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Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Wales, United Kingdom

Provide support to the charity’s CEO in UK operations, communication, engagement & partnerships between UK and overseas teams (mainly Africa, Middle East & Asia). Delivering sessions on mission, vision, structure and charity values. Coordinating the Communications, social media & Volunteer Placements teams as well as leading and facilitating UK wide staff meetings. Translation and adaptation of charity policies & guidelines.Major accomplishments include:• Redesigning the charity joining process from intensive & residential training to an online induction process specific to relevant areas accommodating a considerable increase in membership & engagement. Particularly relevant considering the current pandemic.• Mapping, designing and delivering a communications strategy for both internal & external audiences allowing information to flow through all sectors of the charity using Office365 for businesses.• Pioneering online engagement with video and storytelling and engagement via online events thus increasing reach & exposure of both UK and overseas work.

São Paulo, Brazil

Assessed the Global Banks International scenario, researched Anti Money Laundering & Counter Terrorism Financing international compliance regulations to comply with best practices and equipped decision makers with both legal & market evidence. Alongside division manager responded to foreign banking & regulatory Due Diligence processes in Portuguese, English, Spanish and French.Major accomplishments included:• Ensuring best practices were followed by holding company & subsidiaries and sorting out the backlog of international due diligence requests.• Developing better relationship with foreign banks & foreign branches by speaking their language.

São Paulo

Ensured the investment bank complied with Anti Money Laundering & Counter Terrorism Financing requirements and renewed compliance certificates. Delivered Know Your Client (KYC) & Know Your Partner (KYP) processes and responded to international Due Diligence requests. Alongside division manager responded to national banking & regulatory Due Diligence processes.Major accomplishments included: • Ensuring best practices were followed by the investment bank and reducing the backlog of national & international due diligence requests.• Changes in the client & partner onboarding processing making it simpler and safer by collecting evidence from regulatory and financial bodies, allowing the investment bank to do more business.

São Paulo, Brazil

Provided litigation support to Arbitration & Civil Law lawyers by keeping track of court cases & legal decisions, attending meetings with clients, researching precedents & scholars’ opinions on legal matters, speaking to judges & speeding up the development of cases when required and/or applicable.Major accomplishments included:• Researched and implemented new methods for collecting court files digitally allowing associates to receive files quicker and start working on appeals and/or responses to court decisions.

São Paulo, Brazil

Provided litigation support to Arbitration & Civil Law lawyers by keeping track of court cases & legal decisions, attending meetings with clients, researching precedents & scholars opinions on legal matters, speaking to judges & speeding up the development of cases when required and/or applicable.Major accomplishments included:• Ensuring timely completion of client reports by troubleshooting the system and adapting language used in common cases. Also provided English translations of reports to foreign clients.

São Paulo, Brazil

Tax law Internship.

São Paulo, Brazil

Responsible for welcoming and assisting foreign bank executives upon arrival and offering translation in informal settings in English, Spanish and French as well as managing bookings for the audio & video conferencing systems.Major accomplishments included:• Researching and upgrading the Telepresence (TP) system reducing international travel and connecting the Brazilian branch to the Madrid, London & New York branches.

Bachelor Of Laws (Llb), Law, First Class Honours

Bachelor of Laws (LLB) - Degree in Law and registered with the Brazilian Bar Association - OAB/SP 361.460

French, French Language

Studying French in Niger, West Africa.

English, English Language

Studying English in the UK.

Spanish

Studies of the Spanish language in Uruguay.