Veronica Caraman

- Set up the sustainability governance for the Group - Perform role of Secretary for the Group Sustainability Committee - Program Manager of the Sustainability Strategy Execution Program

Joined Sanctions Policy & Governance, AFC, in July 2020 and promoted to Vice President in 2021 • Writing Policies & Procedures implementing sanctions regulation and risk appetite; assisting Business (1LoD) and Infrastructure functions (2LoD) with the understanding of requirements and technical operationalization; carrying out training sessions with impacted stakeholders • Managing closure of both internal and external Audit Findings • Have served as Secretary for formal governance fora for over 24 months

Hired as AVP in Aug 2018, AML and Sanctions, AFC • Setting out the operating model of the S&E function, including socialization with and obtaining signoff from S&E Regional and Global Functional Heads • Preparing responses for regulators and external monitors, e.g. BaFin Counter Terrorism Inquiry Letter, FRBNY Appointed Reviewer on Policy Mgmt • Defining global minimum standards for review of high risk transactions to close Audit Finding, including alignment with Regional and Global Functional Heads

Project based work in Germany's top banks: - Since June 2017 till July 2018, I was on a project in a large transformation program at a German leading bank to implement a sanctions policy across the first and second lines of defense; - Previously on a project that lasted eight months at same German bank, in a function closely attached to the Management Board. Employed to draft, seek approval and help implement governance policy standards, part of a new governance framework.

Intern at Deutsche Bank, Private & Business Clients, Investment Products, Real Assets team. - I was fully integrated in the team, working alongside my colleagues in developing a new investment product for our clients, at the time researching risk management and compliance within the new MiFID II regulations, focusing on alternative assets.

• Researching methods that governments and central banks employ in order to control the price of their fiat currencies • Contributing to the writing of an international project – Global 4C Mitigation Policy: “Complementary Currencies for Climate Change”, that deals with the design of a new currency that would internalise the cost of pollution

Intern in the Global CIO - Investment Strategy division - I worked with the Bloomberg Software, doing the book keeping of the two portfolios the department advises to manage. - My other responsibilities included working closely with Excel and developing new and simpler ways of keeping track of the financial information related to our portfolios, along with preparing the daily presentations and editing of reports.

Studying the science of climate change and its impact on societies, along with the mitigation and adaptation challenges.

• Full scholarship to study for BSc Economics at New College of the Humanities in London • Degree awarded by the University of London, London School of Economics

• Diploma gained alongside studying for a full time BSc Economics (12 modules) • NCH Diploma counts for 7 further modules (4 in Politics and one in each of the following: Logic & Critical Thinking, Science Literacy and Applied Ethics) • Grade: Merit (non-credit bearing)

• Brought to Gresham’s School from the Republic of Moldova on a full Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference (HMC) scholarship