Safia LAZHAR, Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing Specialist who serves currently as (AML/CFT Compliance Manager at the Tunisian Branch of the Franco German Group ODDO BHF. Given her bank’s considerable business mostlyin Europe and the MENA region, Ms Lazhar is at the forefront in some of the most challenging risk management challenges.
With over 11 years of experience including 7 years in the compliance and integrity enforcement, her principal responsibility is the application of AML/CTF controls in a jurisdiction that has not met yet all the international financial integrity standards. She has successfully managed her banks’ risks and avoided entanglements in illicit activities throughout the recent years where geopolitical pressures have massively increased.

Ms. Lazhar also collaborates with other ODDO BHF group entities, based in France, Germany, Switzerland, the United States, Italy, Singapore, Hong-Kong, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam to assist in the risk management with assets of private clients, companies, institutional investors, and independent financial advisors. With her AML/CTF speciality she engages in extensive KYC vettings around the world to monitor and evaluate risk levels associated with customers, transactions and services.

She is also participating in the group’s coordination or clear, actionable policies to guide AML/CTF efforts, provide regular training to employees in the bank to ensure group-wide applications of preventive and protective AML/CTF risks and to implement systems and controls to ensure ongoing compliance with regulations.

Ms. Lazhar’s extensive practitioner role will benefit CCSI trainings, especially also because as a native Arabic speaker (in addition to her fluency in French and English) she is able to combine her technical proficiency with profound multi-cultural awareness, including diversity and inclusivity practices.
She has graduated from the high Business School of Carthage (Tunisia) with a Master’s Degree in Economy and has benefited from numerous additional educational opportunities.