Ruth Esposito

Ruth joined Grant Thornton in 2016 and leads the compliance and risk function within the Firm. Her role is to ensure that the Firm is compliant with the various regulatory requirements which include matters relating to anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism, data protection, independence, conflicts of interest and corporate governance. Over the years, her role expanded to cover various risk management matters whereby she implements the necessary measures and advises on aspects related to reputational risk and operational risk. Ruth is also responsible for the drafting of several internal policies and procedures and to monitor the implementation of same throughout the Firm.

At Grant Thornton, Ruth also assisted several payment institutions and other regulated entities with enhancing compliance with legal obligations as well as other risk management factors. These projects included compliance audits, reviewing of policies and procedures, and advising about the implementation of said compliance and risk management measures.

In 2015, Ruth obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Criminology. She also obtained a Certificate in Anti-Money Laundering and Funding of terrorism (MQF level 5).

Prior to joining Grant Thornton, Ruth worked with one of the big four companies in Malta whereby she was engaged on a number of projects related to anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism. Furthermore, she was also engaged on a cybersecurity project in which she formed part of the project management team. During this time, Ruth had the opportunity to work in Newcastle and in London as part of a team which was engaged by credit institutions to carry out several tasks related to anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism.

In 2021, ​Ruth obtained the Masters of Science in Security Management, Counter Fraud and Counter Corruption from the University of Portsmouth.