About

Carolin Gardner currently serves as Head of Policy for AML/CFT Supervision and Convergence at AMLA – the EU Anti-Money Laundering Authority, based in Frankfurt, Germany, a role she has held since November 2025.

She previously led the AML/CFT Unit within the Innovation, Conduct and Consumers Department at the European Banking Authority. In this position, she was responsible for developing common European AML/CFT standards for financial institutions and supervisors, promoting cooperation and information sharing among stakeholders, and overseeing reviews of supervisory approaches across competent authorities.

Earlier in her career, she worked as a technical specialist in financial crime policy and supervision at the UK Financial Conduct Authority and as a policy officer at Transparency International, focusing on anti-corruption initiatives.