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Aghan Rege

@aghanrege

Risk and compliance leader specializing in card fraud investigations and financial crime risk management for measurable loss reduction.

Kenya

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a role where I can lead fraud and financial crime risk work—using transaction monitoring, investigations, and internal controls to reduce losses. I want a team that partners across fraud risk, cybersecurity, compliance, and operations to strengthen outcomes.

I’m a Fraud Investigation and Financial Crime Specialist with 15+ years of banking experience, built around end-to-end card fraud investigations, transaction analysis, and loss prevention. I specialize in forensic investigations of debit, credit, and prepaid card fraud across POS and CNP scenarios, and I routinely strengthen fraud controls by identifying typologies, root causes, and operational vulnerabilities.

In my current role as a Risk and Compliance Manager at Kings Mabati, I lead fraud risk assessments, develop mitigation strategies, and drive internal control improvements that reduce fraud exposure and operational losses. Earlier, I led card authorization and fraud monitoring operations at ABSA Bank, supervised teams of customer service agents and fraud analysts, and built capabilities such as KRIs, fraud detection rules, and fraud dashboards—reducing fraud incidents by 35% within two years while supporting investigations and law enforcement liaison.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Risk and Compliance Manager

Current

Kings Mabati

Jan 2018 - Present (8 years 5 months)

Led risk management and compliance initiatives for fraud prevention and internal controls, including fraud risk assessments and transaction/behavior analysis to identify operational vulnerabilities. Developed fraud risk mitigation strategies, strengthened internal control frameworks with cross-functional teams, and produced compliance/risk reporting while supporting investigations with proper evid

Fraud Risk Assessments Transaction Monitoring Fraud Mitigation Internal Controls Compliance Reporting Evidence Handling Root Cause Analysis Stakeholder Management Risk Governance

Authorization Shift Leader

ABSA Bank

Jan 2014 - Jan 2017 (3 years)

Managed card authorization and fraud monitoring for debit and credit card transactions across Africa, handling card-not-present authorization requests and investigating suspicious cases. Built key risk indicators, analyzed transaction logs and patterns to identify fraud clusters and compromised-card purchase points, and led a 24-hour team of 78 agents and fraud analysts while coordinating with fra

CNP Fraud Investigations Transactional Logs Fraud Monitoring Key Risk Indicators (KRIs)Team Leadership Law Enforcement Liaison

Fraud Analyst

ABSA Bank

Jan 2008 - Jan 2015 (7 years)

Conducted end-to-end forensic investigations for debit and credit card fraud across card-present (POS) and card-not-present (CNP) channels, including transaction monitoring and fraud typology/root-cause analysis. Developed fraud detection rules that reduced fraud incidents by 35% within two years, produced fraud investigation reports and senior dashboards, and supported law enforcement cases with

Fraud Investigation POS Fraud CNP Fraud Transaction Monitoring Fraud Typologies Evidence Handling Fraud Analytics Dashboards Root Cause Analysis

Payment Analyst

ABSA Bank

Jan 2007 - Jan 2009 (2 years)

Supported debit and credit card payment processing by reviewing payment slips for transaction authenticity, managing payment batching and end-of-day reconciliations across bank branches, and resolving payment processing issues. Provided technical support for card payment systems and transaction processing platforms to ensure accuracy and compliance.

Card Processing Payment Batching Operational Compliance Technical Support

Chargebacks Analyst

ABSA Bank

Jan 2007 - Jan 2008 (1 year)

Managed chargebacks and transaction disputes across Visa, Mastercard, and American Express networks by investigating disputed transactions and determining liability under card scheme rules. Handled copy requests, arbitration cases, and ATM disputes while ensuring compliance with scheme regulations and dispute timelines, and provided merchant guidance on prevention and dispute management.

Chargebacks Card Scheme Rules (Visa Mastercard Amex)ATM Dispute Management