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MLRO and Compliance Officer

Need a named MLRO in the UAE?

A senior Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO), named on the appointment, who builds and runs your AML/CFT framework. Your regulator holds final acceptance, so we start from the tests it applies.

  • An MLRO matched to your regulator
  • The AML/CFT framework
  • Continuity
Brief us on the appointment

No search fee. Reply within 24 hours, Monday to Friday.

A senior compliance executive in a modern Dubai office
400+curated executives in the UAE collective

Our compliance leaders have held the line at

Emirates NBDMashreqHSBCStandard CharteredDIFCADGMPwCKPMG
The problem

Sound familiar?

  • The regulator has asked who your MLRO is.
  • Your MLRO has left, and the role cannot sit empty.
  • Your policies came from a template.
  • You are unsure who the regulator will accept.

A named role needs a credible person in it. We match a senior MLRO to the tests your regulator applies, and the regulator holds final acceptance.

What changes

A named officer your regulator can accept

Today

No named MLRO for the regulator

With an MLRO

An MLRO matched to your regulator

Matched to the seniority, capacity and UAE residence your regulator expects of the role.

Today

Policies copied from a template

With an MLRO

The AML/CFT framework

Policies, controls and reporting built for your firm.

Today

Cover that ends when the officer leaves

With an MLRO

Continuity

The officer who built the framework stays on to run monitoring, reporting and regulator liaison.

Brief us on the appointment

No search fee. Reply within 24 hours, Monday to Friday.

How we solve it

A senior MLRO, named on the appointment and running the framework

Your regulator expects a named MLRO who is accountable from day one. We match one to the tests your regulator applies, and the regulator holds final acceptance.

  1. First

    Match to your regulator

    An MLRO with the experience and UAE residence your regulator tests for.

  2. Then

    Build the framework

    The AML/CFT framework, risk assessment and reporting, owned by the MLRO.

  3. Ongoing

    Run it

    Transaction monitoring, SAR and STR filing via goAML, and reporting to the board.

Senior and named

Experienced officers from our curated collective of 400+, appointed in their own name.

Matched to your regulator

Chosen against the tests your regulator applies to the role. The regulator holds final acceptance.

A structure the regulator agrees

How the role is held is agreed with your regulator, so we start from what your licence needs.

The comparison

Fractional, full-time or outsourced

All three can work. What matters to the regulator is that the person named on the appointment has the seniority, independence and time to hold it.

RecommendedFractional
Full-time
Outsourced
Who does the work
Fractional · RecommendedThe named senior individual you appointed
Full-timeYour own employee
OutsourcedA provider’s team, under a named lead
Time commitment
Fractional · RecommendedAgreed days each month, flexing with need
Full-timeFull time, whatever the workload
OutsourcedSet by the service contract
Cost basis
Fractional · RecommendedA share of a senior salary, for the time you use
Full-timeFull salary, benefits, visa and hiring costs
OutsourcedA service fee, often plus ad hoc charges
Getting started
Fractional · RecommendedNo full recruitment cycle
Full-timeA full search and notice period
OutsourcedQuick to contract
Continuity
Fractional · RecommendedStays as long as you need; handover planned
Full-timeDepends on retention
OutsourcedStaff may rotate across clients
Brief us on the appointment

No search fee. Reply within 24 hours, Monday to Friday.

How it works

From the brief to the match

  1. STEP 1

    Tell us the problem

    A short brief, read personally.

  2. STEP 2

    Meet your shortlist

    Leaders from our collective of 400+ who have solved it before.

  3. STEP 3

    Named and approved

    Your regulator approves the appointment where the role needs it.

Brief us on the appointment
Your brief

Tell us your regulator and the role

A few questions on the business and the problem. Every brief is read personally, and we reply within 24 hours, Monday to Friday.

  1. We read your brief and reply within 24 hours, Monday to Friday.
  2. We come back with senior officers from the collective who meet your regulator’s tests.
  3. No search fee. An engagement is priced on time and scope.
Step 1 of 3About 3 minutes

Where to reach you

So we can come back to you with names, not a form reply.

We reply to this address within 24 hours, Monday to Friday. Every brief is read personally. No newsletter, no list.

If you stop before sending, we may keep what you have entered so far so the team can pick your enquiry up with you.

We ask for a number because the fastest briefs are settled in one short call. We will not add you to a list or pass it on.

No search fee.

What an engagement costs, plainly.

  • Priced on time and scope.
  • Contracted business to business.
Questions

Before you brief us

Yes. The DFSA in DIFC and the FSRA in ADGM both allow the MLRO role to be outsourced to a suitable individual with real seniority and the capacity to do the job. The MLRO must be resident in the UAE unless the regulator grants a waiver, and the regulator still approves the appointment.

It can be quick, but it depends on the regulator’s approval process, so we do not quote a fixed timeline. Where a role needs approval, the relevant regulator holds final acceptance, so the timing sits with it. What we control is the brief: telling us your regulator, the role and why it is needed lets us screen and shortlist candidates who already meet its tests, such as UAE residence and minimum experience.

No. An engagement is priced on time and scope, contracted business to business, and there is no search fee on top.

MLRO and Compliance Officer

A named officer your regulator can accept.

Tell us the problem. We come back with leaders who have solved it before.

Brief us on the appointment