Erik Wilgenhof Plante
Erik Wilgenhof Plante,
MBA, CAMS, FICA, FICP is Chief Compliance Officer at itBit.
itBit is a venture capital funded global digital currencies exchange
based in Singapore. They match buyers and sellers of bitcoins vs USD, SGD,
and EUR.
Erik has played various risk and
compliance roles in the private banking sector, including Commerzbank
& ABN Amro. He has led AML teams and conducted numerous workshops
and presentations on compliance topics to companies & regulators
worldwide. He is network chairman and fellow of the International
Compliance Association, a Financial Industry Certified Professional, and
founding board member of the Singapore chapter of the
Association of
Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS).
He authored
Are Bitcoin and Know Your Client principles incompatible? and
Are banks missing out on Bitcoin?
Erik was previously
Senior Manager Compliance for South East Asia at
PayPal, Head of Compliance at
DZ Privatbank, Vice President Compliance at
Clariden Leu, Senior Compliance Officer at
Commerzbank, Assistant Vice President and Teamleader Compliance/Transaction Surveillance
at Royal Bank of Scotland, Senior Analyst Compliance/Anti money laundering and anti terrorist financing
at ABN AMRO, Program Manager Sustainability/Community Involvement
at ABN AMRO, Project Manager Internet Banking at
ABN AMRO, and Restructuring Officer at
ABN AMRO.
Erik earned his Bachelor’s of Law at the University of Amsterdam
in 1995. He completed his Postdoc in Insolvency Law for Banks
at the University of Nijmegen in 1997. He earned his MBA in
International Business at Webster University in 2008.
Watch
Bitcoin Offers Tremendous Opportunities: itBit.
Read
itBit Bitcoin Exchange Reaffirms Commitment to Compliance and Regulation With New Hire.
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Meetup profile.
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