Katerina is an internationally recognized leading figure in the field of Financial Crime Prevention, Investigations, and Compliance, with expertise in Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (AML/CFT), Regulatory Technology (RegTech), digital transformation of processes, regulatory and strategic advisory, business risk assessment frameworks, risk management, and anti-bribery and corruption.

With more than 30 years of international experience, she has pioneered the development of innovative risk assessment tools, influenced regulatory reforms, and provided strategic advisory services to Supervisory Authorities, Central Banks, Securities and Exchange Commissions, and Financial Institutions across Europe, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Middle East.

She was the driving force behind the development of the AMLex RBSF and AMLex 365 PRO risk assessment tools for Supervisory Authorities and obligated entities, and played a key role in shaping European reforms in the field of anti-money laundering (AML). Her work transforms compliance into capability, governance into resilience, and regulation into opportunity.

She currently leads Compliance Advisory projects at K.G.K. ReguTech Advisors Ltd., following a distinguished 20-year career at Deloitte, where she served as Head of Compliance, AML Leader for Deloitte Middle East, and AML Pillar Lead for Deloitte North–South Europe.

Previously, she served for 10 years as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Cyprus Stock Exchange, and began her career as an auditor at Arthur Andersen in the United Kingdom.