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Victoria Velgus
Associate Director, Wealth Management
Victoria Velgus is an Associate Director working in Wealth Management in London, where her role sits at the intersection of business management, governance, risk and strategic decision-making. Her career began in corporate law in Ukraine, including M&A work and international client matters at Baker McKenzie.
About Victoria Velgus
She later moved to Prague and transitioned from legal practice into Risk, Compliance and AML at Dentons, before relocating to London and entering Wealth Management at a leading Swiss bank. Her path shows how legal and risk expertise can become a foundation for a broader business role rather than a career constraint.
As a mentor, Victoria offers a grounded perspective for professionals considering an international move, a change of function or industry, or a transition into Wealth Management. She can help you evaluate how your legal, compliance, risk or business experience could transfer into Wealth Management or a broader financial-services role, and help you position international experience as a coherent professional advantage rather than a series of restarts.
She is especially suited to legal professionals considering a move into risk, compliance or financial services, risk and AML specialists exploring a more business-facing path, and international professionals repositioning their careers after relocating between markets.
"Do not be afraid to change direction when you feel ready for the next stage. Your previous experience is not lost — the task is to understand how to turn it into an advantage."
Key expertise
- Wealth Management — Current experience within a London-based Wealth Management environment at Associate Director level.
- Business management and governance — Her current remit brings together business management, governance and strategic decision-making.
- Risk, Compliance and AML — Direct experience gained after moving from legal practice into a specialist role in Prague.
- Corporate law and M&A — An early-career foundation developed in Ukraine through corporate legal work and international client matters.
- International career transitions — First-hand experience of changing countries, professional functions and industries across Ukraine, the Czech Republic and the UK.
How Victoria Velgus can help
- Evaluate your transferable experience — Evaluate how your existing legal, compliance, risk or business experience could transfer into Wealth Management or a broader financial-services role.
- Structure your career transition — Structure a career transition so that it builds on your previous experience instead of presenting it as a complete restart.
- Position your international experience — Position international experience as a coherent professional advantage when explaining your career story.
- Understand Wealth Management's intersections — Understand how legal, compliance, governance, risk and business management can intersect within Wealth Management.
- Navigate an international move — Navigate the practical and professional questions that arise when changing country, industry or function.
- Identify a realistic next direction — Identify a realistic next direction by looking beyond a narrow job title and recognising the transferable value of your experience.
Who should book Victoria Velgus
- Legal professionals considering a move into risk, compliance, financial services or Wealth Management.
- Risk, Compliance or AML specialists who want to understand how their experience may support a broader business-facing career path.
- International professionals repositioning their careers after relocating or moving between markets.
- Early- and mid-career professionals exploring Wealth Management and seeking a first-hand view of a non-linear route into the sector.
- Professionals making a career pivot who need to connect their previous experience to a credible next step.
Why Victoria Velgus
- First-hand Wealth Management experience — She currently works as an Associate Director in London within a leading Swiss bank.
- Cross-functional perspective — Her background connects corporate law, M&A, Risk, Compliance, AML, governance and business management.
- A genuinely international career journey — She has changed countries and professional direction across Ukraine, Prague and London without discarding the value of her earlier experience.