Lorenzo Bicker

Municipal councillor for Gooise Meren (VVD), focusing on youth, education, school housing, public order and safety, democratic integrity, and governance.

Develop and maintain the compliance framework and (re)assess the client portfolio, including identifying and evaluating potential risks and supporting client migration between platforms.

Trained KYC analysts on core KYC topics including UBO determination, high-risk industries, and transaction analysis, and provided compliance advice on sanctions, PEPs, and cryptocurrency, with continued guidance after analysts began working.

Provided interim CDD advice on sanctions regulations and cryptocurrency-related topics, including research on sanctioned parties, products, and services, and authored reports and policies (e.g., conflicts of interest, ancillary activities, and complaints handling).

Managing Director at Bicker Consultancy B.V.

Team lead for a remediation project, responsible for progress and quality across a team of 15–20 analysts and ensuring deadlines are met while also working on cases.

Performed quality control of KYC files with alerts, assessing suspicious transactions, high-risk countries, crypto, and real estate against regulatory guidelines and controls.

Quality checker and team lead responsible for KYC file reviews with alerts, ensuring regulatory compliance and evaluating controls, while guiding colleagues and interpreting risk/control issues in the Rabobank control framework.

Wrote periodic and event-driven reviews for business clients with (elevated) risk profiles within the DFC department, handling complex structures and sanctions-related topics.

Team lead for multiple international DFC teams, structuring daily operations, running development talks, organizing knowledge sharing, and acting as liaison between operations and senior management with responsibility for risk controls, operational guidance, and training.

General board member for the Vereniging van Eigenaars Poederooijen.

Reviewed files prepared by international analysts to ensure quality, providing feedback and training colleagues, and handled clients with complex structures including associations, foundations, cash-intensive sectors, and real estate.

Investigated corporate clients and acted as a point of contact and trainer for colleagues, handling sanctions cases (e.g., Russia, Myanmar, Iran, Belarus) and CDD topics such as real estate, car trade, and STAKs.

Coached and trained new (international) employees, supported the team lead, improved processes by writing instructions, and acted as a point of contact for high-risk client matters including sanctions and real estate-related CDD topics.

Completed an e-learning program on Sanctions Advanced in 2023.

Completed an e-learning program on WWFT in 2022.

Completed the Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist program in 2022.

Completed an ACAMS program/certification in 2019; the specific credential name is not provided in the text.

Completed the Wft Basis training/certification in 2017.

Completed a Master of Criminal Law at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam from 2015 to 2017.

Completed a Bachelor of Law at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam from 2012 to 2015.