Owen Kennedy

Head of Financial Crimes for the EU & EU MLRO, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

 

Owen Kennedy is Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s (“BAML”) Head of Financial Crimes for the EU and is the MLRO for BAML’s new EU banking entity which is headquartered in Ireland. In this role, Owen is accountable for ensuring that the measures BAML has adopted throughout the EU to prevent and detect money laundering, terrorist financing and economic sanctions evasion are effective. Prior to joining Bank of America in late 2018, Owen spent 19 years in Bank of Ireland where, most recently, he held the role of Group Head of Financial Crime Compliance and Group MLRO for the bank.