Ms. Lopez-Mellado is responsible for supporting financial
institutions and corporates to build out their Anti-Money
Laundering (AML)/Know Your Customer (KYC) due diligence policies
and procedures into KYC Managed Services. Ms. Lopez-Mellado also
works with current and prospective customers, strategic partners,
and product development teams to identify strategic opportunities
to enhance the potential of the solution globally. Previously, she
worked at Refinitiv where she was Regional Head of Policy &
Standards for Risk Managed Services. During her time at Refinitiv
she analysed, benchmarked and advised on more than 60 global KYC
policies, including KYC requirements for all fund types.
Ms. Lopez-Mellado has an extensive legal and compliance
background, having commenced her career as a dual qualified lawyer
(Spain & UK) She made the transition to business development.
In her 15 plus years, she has helped organizations develop and
implement their compliance, anti-corruption and third-party due
diligence programmes. Ms. Lopez-Mellado is a dual qualified lawyer
(Spain & UK) and holds two Masters in Law (LLM); International
Corporate Governance, Financial Regulation, Economic Law and
Comparative Business Law. She also holds an ICA international
diploma in anti-money laundering.