Meet The Team

Our People Make The Difference

We are a diverse team of industry professionals who are experts across anti-financial crime and global regulatory landscape. Individually we have led, managed and delivered large scale projects for top tier financial institutions. We are committed to continually challenge the toughest problems the FinCrime industry faces.

Management Team

What We Offer

Munir Merchant

Founder & CEO

Jean Losco

Co-founder & Member of Management Board

Andy Mainstone

Managing Director

Dinesh Shetty

Director - Technology & Innovations

Alejandro Escolar

Director - FCC Consulting Services

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Munir Merchant

Founder & CEO

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Jean Losco

Co-founder & Member of Management Board

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Alejandro Escolar

Director - FCC Consulting Services

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Andy Mainstone

Managing Director

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Dinesh Shetty

Global Head of Products

Munir Merchant

Founder & CEO

In founding Contineo, Munir had a very simple vision which was to enable regulated organisations become more effective and pro-active in their fight against financial crime, and introduce new efficiencies as well in doing so. Based on his 15+ years of experience in this space he has a hands on understanding of the challenges the industry faces, and strongly believes that by leveraging ‘relevant’ data driven technologies and processes organisations can both become more effective and save cost.

Jean Losco

Co-founder & Member of Management Board

Jean is an industry pioneer who has been building Artificial Intelligence based solutions to fight financial crime since the early nineties! Jean’s most notable achievement was founding FircoSoft in 1994 and leading it to become a global market leader over the next 20 years, before it was acquired by the RELX group in 2014. Jean plays a key role in formulating Contineo’s strategy for delivering world class Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) technology and services.

 

Andy Mainstone

Managing Director


Andy is a seasoned industry expert who has been delivering strategic change to top tier banking organisations for over two decades now. For the last 10 years Andy has been specifically focussed on helping Tier 1 banks deliver complex FCC change initiatives. His knowledge of the regulatory landscape is unrivalled, and he has become a leading industry figure after successfully delivering against a deferred prosecution agreement and cease and desist order.

Dinesh Shetty

Director – Technology & Innovations

An accomplished professional, Dinesh brings over 15 years of FCC specific technology experience. His vast skillset ranges from designing, developing and implementing technology based FCC solutions, with an ability to easily interpret complex realms of data. At Contineo, Dinesh focuses on creating next generation technology solutions across natural language processing, robotic process automation and predictive analysis.

 

Alejandro Escolar

Director – FCC Consulting Services

An industry Subject Matter Expert (SME) with a proven track record, Alejandro possess over 10 years experience across business and technology transformation programmes within FCC. Prior to joining Contineo, he has held senior positions at global consulting firms and top tier financial institutions. At Contineo, he leads the consulting team that delivers high value advisory services that address a number of FCC problem areas.