Petra Hrachova

Managing Director

Ankura

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Petra Hrachova, CRCM, CAMS, Managing Director at Ankura (formerly Chartwell), brings over 20 years of experience in compliance, as a CRA, and BSA officer at community banks, a regulator, and a regulatory compliance and risk management consultant.

Currently, Petra focuses on providing regulatory consulting to banking clients, offering guidance related to fintech business lines, remediation plans, and establishing fintech regulatory-compliant programs. Her combined expertise in traditional banking and cutting-edge technologies positions her as a leader in navigating the complexities of modern financial services. In addition to her regulatory expertise, Petra is actively involved in AI product development and deployment, leveraging her experience and AI technologies to enhance compliance processes and contribute to innovative solutions in the financial sector.

Prior to joining Ankura, Petra provided fintech consulting to banking clients as a consultant and VP of Banking Compliance. In this role, she was involved in developing fintech programs and implementing and managing fintech-specific BSA monitoring. Petra also led a team and created processes to effectively monitor a large number of accounts under Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) relationships, showcasing her leadership and strategic vision.

In previous roles, Petra worked with both large and small money service businesses to develop AML risk assessments and compliance programs. She led BSA/AML/OFAC independent reviews of bank and non-bank financial institutions and performed model validation of transaction monitoring systems. Petra has also managed a large-scale project focused on developing and updating a variety of compliance training modules for an online compliance training provider.

In addition to the above, Petra’s prior experience also includes serving as a senior assistant bank examiner at the Federal Reserve Bank, where she routinely participated in supervisory activities for community and regional state member banks. She was also involved in starting a de novo bank, where she successfully created and managed compliance, BSA, and credit administration programs. Petra has worked with a range of banking institutions and possesses deep knowledge of all functional areas of banking and related compliance.