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Sabeena Ahmed Liconte serves as Head of Legal and Chief Compliance Officer, Americas to ICBC Standard Bank Group (“ICBC Standard”). In her current role, she oversees all legal and compliance matters across the region and ensures that the group’s operations adhere to regulatory requirements and align with both local and international standards pertaining to the group’s global banking and capital markets activities.

Prior to joining ICBC Standard, Sabeena’s previous professional experience included serving as Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Chief Legal Officer to the US investment banking division of Bank of China International. She also served as Futures & Derivatives Counsel to E*TRADE Financial Corp., including E*TRADE Clearing Corp. and E*TRADE Securities Corp.; and worked for the Office of General Counsel at Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Incorporated, the Division of Enforcement at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Bank of New York Mellon’s Legal Division and the Securities Fraud Prosecution division of the Attorney General’s Office for the State of New Jersey.

Sabeena is a licensed attorney with a Juris Doctor from the St. John’s University School of Law. She also completed a visiting year at Fordham University School of Law. In addition to her law degree, she holds a Master of Arts in International Relations from Columbia University and, paying homage to her Canadian roots, a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Political Science from the University of Toronto.

She also serves as a member of the Executive Committee to the Futures Industry Association’s Law and Compliance Division; a member of Chief; an advisory board member of the Center for Financial Professionals FinTech Advisory Group; the Diversity Chair of the American Bar Association’s Business Law Committee – Futures and Derivatives Law Subcommittee; and a Co-chair of the New York City Bar Association’s (“NYCBA”) Foreign and Comparative Law Committee, and member of the NYCBA’s Derivatives and Futures Committees.