LEHNERT Alice, Palana SA
Alice Lehnert has more than 15 years of professional experience and is Partner at Palana, a company specialised in providing Management Consulting and Advisory services to the Asset Management and Asset Services sectors. Before joining Palana, Alice was an Advisory & Consulting Director at Deloitte in Luxembourg where she headed up the investment fund industry team for regulatory topics with emphasis to financial crime themes combined with due diligence and oversight of counterparties in liquid and illiquid investment management business with different asset classes (PE, RE, infrastructure, private debt, renewables.).
Alice led technical regulatory reviews carried out by local and international teams (Germany, UK, France, Ireland) and was responsible for the set-up and maintenance of analysis of regulatory developments in the regulatory area of financial crime (for Luxembourg, Germany, and other EU countries). Alice served international clients of different sizes and has experience in working in various countries and on various subjects, such as implementation of regulatory substance, delegation, and oversight of different type of delegates, AML/CTF/KYC, cross-border marketing, investment, marketing and business compliance.
Prior to this, Alice served as Chief Compliance Officer at Vontobel Asset Management S.A. where she was responsible for adherence with relevant regulatory requirements by implementing compliance requirements in existing and new business initiatives as well as identifying compliance risks, establishing and maintaining of compliance monitoring controls according to regulatory requirements and internal rules applicable to a regulated UCITS Management Company/AIFM (with 4 branches within Europe) domiciled in Luxembourg.
Alice began her professional career as an external auditor at PWC and EY in Luxembourg where she gained experience and knowledge of the overall financial sector in Luxembourg and Europe.Alice holds a Diploma in Business Administration and is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist as well as Certified Charted Accountant. She is a lecturer at ILA and provides regular trainings and conferences on financial crime topics. Alice is member of ALCO and ALFI.