João Valente Martins

Head of the Compliance department managing all matters related to regulatory compliance, prevention of money laundering and terrorism financing, trainings, governance, risk management, anual plan, implementation of Compliance controlls, draft and implement policies and written supervisory procedures and keep up to date with changes in market conduct regulations and other relevant areas of law and regulations.

Responsible for the Compliance Department having has main tasks managing topics like regulatory compliance, anti money laundering, AML risk scoring, PEP identification, trainings, data privacy, due dilligence, governance, risk management, conflitcts of of interest, business continuity plan, provider management, audits follow up and being point of contact with the supervisor.

Working in a regulatory project related to IT Compliance (Internal security, governance, business continuity plan, identity & access management, process map & documentation) at BMW Bank GmbH in Munich, including the markets of Italy, France, Spain and Portugal.

Responsible for the implementation of the Compliance Department at BMW Bank in Portugal, including the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing, AML score card, monitoring of PEPs and lists of opposition, effectiveness tests, risk analysis, control and identification of beneficial owners, KYC, due diligence, specific training on anti-money laundering and fraud, point of contact with the supervisory authority and responsible for the internal and external audit coordination.