Atul Sood

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Position

Global KYC Advisory Head

Atul joined BNY Mellon in October 2021 from Citibank, where he was the Global KYC Policy and Standards Head. In this role, Atul managed a global team of AML/KYC SMEs responsible for Citi’s Global KYC Policy and all related Standards, as well as global and regional Subcommittees charged with managing regional and global KYC policy issues across Citi. Prior to joining Citi in 2012, Atul was a Manager in the Global AML Services Group at Deloitte FAS, and a Senior Associate in the AML Group at Schulte Roth & Zabel, in NYC, where he assisted financial institution clients with compliance and legal issues, respectively, across a wide breath of AML, OFAC and FCPA matters. Atul began his career more than 20 years ago with the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations in Washington, DC, where he was Senior Counsel responsible for leading inspections of the regulatory program areas of self-regulatory organizations (SROs), such as the NYSE and FINRA.