Judges

Helen Hassen

Helen Hassen

Head of Financial Crime & MLRO
Atom Bank

Helen is the Head of Financial Crime and MLRO at Atom bank, whose HQ are based in Durham.  Atom is the UK’s first bank built for smartphone or tablet, without any branches, and the first digital-only challenger bank to be granted a full UK regulatory licence. Having worked for the bank since their inception she is responsible for the implementation of Atom’s financial crime control framework including AML, CTF, sanctions, bribery and corruption, fraud prevention and whistleblowing.  Prior to this Helen worked in EY’s financial crime advisory practice and Financial Crime Compliance at Brewin Dolphin Wealth Management.