HASSAN DIRISU
Dublin
Summary
Driven legal & risk professional focused on maximizing company compliance with applicable laws and standards. Knowledgeable about internal controls, process evaluations and procedural reviews.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Vice President Third Party Risk & Compliance
Citi
Dublin
01.2023 - Current
- Provide challenge to the first line (Business Activity Owner) and to the third line (Internal audit) on risk and control activities, mitigations, and organizational change management
- Conduct Third party risk assessment process for new vendors and periodic reviews for existing vendors
- Carried out data quality reviews on directive of the Federal Reserve Bank, to address issues of data inconsistencies across TP relationships
- Participated in regulatory exams from the Office of the Comptroller of Currency & Federal reserve bank and critical third-party relationships
- Perform new activity risk and material change risk assessments
- Perform Anti-bribery & Corruption checks on new and existing vendors
- Perform Modern slavery, Labor rights and conflict of interest checks on new and existing vendors
- Periodic reporting to senior management and regulators on critical third-party relationships
- Report periodically on concentration risk and control effectiveness to senior management
- Ensuring gaps such as insurance coverage review and other risk mitigation activities are covered
- Advise on enshrining third party regulations (EBA guidelines; PRA, DORA & OCC directives) into internal policies and standards
- Conduct ongoing monitoring activities (service level monitoring, third party compliance assessments (ATPC))
- Ensure an up-to-date understanding of legislation and compliance requirements, and best practices
- Deliver weekly status reporting activities on material changes (if any), escalations and exits.
Non-Financial risk (Change) Manager
ABN AMRO NV
Amsterdam
11.2022 - 01.2023
- Conducted Business impact analysis & privacy impact analysis to assess new and existing risks in the business line
- Worked closely with the risk control and audit committees to drive risk oversight, remediation and mitigation activities
- Worked closely with second and third line for path-to-green activities
- Weekly policy and legislative deep dives
- (DORA; EBA; GDPR)
Non-Financial & Operational Risk Officer
Oikocredit International
Amersfoort
09.2021 - 10.2022
- Conducted third party risk assessments across different departments (Procurement, Privacy, IT & Legal)
- Prepared Minutes of meetings for non-financial risk committee bi-weekly meetings
- Took ownership of governance adjustments for terms of reference (ToRs) of respective financial & non-financial risk committees
- Engaged with unit leads to create strict risk monitoring regimes, through the identification and acceptance of critical KRIs
- Worked closely with legal, compliance, outsourcing & operations on creating strong internal stakeholder management, and business continuity management
- Within the organization, liaised with senior management and the managing board, on the adoption of wholistic risk governance.
Procurement Consultant
ABN AMRO NV
Amsterdam
09.2019 - 05.2021
- Conducted vendor risk management and contract remediation
- Advised on the implementation of the European guidelines on outsourcing (EBA)
- Worked closely with legal, compliance and risk on the vital aspects of the EBA guidelines
- GDPR advice to management, ISO/SOC compliance and Bail-in regulations (BRRD)
- Managed SaaS contract negotiations, SLAs, delivery agreements, BREXIT privacy contract remediation & supplier relationships
- Advising on European banking authority regulations on outsourcing
- Prepared privacy impact assessments, data processor agreements and standard contractual clauses (SCC)
- Conducted tenders i.e
- RFQ, RFX, RFIs & RFPs.
Legal Associate
International Advisers
Amsterdam
05.2018 - 03.2019
- Drafted and advised clients on legal documentation, including settlement agreements, insurance policy and bankruptcy reports
- Negotiated client settlements to limit costly court proceedings in legal disputes
- Moderated legal negotiations between clients and third parties
- Prepared investigation reports for our clients on the state of their claims
- Managed disputes between debtors, policyholders & our clients (Insurance companies).
Regulatory compliance Analyst (Freelance)
Ainsights BV
Amsterdam
02.2016 - 04.2017
- Advised clients on the emerging GDPR regulation (Pre-2018)
- Advised clients on the implementation of MIFID ii
- Wrote research reports on compliance best practices in the financial services sector
- Prepared legal opinion on European regulations on outsourcing
- Prepared regulatory reports for clients.
Regulatory Analyst Intern (Internet of Things)
Avanade BV
Almere
02.2015 - 08.2015
- Prepared a route to market for the internet of things (IoT)
- Conducted research on cloud outsourcing within the financial services & healthcare sectors
- Advised management on the viability of the adoption of internet of things as a business line within the company
- Researched & advised on data privacy & protection
- Identified potential areas of compliance vulnerability, and risk to develop and implement corrective action plans.
Legal Counsel
Ademola Kuye & Co
Lagos
11.2011 - 07.2014
- Sourced valuable evidence and witness statements supporting client cases
- Prepared case matter with robust evidence, disclosure and pleading documentation
- Reviewed legal due diligence reports, recommended appropriate mitigation steps to avoid costly litigation
- Negotiated, drafted and reviewed real estate contracts, contracts of sale, and deeds of lease
- Ensured client activities were compliant with relevant legislation.
Education
Certified Compliance Professional -
Society For Corporate Compliance & Ethics
02-2025
Master of Laws (Finance & Law): Law -
VU University (Duisenberg School of Finance)
09.2015
Barrister at Law, BL: Procedural law -
Nigerian Law School
09.2010
Bachelor of Laws (LLB): Common Law -
Ahmadu Bello University
08.2009
Skills
- Corporate governance
- Risk strategy
- Risk Assessment
- Due Diligence
- Risk Monitoring
Affiliations
Ethical fashion, Geopolitics, Travel.
Languages
English
First Language
Dutch
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Timeline
Vice President Third Party Risk & Compliance
Citi
01.2023 - Current
Non-Financial risk (Change) Manager
ABN AMRO NV
11.2022 - 01.2023
Non-Financial & Operational Risk Officer
Oikocredit International
09.2021 - 10.2022
Procurement Consultant
ABN AMRO NV
09.2019 - 05.2021
Legal Associate
International Advisers
05.2018 - 03.2019
Regulatory compliance Analyst (Freelance)
Ainsights BV
02.2016 - 04.2017
Regulatory Analyst Intern (Internet of Things)
Avanade BV
02.2015 - 08.2015
Legal Counsel
Ademola Kuye & Co
11.2011 - 07.2014
Certified Compliance Professional -
Society For Corporate Compliance & Ethics
Master of Laws (Finance & Law): Law -
VU University (Duisenberg School of Finance)
Barrister at Law, BL: Procedural law -
Nigerian Law School
Bachelor of Laws (LLB): Common Law -
Ahmadu Bello University
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