DEANNA MILNE - bio

Deanna Milne is the Director of The AML Shop’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). With over a decade of experience at some of the largest financial institutions and neo banks in Canada, starting from front-line service to leading operational financial crime risk teams, she brings a rare blend of hands-on operational insight and strategic leadership to the FIU.  

Immediately prior to joining The AML Shop, Deanna managed the financial crime group transformation at one of Canada’s fastest growing fintechs, with a focus on automation, scale and continuous improvement. Rounding out her professional operations experience, Deanna also holds an advanced diploma in Business Administration specializing in Operations Management where she was trained in strategic planning, operations optimization, project management, supply chain coordination, financial analysis, and leadership skills to effectively manage and streamline business processes across various industries.

Deanna now leads The AML Shop’s centralized FIU, an initiative that organizes the country’s elite tactical and strategic intelligence professionals according to their specialization, and empowers them with efficient process and quality control, information sharing, data sources, tools, training and technology.

The FIU is the  latest innovation in The AML Shop’s portfolio of products and will greatly benefit managed service and outsourced service clients to better identify reportable transactions and their ML/TF risk. 

Deanna has completed key ACAMS training certifications including CAMS, Advanced CAMS Risk Management and AML Fintech Compliance Associate.