Alesia Nahirny

Alesia Nahirny is Counsel at Department of Justice. Alesia was previously overseeing financial crimes risk for Scotiabank including anti-money laundering, sanctions, fraud and anti-bribery and corruption risks as well as providing advisory services on sanctions regulatory requirements and leading the development and execution of strategy relating to sanctions risk assessment of new products and initiatives. She has more than ten years of professional experience having worked as the Executive Director of Transparency International Canada, the Department of Justice Canada, and Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Alesia obtained her law degree from the University of Ottawa and has a Bachelor’s in International Relations and Peace and Conflict Studies and a Master’s degree in anti-corruption from the University of Toronto.