Paul Meilak

Background

About Paul Meilak

A committed person accustomed to working with tight deadlines and a constantly changing financial environment. I have been working in the financial services sector since 1987 when I joined Mid-Med Bank. My main area of expertise is Operational Risk with special focus on Financial Crime Compliance, mainly CDD, control testing, remediation and Transaction Monitoring. I spent over 15 years in a Risk function and I’m conversant with various aspects such as Branches, Credit with focus on Retail and SME risk, procedure writing and Contact Centres, focusing mainly on associated risks. For the past 15 years I was always entrusted with managing relatively large teams within a risk environment and successfully carried out major risk related projects such as Basel II, centralisation of Retail and SME Credit and management of a newly formed unit to handle this and ensuing Branch transformation. Presently and for the past years I was involved in Business Risk assessments, control testing, conduct assessments and Anti Money Laundering processes and associated controls. My belief is that as Risk Professionals and / or Consultants, our aim should not be to hinder good business but identify opportunities and help the business to tap them with the adequate controls to help it succeed. At the same time, we should also identify areas where a business may need to exit for the overall benefit of all stakeholders.