Compliance and Risk Management
Compliance and Risk Management is our niche service offering. In this area, we have done work ranging from compiling regulatory universe, risk identification and assessments, drafting legal and compliance policies, complying risk assessments, risk management plans, and compliance procedure manuals. Belinda has extensive compliance and risk management experience.
Between 2010-2014, she was the compliance officer in (Private Side) Advisory Compliance at Barclays where she provided day-to-day compliance advice, support, and guidance to the Corporate & Investment Banking Division (“CIB”) i.e. Corporate Coverage, Debt, Equity, and Loan Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions, Project Finance (Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Programme), Equity Linked, JSE Financial Sponsor, and Advisory & Syndicate, across all CIB products and services.
A large part of her mandate required providing advice and guidance on risk identification, risk assessment and risk management, managing conflict of interest, identification and management of reputational risk to ensure compliance with legislation, regulations, and internal policies and procedures across ABSA and the checks and Compliance Training across all CIB Desks.