Ompriya Arya Appointed as Global Head – Financial Crime Operations at Marsh

Ompriya Arya has been appointed as Global Head – Financial Crime Operations at Marsh, where he will lead the development and scaling of a world-class Financial Crime ecosystem. In this strategic leadership role, he will drive operational excellence across Global Capability Centres (GCCs) in Asia, Europe, North America, and Latin America, supporting key entities including Marsh Risk, Marsh Re (Guy Carpenter), Mercer, and Marsh Management Consulting (Oliver Wyman). His appointment reflects Marsh’s focus on strengthening its global financial crime compliance and risk management capabilities.

A distinguished leader with over two decades of experience in financial services, Om brings deep expertise in Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Financial Crime Compliance (FCC), transformation strategy, regulatory remediation, risk consulting, and global operations management. Prior to joining Marsh, he served as Senior Director at EY, where he built and scaled the Financial Crime Compliance practice across Africa, India, and the Middle East while leading high-performing consulting and compliance teams.

Before EY, Om held several senior leadership roles at HSBC across India, Qatar, and Mauritius, including Head of Transformation, Country LEO Lead for HSBC Qatar, Senior Vice President – Financial Crime Risk Remediation Office, and Vice President – Global Standards. During his tenure, he led large-scale regulatory transformation programs,

global standards implementation, monitor reviews, remediation initiatives, and strategic business growth programs across multiple international markets.

His professional journey also includes leadership roles at Nomura Services India Private Limited, Accenture Switzerland and Accenture India, and Tata Consultancy Services, where he built strong expertise in business transformation, project management, stakeholder management, process re-engineering, infrastructure setup, compliance operations, and business analysis. With extensive international exposure across Switzerland, Luxembourg, Japan, Hong Kong, Mauritius, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Egypt, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and India, Om brings a truly global perspective to financial crime operations leadership.