Dr Mario Menz

Mario is the course leader of the distance-learning Financial Services Law, Regulation & Compliance (LLM) course and the Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Law and Compliance (Advanced Professional Diploma) course.

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 Mario joined the Guildhall School of Business and Law in August 2019, on a part-time basis. With almost 20 years’ experience working and consulting in financial services, his industry engagements range from private and commercial roles, to investment banking, asset and wealth management, and the insurance and consulting sector.

He has been involved in regulatory enforcement, investigations and examinations, with a particular focus around culture, conduct, money laundering, financial crime for and on behalf of regulators, as well as financial service firms.

Mario is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and Fellow of the International Compliance Association.

Mario teaches various aspects of regulation and compliance including modules covering compliance, supervision and enforcement; corporate governance in financial services; regulation of the marketing of financial services, risk management and stress testing; financial services complaints, and global financial crime.

He also supervises postgraduate students for their financial services law dissertation. His research interests are in the practical applications of behavioural science, particularly organisational culture, conduct, risk management and corporate governance.

Mario currently holds the following positions:

  • Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute
  • Fellow of the International Compliance Association
  • Member of the Society of Legal Scholars
  • Member of the Socio-Legal Studies Association
  1. Menz, M. (2023) ‘What makes an AML Expert?’, Money Laundering Bulletin [online], 30 January

  2. Menz, M. (2022) ’Risk Communication - Insights from Behavioural Science and Practical Takeaways for Risk and Compliance Professionals - Part 2 of 2’, InCOMPLIANCE, 62, pp. 23-25.

  3. Menz, M. (2022) ‘Don’t be PEP Paranoid’, Money Laundering Bulletin [online], 13 October.

  4. Menz, M. (2022) ‘Risk Communication - Insights from Behavioural Science and Practical Takeaways for Risk and Compliance Professionals - Part 1 of 2’, InCOMPLIANCE, 61, pp. 20-22.

  5. Menz, M. (2021) ‘Show me the money - managing politically exposed persons (PEPs) risk in UK financial services’, Journal of Financial Crime, 28(4), pp. 968-980.

  6. Menz, M. (2020) ‘An integrated approach to academic skills and employability - revisiting the learning journal’, Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 8(1), pp. 115-120 .

  7. Menz, M. (2019) ‘Beyond placement, layering and integration - the perception of trade-based money laundering risk in UK financial services’, Journal of Money Laundering Control, 22(4), pp. 614-625.

Dr Mario Menz

Lecturer in Financial Services Law & Anti-Corruption

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