Welcome

Mr. Martin Christopher Watson

TBUK is pleased to announce the appointment of its new Head of Compliance & MLRO, Mr  Martin Christopher Watson, who started in his new role with the Bank on 1st November 2021.

Mr Martin Christopher Watson has over 25 years’ experience in the financial services industry.

As Head of Compliance he is primarily responsible for overseeing compliance within the organization, and ensuring compliance with laws, regulatory requirements, policies, and procedures.

As MLRO Martin oversees the Bank’s policies, procedures, systems and controls to mitigate the risk of the organisation being used in connection with all forms of financial crime, including money laundering, terrorist financing and fraud, Sanctions Compliance and Anti-Bribery & Corruption.

Martin’s successful and varied career to date spans Retail, Corporate and International Banking and Financial Services, predominantly within Compliance and AML.  His experience includes spells as both employee and consultant to banks such as RBS, Lloyds, Barclays, West LB, Abbey National and Bradford & Bingley, as well as the Financial Ombudsman Service. Prior to joining TBUK, Martin was the MLRO at Bank of London & The Middle East and before that Raphael’s Bank in London.

Mrs. Canan Derya

TBUK is pleased to announce the appointment of its new Financial Crime and Compliance Administrative Mrs Canan Derya, who started in her new role with the Bank on 11^th of October 2021.

Graduated from Bogazici University, Mrs Canan Derya started her career at YapiKredi Bankasi A.S., where she was responsible for managing a portfolio of corporate clients to execute FX Spot and Derivatives transactions as the Junior Dealer in the Treasury Marketing and Sales Department.

She joins the TBUK family after moving to London.

We wish her best success in her new role with TBUK!

Mr. Emre Currel

TBUK continues to grow its Internship Programme, with the addition of Emre Currell, who competed his master’s degree with a distinction in Creative Writing from the University of Roehampton.

Having joined the Digital Transformation Team, Emre explains that “I had a misguided preconception that to work in a bank I needed to really understand numbers and all things maths. Now, I realise just how many roles and opportunities there are under the umbrella of a bank.”.

Further explaining his experiences in Banking, Emre states that, “My ideas and vision for the future has broadened and I’m now considering new avenues that I never thought would be possible before. Just a short amount of time in banking has shown me that there are jobs that I can do where I feel comfortable and at home, all while being challenged and having a sense of fulfilment and meaning, driving the work that I do.”

TBUK will continue to give the platform for Interns to learn and excel, and play a pivotal role at the start of their careers.