Sophie van Til Leedham

Regional Compliance Officer- Financial Crimes Group (EMEA), AIG

Sophie currently heads up the Financial Crimes Compliance function for AIG for the EMEA region, based at AIG’s offices in London. Sophie and her team assist all business functions with sanctions and export control queries, as well as advise on AML and Anti Bribery and Corruption matters, working closely with the local compliance officers in the various countries. Sophie provides extensive sanctions training and travels regularly to visit AIG’s operations in the region. She is also responsible for the sanctions screening processes in EMEA.  Prior to joining AIG, Sophie was Corporate Counsel and Data Privacy Officer for Chubb Insurance in Europe.

Sophie is a qualified lawyer in the UK, The Netherlands and the U.S. (in Connecticut and New York).  She is a Dutch national and before moving to London, lived and worked in Connecticut for almost 10 years.  She speaks  Dutch, English, French and German.  She has over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry, most notably in the areas of financial sanctions, AML, insurance law, general commercial law and data privacy.