Klaus Xhaxhiu

Country MLRO / Senior Legal and Compliance Officer Aion Bank

Klaus Xhaxhiu is currently holding the MLRO function for Germany at Aion Bank with over six years of experience in compliance / AML for banks and other financial institutions. Additionally Klaus is serving as senior compliance and legal expert for the German market. He holds a Master of Laws degree from the University of Hannover in cooperation with the University of Lisbon. Klaus is responsible for all compliance and AML related matters at Aion Bank German branch.

Klaus has created the fundamentals for a compliance and AML organisation at Aion Bank in Germany and is serving as point of contact for the regulators. Prior to this, Klaus was serving as Compliance manager for Germany at Vistra where he created the team from scratch including a number of compliance monitoring systems. He was also responsible for all client onboardings and AML matters.

During the weekends and holidays, Klaus likes to travel and visit new countries to explore their cultures and traditions. Of course, exploring local food is one of his hobbies while traveling as well.