Name
Marina Antoniou
Job Title
Global Markets Head of Market Abuse Risk Assessment
Company
NatWest Markets & ICAEW Financial Services Faculty Board Member
Speaker Bio
Marina is a senior risk management and innovation specialist with expertise in global capital markets. Her core focus spans market abuse, conduct risk, fraud, financial crime, and trade surveillance, alongside areas such as AI governance & assurance, large language models, and data privacy. She has hands-on experience designing AI and LLM solutions to drive efficiencies in risk management. Her broader career also encompasses quantitative research, corporate restructuring, and due diligence work on M&A transactions and IPOs.
In the past, she served as Global Markets Head of Risk & Control Assessment at BNP Paribas and Head of Audit for several countries at Citigroup. Marina has a strong track record of working with regulators globally, having acted as lead validator on regulatory conduct risk programmes sanctioned by the US Federal Reserve and the US Department of Justice at top-tier banks.
She is a qualified Chartered Accountant (ICAEW) and holds academic credentials from Wharton, Oxford Saïd Business School, London Business School, and Warwick Business School, with studies spanning technology entrepreneurship, AI, ESG, FinTech, and investment management. She received academic awards as well as the ‘Citi Global recognition award’ for her performance.
Beyond her professional roles, Marina is an active voice in the broader financial and technology community. She co-founded a global Tech Network, sits on the ICAEW Financial Services Faculty Board, Digital Assets Steering Group, the Warwick Business School Finance Network ExCo and the London Business School Alumni Tech Club ExCo. She has participated in consultations on AI assurance and implementation of digital currencies, contributes to industry journals and regularly speaks at global conferences on topics including conduct risk, digital assets and AI. She also serves as a guest lecturer on Executive MBA programmes.
She speaks four languages and is an award-winning photographer, having exhibited globally and obtained special permits to access and photograph some of the world's 'disaster exclusion zones'.
In the past, she served as Global Markets Head of Risk & Control Assessment at BNP Paribas and Head of Audit for several countries at Citigroup. Marina has a strong track record of working with regulators globally, having acted as lead validator on regulatory conduct risk programmes sanctioned by the US Federal Reserve and the US Department of Justice at top-tier banks.
She is a qualified Chartered Accountant (ICAEW) and holds academic credentials from Wharton, Oxford Saïd Business School, London Business School, and Warwick Business School, with studies spanning technology entrepreneurship, AI, ESG, FinTech, and investment management. She received academic awards as well as the ‘Citi Global recognition award’ for her performance.
Beyond her professional roles, Marina is an active voice in the broader financial and technology community. She co-founded a global Tech Network, sits on the ICAEW Financial Services Faculty Board, Digital Assets Steering Group, the Warwick Business School Finance Network ExCo and the London Business School Alumni Tech Club ExCo. She has participated in consultations on AI assurance and implementation of digital currencies, contributes to industry journals and regularly speaks at global conferences on topics including conduct risk, digital assets and AI. She also serves as a guest lecturer on Executive MBA programmes.
She speaks four languages and is an award-winning photographer, having exhibited globally and obtained special permits to access and photograph some of the world's 'disaster exclusion zones'.