Rayan Mohamed is a licensed attorney based in North Carolina. He holds the Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) designations. With a robust background in the anti-money laundering/counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) industry spanning six years, Mohamed became part of Credit Suisse (now integrated into UBS Group) in 2020. Presently, he is the assistant vice president within the Know Your Customer Initial Due Diligence division of Client Lifecycle Management.

Prior to his role at Credit Suisse, Mohamed held positions as a senior analyst at PricewaterhouseCoopers, as an AML analyst at Morgan Stanley and as legal counsel for OMV Yemen. His academic qualifications include a Master of Laws (LLM) in international business law from University College London, a Legal Practice Course/LLM in Professional Legal Practice from BPP Law School and a Bachelor of Arts in economics and law from the University of Leicester.

Mohamed has contributed to the field through his writings for various industry publications, including ACAMS Today, for which he wrote articles on the classification of the United Arab Emirates as a monitored jurisdiction, as well as addressing recent actions by Russia and Iran challenging international sanctions.