Trishna Adebisi is a Director, Chief Compliance Officer and Head of Human Resources at Perun Consultants.

Prior to joining Perun, Trishna spent close to a decade in various financial regulatory compliance roles in the UK. She has first-hand experience in working within an intense securitised regulatory environment and in dealing with breaches and remediation projects. She takes the lead with finding compliance solutions and provides credible direction and training for first and second line of defence within wholesale banking, private banking, wealth management, investment solutions, retail banking and payment services industries. Trishna also has some niche experience in Sharia compliance having worked at one the largest Islamic banks in Europe.

Representative engagements

• Adjudicated on many disputed transactions, fraud and investment scam cases

• Advised consumer credit firms on regulatory requirements once they fell under regulatory authorisation and supervision following a change in the regulatory landscape.

• Provided advice on the introduction of a new payment card which included introducing new processes, while taking into consideration key regulations such as PSR; and implementing oversight for outsourced service providers in line with SYSC 8 regulatory requirements.

• Responsible for overseeing and providing advice on the implementation of GDRP bank wide and conducting post implementation reviews to ensure compliance.

• Worked with the ECB, UK Regulators and Senior Stakeholders during an unprecedented crisis which led to regulatory scrutiny and public and political interest, which included coordinating and reviewing complex regulatory information requests.

• Responsible for bank wide regulatory notifications and breaches including analysis of customer harm and root cause - included training and enhancing internal processes.

• Oversaw regulatory complaints handling process in line with TCF principles and regulatory requirements determined by different banking products. This included introducing a new internal complaint reporting tool, conducting an in-depth monitoring review of current processes against regulatory requirements, delivering training and amending policies and procedures.

• Advised on the Senior Management and Certification Regime process which included reviewing applications prior to regulatory submissions.

• Led the completion of a bank wide compliance monitoring program which included thematic reviews and understanding perceived high-risk areas by considering the regulators’ business plans, current legislation, EU regulations and directives and internal risks.

• Lead manager on a thematic FCA visit which included coordinating and reviewing a complex information request across the whole business, attended key regulatory meetings and provided feedback on what to expect given the bank’s current processes and messages that were delivered.

Professional qualifications and associations

• Investment and Securities Certificate, Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments

• Professional Banker Certificate, Chartered Banker Institute 

• Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School 

• Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Law and Sociology, University of Warwick