Katerina is a lawyer and financial crime compliance professional with a career spanning over 25 years in both London and Cyprus. She is the holder of two LLM degrees from Kings College, London and is an ACAMS qualified money laundering specialist. She is a counter trafficking practitioner, advisor and compliance consultant. Katerina is the founder of Step Up Stop Slavery, an NGO based in Cyprus, working towards the development of effective and functional national referral mechanisms, furthering multi stakeholder engagement and collaboration, and enhancing professional counter trafficking expertise. She is also an author, international speaker and educator.