Guneshwor Singh Laitonjam

CEO

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India22 yrs experience

Key Highlights

23 years of experience in compliance leadership.
Expert in financial crime prevention and regulatory compliance.
Recognized keynote speaker at compliance forums.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned compliance leader in the Fintech industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Compliance ManagementAnti Money Laundering

Other Skills

AML/CFT oversightCompliance frameworkFinancial crime complianceRegulatory compliance frameworkPolicy developmentSOPs governanceRegulatory reportingCompliance onboardingTraining programsThird-party screeningMonitoring solutionsRegulatory complianceRisk controlsLocalizing controlsAML risk assessment

About

A seasoned compliance leader with 23 years of diversified experience in financial crime prevention and regulatory compliance, recognized for strong ethics, sound judgment, and consistent delivery of high-quality outcomes. Highly self-driven, with a proven ability to build, strengthen, and sustain a robust compliance culture through continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and effective governance.

Experience

Brokk

Chief Compliance Officer & MLRO

Feb 2026 – Present · 1 mo · Hybrid

Leading AML/CFT oversight and strengthening Brokk compliance framework for the India license.

AML/CFT oversightCompliance frameworkCompliance ManagementAnti Money Laundering

Briskpe

Head of Compliance and MLRO

Nov 2024 – Feb 2026 · 1 yr 3 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Provided strategic leadership in building and overseeing a comprehensive financial crime and regulatory compliance framework.
Driven the development and governance of RBI and FIU-IND aligned policies, SOPs, and regulatory reporting while leading supervisory and regulatory engagements.
Built advanced internal Compliance Onboarding product and partnered with third-party screening and monitoring solutions to design scalable, compliance-by-design customer onboarding platforms.
Lead, mentor, and develop high-performing compliance teams, deliver organization-wide training programs.
Represented the organization as a thought leader and speaker at pan-India compliance and
regulatory forums.

Financial crime complianceRegulatory compliance frameworkPolicy developmentSOPs governanceRegulatory reportingCompliance onboarding+3

Payoneer

Principal Officer (MLRO), India • Regulatory Compliance

Apr 2024 – Oct 2024 · 6 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Served as Principal Officer (MLRO) for Payoneer India, overseeing all financial crime and regulatory compliance matters with internal teams and local regulators, providing actionable guidance on compliance requirements and risk controls, keeping the Board and senior management informed of emerging risks and initiatives, and collaborating with global compliance teams to localize controls and processes for the India market.

Financial crime complianceRegulatory complianceRisk controlsLocalizing controlsCompliance ManagementAnti Money Laundering

Yes bank

Executive Vice President (EVP), Alternate Principal Officer (Deputy MLRO)-AML

Nov 2023 – Apr 2024 · 5 mos · India · On-site

Served as an Alternate Principal Officer (Deputy MLRO) for AML and Sanctions, successfully led the Bank’s Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (ML/TF) risk assessment initiatives, ensuring comprehensive identification, evaluation, and mitigation of financial crime risks in line with regulatory expectations.

AML risk assessmentFinancial crime risk mitigationAnti Money Laundering

Mufg

Vice President-Sanctions,AML & ABC Advisory

Mar 2021 – Nov 2023 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Served as an Alternate Principal Officer (Deputy MLRO), advising on KYC, sanctions, AML transaction monitoring, and TBML, ensuring effective policy implementation across India. Collaborated with COE, business, and project teams on process optimization and digitization. Established GIFT City offshore unit, serving as primary compliance contact for financial crime matters, while overseeing resource management.

KYCSanctionsAML transaction monitoringPolicy implementationAnti Money Laundering

State street

Vice President - Head of AML & Sanctions Compliance

Feb 2020 – Jan 2021 · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Served as Head of AML and Sanctions for COE India, ensuring compliance with Group policies and standards. Led the department end-to-end, overseeing recruitment, training, performance management, budget, and service delivery while driving operational efficiency and ownership of all functional activities.

AML complianceSanctions complianceService deliveryCompliance Management

Hsbc

Vice President -AML Investigations- FCTM

Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 · 3 yrs · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Responsible for AML screening and advisory during KYC onboarding and reviews, managing escalated alerts, transaction monitoring and investigations, and liaising with HSBC affiliates on Group Exit Customers to recommend local exits following due diligence.

AML screeningTransaction monitoringKYC onboardingAnti Money Laundering

Anz

Senior Manager- Sanctions Ops

Dec 2008 – Jan 2017 · 8 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Responsible for managing Sanctions Operations and process migration from overseas to India. Established a Complex Sanctions Team (quasi-MLRO) by optimizing existing resources to strengthen compliance oversight.

Sanctions operationsProcess migrationCompliance Management