Laxmi Ramanath

About Laxmi Ramanath

Have built La Meer as a premier risk and compliance company that helps address the complex worldwide regulatory challenges faced by financial institutions. Our specialized GRACE suite of web based solutions address enterprise risk, operational risk, regulatory compliance, client management and client compliance, AML, vendor risk, ITGRC, operational due diligence, MiFID II,Reg BI, GDPR and regulatory reporting for the US and European Markets in banking, alternate investments pension and wealth management segments. ESG and Sustainability is very close to my heart and we have released ESG for corporates to help corporates address their ESG obligations as well as ESG for Fund Managers to help manage and monitor their investments going into ESG initiatives We currently offer GRACE-Enterprise GRC for Enterprise Risk managementGRACE Integrated End to End Client Life Cycle Management for Wealth Management Industry to address MiFID II, Reg BI, Fiduciary Rule, Suitability rulesGRACE ESG for CorporatesGRACE CCO for Compliance Management for Broker-Dealers / Advisors / Hedge funds GRACE-AML for Anti-Money Laundering processes GRACE-Trade Monitoring for Monitoring Trades GRACE-ITGRC for GDPR / CCPA / Privacy regulations for Information Technology Risk ManagementGRACE-Vendor for Vendor Risk Management GRACE Form PF for Form PF filingGRACE-ODD for operational due diligence for institutional investors - pensions, endowments, family offices, HNWs, & Private Equity GRACE ESG for Fund Managers Have worked globally on complex technology and financial applications including on-line trading systems (Bombay Stock Exchange),derivatives processing, data warehousing, internet banking and treasury systems for CitibankI coordinate the Silicon Valley risk and compliance round tables as the Steering Committee member of PRMIA - Professional Risk Manager\'s International Association San Francisco Chapter. I also work with various risk and compliance think tanks in the US and Europe on standards and thought leadership. I was in the Steering Committee of 100womeninhedgefunds Northern California and am an active member of the group now renamed 100womeninFinance.

Experience

1. Founder and CEO

   La Meer Inc

   Mar 2010 — Present

   I am the Founder and CEO of La Meer Inc. I have built up the organization to be a leading vendor of specialized tablet enabled web based risk management solutions for the banking, wealth management, alternate investments, broker-dealer, advisor, and pension spaceLa Meer\'s GRACE suite of solutions provide an integrated web based approach to governance, risk and compliance. Our GRACE suite for wealth management addresses the requirements of Regulation Best Interest - Reg BI rules, Mifid II, and Suitability rules in Canada to Suitability, Market Disclosures, Trade monitoring, Conflicts of Interest, Employee trades and insider monitoring,branch and rep examinations and outside activity monitoring, client portfolio to see drifts, monitor fees and billing and other important requirements from FINRA/SEC Our GRACE for Data Privacy and Vendor risk solutions complement the compliance management suite to help monitor cybersecurity and third party risks.GRACE\'s Operational risk and enterprise risk capabilities help large organizations implement risk management processes across departments, locations, branches and even across countries to create a central system to monitor risks that are visible and help CEOs, Senior management and Boards monitor risks as they arise and mitigate them early to reduce collateral damage La Meer Inc. also offers Consulting services in the areas of GDPR, CCPA,Cyber security risk assessments, compliance risk assessments, technology assessments, operational risk, compliance management. We also undertake custom development for clients in the areas of compliance and risk management.

Education

• University of Bombay

  MBA from Jamnalal Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS) PGDM, Systems Management

  1986 — 1988

• University of Bombay

  Bachelor's Degree in Physics, Physics

  1978 — 1983

Skills

• Business Development
• Risk Assessment
• Private Banking
• Management
• Operational Risk
• Business Analysis
• Banking
• Mutual Funds
• Risk Management
• Consulting
• Strategy
• Management Consulting
• Institutional Investors
• Equity Research
• Derivatives
• Financial Risk
• Asset Management
• Capital Markets
• Equities
• Financial Modeling
• Asset Managment
• Investments
• Due Diligence
• Hedge Funds
• Portfolio Management
• Start-Ups
• Finance
• Fund Administration
• Trading Systems
• Anti Money Laundering
• Venture Capital
• Securities
• Alternative Investments
• Institutional Investments
• Private Equity
• Custodians
• High Net Worth Individuals
• Endowments
• Operational Risk Management
• Operational Due Diligence