Senior Vice President, Head of Compliance and BSA

Orla is a financial services professional with over 25 years of experience in the areas of compliance and operational risk management, anti-financial crime compliance, corporate treasury sales, interest rate risk management, customer relationship management and corporate governance. She started her banking career in Ireland, spent time working with UK based customers and moved to the US in 2005 to focus on helping commercial real estate customers manage interest rate risk before transitioning to regulatory compliance, BSA, and operational risk roles.

Today, she is Head of Compliance and BSA where she oversees the bank’s Consumer Compliance Management Program, Bank Secrecy Act Program, and Community Reinvestment Act Program as Chief Compliance Officer and BSA Officer and she is a member of the bank’s Information Security Committee.

Orla is a member of a number of industry groups specializing in compliance and anti-financial crime including the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) and the Eastern Massachusetts Compliance Network (EMCN), in addition to participating in industry trade association groups and speaking as a subject matter expert at various conferences.