Olena is a policy officer at the European Commission, currently working in the Financial Crime unit of DG FISMA, with over 12 years of experience and expertise in European regulatory and policy framework and in the financial sector. Over the last 4 years, Olena has been involved in all Commission’s initiatives the area of anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism relating to the financial sector. In the AML/CFT package of legislative acts adopted and published in June 2024, Olena was responsible for the drafting and negotiating of the Regulation establishing the EU Authority for anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AMLA). Previously, Olena has worked in the Banking unit of DG FISMA, in the area of prudential regulation for banks.

Before joining the European Commission in 2017, Olena has worked at De Nederlandsche Bank (Dutch Central Bank) in the area of prudential supervisory policy for over 5 years.

Olena received her MA in public international law (with distinction) from Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Ukraine) in 2010, LLM in European Union law (with distinction) from Erasmus University of Rotterdam (Netherlands) in 2011 and an executive MBA (with distinction) from Bayes Business School, City University of London (United Kingdom) in 2024.