Vladimir Ivanov

• Working with the Chief Compliance Officer to establish, implement, and maintain the firm-wide compliance strategy and all necessary policies, procedures, systems, and controls; • Identifying, assessing, monitoring, and managing financial crime risk utilising a risk-based approach in line with the nature, scale, and complexity of Linear’s business; • Assisting the Chief Compliance Officer with the annual MLRO Report, the AML Risk Assessment, Suspicious Activity Reports, and Suspicious Transaction and Order Reports; • Liaising with external providers regarding electronic compliance solutions such as AML systems. • Maintaining strong relationships with senior management and all business lines to ensure effective compliance oversight, a culture of compliance and integrity throughout the firm.

• Managing and mentoring the team of Consultants and Supervisors to ensure the highest level of service is delivered at all times; • Overseeing projects, and the appropriate delegation of the work flows within the Company to ensure client needs are met and the utmost service is provided; • Participating in management discussions in relation to business and strategy development in order to adapt to client needs in the face of new and evolving regulations; • Being involved in frequent discussions with the FCA; forging key relationships with FCA Case Officers; acting as a liason between clients and the FCA.

• Advising and supporting a diverse range of financial services firms and start-ups in achieving FCA Authorisation within the required statutory deadline; including investment firms, Alternative Investment Fund Managers, and Payments Institutions; • Identifying and analysing new and impending changes to the UK regulatory environment such as MiFID II and the Fourth EU Anti Money Laundering Directive, from regulatory organisations such as the FCA and ESMA in order to analyse and report their impact on specific industries; • Ensuring the correct application of European Directives such as MiFID and CRD IV in order to confirm that clients are acting within the scope of their FCA permission profile, and are maintaining sufficient regulatory capital composed of the correct financial instruments; • Carrying out ad hoc regulatory projects such as AML/CTF policy reviews, ICAAPs, Variation of Permissions, and MiFID passporting applications;

• Conducting periodic risk based compliance monitoring of clients’ policies, procedures, systems and controls in order to ensure compliance with FCA regulations, and advising on remedial courses of action where deficiencies are discovered; • Drafting and distributing Regulatory Bulletins and Regulatory Alerts to ensure that both current and prospective clients are presented with clear and succinct summaries of key regulatory topics; • Forming a nuanced understanding of different firms, and the nature, scale and complexities of their business models in order to deliver bespoke regulatory training on topics such as Financial Crime (AML, Market Abuse, Bribery Act), Treating Customers Fairly, and Financial Promotions; • Assisting in the completion of regulatory reports via the FCA GABRIEL online portal.

• Alternative asset fund manager • Working closely with the MD for Europe to plan development strategies. • Carrying out KYC/CDD on investee companies. • Preparing marketing pitches and information memorandums.

• Performing investment partnership due diligence and market research

work (legal and business) experience in Central & Eastern Europe