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Lea Poladova

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I advise cross-border businesses on digital, AI, consumer, and compliance regulation.

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At Kenvue, I lead the compliance programme across 13 Central European jurisdictions, advising Legal, Finance, Procurement, HR, Sales, Marketing, and Medical teams on cross-border initiatives and third-party engagements.

I support consumer-facing sales and marketing activities, balancing consumer-protection, advertising, anti-bribery, and competition-law risk. I also harmonize EMEA controls and manage third-party due diligence, training, monitoring, and lifecycle controls.

Previously at Cleverbridge, I advised Product, Engineering, Information Security, Data, Sales, and Marketing on digital products, AI-enabled features, privacy, consumer journeys, and go-to-market initiatives across the EEA, United States, and global markets. I led risk assessments for five analytics and AI-driven products and built AI-governance workflows for inventory, risk classification, vendor assessment, and control documentation.

My work combines contract drafting and negotiation, corporate governance, AML and financial-crime compliance, and practical risk-based advice. I bring native-level Russian, English, and Azerbaijani alongside professional German.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Kenvue logoKE
Current

Ethics & Compliance Lead, Central Europe (EMEA)

Mar 2026 - Present (6 months)

Lead the compliance programme across 13 jurisdictions, acting as regional point of contact for Legal, Finance, Procurement, HR, Sales, Marketing and Medical teams. Manage contract workflows in Malbek for FCPA and anti-corruption annexes, advise on consumer-facing activities, and lead EMEA harmonization of controls and documentation.

CG

Compliance Manager & Deputy AML Officer

Cleverbridge Financial Services GmbH

Jan 2023 - Mar 2026 (3 years 2 months)

Provided cross-functional support on AML, sanctions, export controls, anti-bribery, privacy, whistleblowing and digital regulation. Managed AML, AFC and GDPR training for 250+ employees across 3 legal entities and maintained records supporting audit readiness.

CC

Legal Experience

City of Cologne

Jan 2020 - Dec 2022 (2 years 11 months)

Reviewed guarantee wording and supported Terms and Conditions, privacy statements, contracts, legal opinions and business correspondence.

AT

Legal Experience

Atradius

Jan 2020 - Dec 2022 (2 years 11 months)

Reviewed guarantee wording and supported Terms and Conditions, privacy statements, contracts, legal opinions and business correspondence.

AC

Legal Experience

Administrative Court of Cologne

Jan 2020 - Dec 2022 (2 years 11 months)

Reviewed guarantee wording and supported Terms and Conditions, privacy statements, contracts, legal opinions and business correspondence.

LF

Legal Experience

Legalaid Law Firm

Jan 2020 - Dec 2022 (2 years 11 months)

Reviewed guarantee wording and supported Terms and Conditions, privacy statements, contracts, legal opinions and business correspondence.

Solaris SE logoSS

Legal Trainee (Compliance, Payments & Banking)

Dec 2021 - Dec 2022 (1 year)

Supported AML, anti-fraud, KYC, CDD and EDD programmes under BaFin, German and EU requirements, collaborating with Legal, Operations, Intelligence and technical teams.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Cologne logoUC

University of Cologne

Master of Laws / Bar Examination, Legal Tech, IT and Corporate Law

2020 - 2025

Master of Laws / Bar Examination with specialization in Legal Tech, IT and Corporate Law.

University of Hagen logoUH

University of Hagen

LL.B., Business & Financial Law

2021 - 2024

LL.B. in Business & Financial Law.

University of Cologne Business School logoUS

University of Cologne Business School

Course, Management, Entrepreneurship and Leadership for Lawyers

Course on Management, Entrepreneurship and Leadership for Lawyers.

IAPP logoIA

IAPP

CIPP/E - Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe, Privacy

Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) certification.

DEKRA logoDE

DEKRA

Anti-Money Laundering Officer, Anti-Money Laundering

Anti-Money Laundering Officer certification.

Harvard Business School logoHS

Harvard Business School

Course, Contract Law

Course on Contract Law.

RE

recode.law

Course, Legal Drafting

Course on How to Draft Legal Documents.

EDPB logoED

EDPB

Course, AI & Data Ecosystems

Course on AI & Data Ecosystems.

Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

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