Karen Tihn, long-standing employee at MeDirect Bank Malta, has been promoted to Regulatory Compliance Manager at the same company.

Karen Tihn / LinkedIn

Ms Tihn joined the bank as a Customer Relationship Manager back in 2010 – a position which she held for three-and-a-half years.

Over the next eight years, she occupied a variety of roles within the same company, namely Branch Manager, Senior Compliance Officer, Customer Service Manager, Senior Regulatory Compliance Officer, and most recently, Regulatory Compliance Manager.

Before joining MeDirect Bank, Ms Tihn worked as an Office Administrator at London Forfaiting Company Ltd. She also held several other Norwich-based roles over a six-year span.

Founded in 2004, MeDirect Bank (formerly known as Mediterranean Bank) now prides itself in being Malta’s third largest banking group.

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