulting to small financial institutions across Canada.Head of Procurement for five months. Established a centralized procurement function.