Renas Sidahmed
Senior Compliance Executive @Plus500™
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Compliance Executive @Plus500™
FCA-regulated retail trading platform. Interim role applied following departure from ACF, deploying regulatory and risk governance expertise while pursuing the next strategic leadership opportunity.• Support Head of Compliance & MLRO in regulatory and AML risk identification, monitoring, and management; provide cover in their absence.• Lead compliance monitoring, testing, escalation and reporting; review and approve financial promotions across all media.• Oversee financial crime controls including KYC quality assurance, sanctions, PEP and adverse media investigations; draft STOR and SAR submissions to FCA and NCA.• Deliver regulatory gap analyses, management information and firm-wide compliance training; supervise and mentor junior staff.
EDUCATION
European School of Economics (University of Buckingham)
MBA, International Finance
Smith College
BA, Mathematics and Third World Development Studies
ABOUT RENAS SIDAHMED
I am a strategic finance and corporate strategy leader with 15+ years of experience at the intersection of macroeconomics, capital markets, risk governance, and cross-border execution. My career has been defined by complex, high-stakes environments: from stress-testing sovereign balance sheets at the IMF and managing $230m+ distressed portfolios at the IFC, to leading equity research and corporate strategy at Director level in capital markets. I work best where the problem is under-defined, the stakes are high, and judgment matters more than process. What I bring that is genuinely rare: the combination of institutional macro credibility, capital markets fluency, regulatory depth, and the ability to turn ambiguity into a clear strategic recommendation. I have worked alongside Ministers, Central Bank Governors, CEOs, and boards across MENA, EMENA, North America, and frontier markets. Core expertise: Corporate strategy and execution · Strategic finance and capital allocation · Macroeconomic and credit analysis · Equity valuation (DCF / NPV / SOTP / multiples) · Distressed assets and special situations · ESG strategy · Risk governance and regulatory frameworks · Business development and KYC Languages: Native English · Fluent French, Arabic, Italian · Conversational SpanishAlways interested in connecting with people working at the intersection of markets, strategy and emerging economies.
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