Edwin Rivas is the New York’s SVP & Chief Compliance Officer for Helaba (Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen) and he has an extensive experience working in anti-money laundering, regulatory compliance and internal audit, with strong international and domestic experience in financial services. He has appeared on news television discussing the impact of the USA PATRIOT Act requirements, and he has also conducted regulatory compliance training presentations in the USA, Latin America and Europe.

Mr. Rivas partnered with AIBACP (Association of International Bank Auditors and Compliance Professionals) colleagues and professors at Pace University / Lubin School of Business and actively participated as a member in the Content/Curriculum Committee that developed the curriculum (three-courses) in 2011 for the Certified Regulatory Compliance Professional (CCRP) program launched by Pace in January 2012.

Mr. Rivas is a Certified Compliance Regulatory Professional (CCRP),  Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM), ), a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) an Anti-Money Laundering Professional (AMLP), Certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA) and a Certified Risk Management Assurance (CRMA); and a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, the Institute of Certified Bankers, the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, the BAI (Bank Administration Institute) and the AIBA (Association of International Bank Auditors); and a Board member of the AIBA