ACAMS Poland Chapter March 2026 Event: Moc inteligentnych danych w ocenie ryzyka klienta

Aneta Szmidt is current a Compliance Manager at Domanski Zakzewski Palinka, the largest Polish law firm with over 30 years of presence in the market. Aneta has over 15 years of professional experience, mainly in the financial and consulting sector.

Her key competencies include:

• Anti-money laundering
• Sanctions
• Internal control
• Risk assessment
• Compliance
• Designing and implementing trainings (knowledge management)
• Process mapping

Before joining Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka, she was Head of Risk, Fraud, and PCI at Six Payment Services, an international company that provides secure solutions for processing card transactions and interbank payments.

Aneta held various positions in the financial sector: Anti-money laundering operations Manager at Citibank, Credit Control Team Leader at TNT, and Collections Supervisor at Elavon.

Aneta holds a Master’s degree from Warsaw University. She has also completed postgraduate studies in Public Relations at Warsaw University and the Polish Academy of Science and IT Knowledge Management at Warsaw School of Economics. Aneta is a Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS).

Aneta Szmidt is current a Compliance Manager at Domanski Zakzewski Palinka, the largest Polish law firm with over 30 years of presence in the market. Aneta has over 15 years of professional experience, mainly in the financial and consulting sector.

Her key competencies include:

• Anti-money laundering
• Sanctions
• Internal control
• Risk assessment
• Compliance
• Designing and implementing trainings (knowledge management)
• Process mapping

Before joining Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka, she was Head of Risk, Fraud, and PCI at Six Payment Services, an international company that provides secure solutions for processing card transactions and interbank payments.

Aneta held various positions in the financial sector: Anti-money laundering operations Manager at Citibank, Credit Control Team Leader at TNT, and Collections Supervisor at Elavon.

Aneta holds a Master’s degree from Warsaw University. She has also completed postgraduate studies in Public Relations at Warsaw University and the Polish Academy of Science and IT Knowledge Management at Warsaw School of Economics. Aneta is a Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS).

Karol Wojtczak joined Citibank in 2004, starting in retail banking, working on all types of products, including the Citigold dedicated service. In 2007 Karol moved to Citibank International PLC Regional AML Operations as a Team Leader for Western European countries. In 2008 he was promoted to the Role of Team Manager for Institutional Clients Group AML Operations, where he managed AML Analysts Team specializing in consumer and institutional client banking, historical remediation and AML process enhancements. In 2011 Karol took on the role of Senior Operations Manager for Europe Middle East and Africa Region and in May 2013 joined Citi’s Global FIU Procedures & Training Team in AML as a Regional Head for EMEA. In this role, Karol is responsible for AML case disposition standards and procedures, together with knowledge development for the AML FIU Analysts.

While working in Citi Karol is also a tutor at Kozminski University, lecturing on Financial Crime Prevention and leading the new postgraduate study initiative: “Compliance and AML Analyst”. Karol is an ACAMS Member and Certified AML Specialist with an ICA diploma in AML.