About

Michaela is the Regional Head, Europe Americas Sanctions Compliance, and Group Head, US Sanctions at Standard Chartered Bank in New York. Ms. Arndt is responsible for the overall development, maintenance, and oversight of European, UK, and US Sanctions and Antiboycott Compliance programs. She previously held senior financial crime compliance leadership positions at two other major financial institutions leading strategic initiatives for the design, development and implementation of sanctions & anti-money laundering, anti-bribery & corruption, data privacy & protection, and antiboycott compliance programs and frameworks. She also served as Compliance Officer for the U.S Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Controls (OFAC) providing recommendations related to the development and enforcement of foreign policy based economic sanctions programs. She has extensive experience in cross-border regulatory issues within the financial services industry and detailed knowledge of the development, administration, and enforcement of U.S. sanctions laws within the private and public sectors.