Mandeep Sandhu

Background

About Mandeep Sandhu

I am a Head of Department within the SRA Leadership team. I am responsible for the AML supervision of law firms across England and Wales. I have significant experience in regulation through handling some of the SRAs complex and high profile cases as well as extensive experience in AML. Throughout my roles I have also developed strong operational and strategic management leadership skills.My key strengths include- Creating the SRAs AML Inspection and desk based review programmes- Creating the SRAs programme of work on Financial Sanctions- Creating and contributing to the development of the SRAs guidance on AML and Sanctions- Developing decision making guidance and processes for the set up and development of the AML Proactive Supervision Team- Creating and developing the SRAs first annual AML report- Developing and refining of our approach to capturing key data to contribute to our AML reports- Significantly increase the output of the team by streamlining, changing and developing our processes of case management. This has led to an increased our supervisory oversight- Lead the direction of change within the team- Contributing to management information changes to monitor case holdings within the directorate- Provide technical guidance to colleagues withing the directorate and wider SRA on AML and sanctions- Strong stakeholder management and liaison with various government and international bodies. I also speak regularly at webinars and conferences and hold an active role within the SRAs Diversity and Inclusion programmes - assisting with the organisations Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage network and mentoring colleagues within the network.