Louie Vargas

Lead Compliance Officer at Nordea

Louie Vargas is a Lead Sanctions Compliance Officer at Nordea. He has extensive international financial services experience with over a decade focused on global financial crime and sanctions operations, transformation and regulatory compliance. Louie has been based in New York City and Copenhagen with truly international organizations including JPMorganChase, Agricultural Bank of China, Deutsche Bank, Danske Bank, and Nexi Group. He is a regular conference speaker and the founder and co-chairperson for the Association of Financial Crime Specialists (ACFCS) Nordic Chapter. He is also a Certified Anti Crime Specialist (CFCS), Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS), Certified Sanctions Specialist (CSS), and Fellow Member (FICA) of the International Compliance Association (ICA), and holds a BA in Social Science/History from New York University.