Amalie Korning Wedege

First Vice President, Head of Sanctions and FCC Special Focus Areas at Danske Bank

As the global Head of Sanctions & Financial Crime Compliance Special Focus Areas, Amalie has overall second line of defence responsibility for the Danske Bank Group’s Sanctions Compliance Programme, Screening Controls and Technology, PEP Framework, FCC Special Focus Areas, Financial Clients Oversight, Critical Control Assessments, as well as leading associated compliance teams. She is the former Head of the Sanctions & Embargo Unit of Danske Bank, following previous roles in a Nordic peer bank and advisory positions in the security and professional services sectors. She holds an M.Sc. in Security Risk Management from the University of Copenhagen and a B.Sc. in International Business & Politics from the Copenhagen Business School.