Arisha Ponnousamy

On-boarding of different structures (Trusts, Global Business Companies, Foreign non-listed entities, Domestic Companies amongst others) for CIB (Global and International Corporates, Mauritian and Regional Corporates and Specialised Finance), PWM ( External Asset Managers for account opening of EAMs and Omnibus accounts)

Provision of advice relative to potential customers, adverse information, PEPs, KYC documents amongst others.

Preparation of checklists and guide stakeholders on KYC requirements pertaining to new products.

Holding of meeting with stakeholders for discussions pertaining to account opening and smoothening of on-boarding process for some products.

Provision of training

For the first two years, I worked in the on-boarding and review team within the Compliance Section. The exercise consisted mainly of ensuring adherence to the different policies put in place by the Bank of Mauritius and strict adherence thereof.

I also worked as Compliance Officer in the credit section of the bank for two years and got acquainted with different credit facilities.