The Outlier Compliance Group team is thrilled to welcome our newest member, Daniel Dobre.
Daniel brings a wealth of banking compliance experience, most recently as Director Anti-Money Laundering, Financial Crime Oversight at Royal Bank of Canada.
Daniel’s Bio
Daniel joins the Outlier team with more than 18 years of compliance experience working within the Financial Institution sector. A seasoned professional, Daniel brings a strong background in regulatory compliance and risk expertise. Throughout his career, he has held senior oversight roles in financial crime and regulatory compliance, leading the design and execution of monitoring and testing programs, and developing and enhancing compliance methodologies. His work has included oversight of second line reviews, implementation of AML/ATF systems and processes, execution of risk assessments all with a strong focus on stakeholder engagement, communication and building strong business relationships.
Daniel recognized early in his career that compliance was the path he wanted to pursue. Following a management trainee program that provided exposure to various areas of banking, he chose to join the compliance team, despite strong interest from several other departments. While doing branch compliance reviews for four years, Daniel realized that anti-money laundering is what he is most passionate about and made it his goal to grow in this field. After moving to Canada, Daniel was determined to re-enter the compliance field, which he successfully achieved in 2010. After a few years of growing his experience within compliance, operations, and internal controls, he had the opportunity to join the CAMLO of a financial institution to enhance their AML program following a regulator’s exam. Among his key accomplishments were the successful development and implementation of a real-time customer name screening process, as well as the design and rollout of a transaction monitoring system and an associated alert investigation process.
Daniel’s passion for financial crime risk led him to join a major bank, where he was able to gain valuable experience while leading, monitoring, and testing reviews over the financial crime risks, controls and associated regulations for all lines of business and functions within the bank. He later spearheaded the design and implementation of an integrated monitoring and testing (assurance) program, covering both financial crime and regulatory compliance risks, while overseeing testing teams across 3 continents. During this time, Daniel also became CAMS and ICA certified, and is looking forward to helping make a difference in the financial crime industry by ensuring that all customers are operating safely and in accordance with the regulatory requirements.
As with all our consultants, Daniel has deep subject matter expertise and supports Outlier’s mission statement “good compliance can enable good business”. He is passionate about compliance and risk management, and believes that businesses can be successful and compliant at the same time.
Please join us in welcoming Daniel!
He’ll be attending the Futurist conference in Toronto as his first official Outlier event coming up on May 13, 2025. Please say hello and welcome him to the team.