Facilitator Profile
Our workshop facilitator is an Anti-Money Laundering professional with over 15 years of experience in Asia. He has a legal background in management of enhanced due diligence, fraud and other financial malfeasance investigations across Asia, specializing in AML/CFT compliance since 2002. With the shift in emphasis of Anti-Money Laundering compliance to being "risk-based" he is therefore uniquely and ideally qualified to recognize and advise on potentially suspicious activity, and has the background and experience to initiate and manage an appropriate level of affirmative due diligence where it is necessary.
He has developed AML training program for bank operations staff and briefings on legal, regulatory and other developments for senior management. From September 2003 to April 2004, he was the Team Leader on the European Commission RRM Project for the implementation of UNSCR 1373 in the Philippines providing specialist assistance on Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing issues to the Anti-Money Laundering Council, other Government Departments and Law Enforcement Agencies.
He has written a number of articles on money laundering & terrorist financing issues and is frequently invited to speak on the subject. Additionally, he is admitted as a solicitor in both Hong Kong and Scotland, is a Member of the International Bar Association and the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists. He is also a Certified Fraud Examiner.
Key Benefits for attending this event
- Enhance your current AML Strategies by implementing a risk-based approach
- Learn from International AML Standards and apply it to an Asia-Pacific content
- Determine what are the specific elements necessary to execute a sound AML System
- Identify the threats and how to protect your organization against them
- Evaluate what are the best existing KYC/IT systems relevant to your organization
- Avoid making the same mistakes by analyzing high profile money laundering and terrorist financing cases
- Stay ahead by understanding what are the current issues in compliance
- Inculcate a sense of vigilance to safeguard your organization against money laundering.
Testimonials
“Our survey points towards significant investment and improvement in the AML systems and controls environment within individual financial institutions, together with an understanding and commitment to the role banks have to play in the overall AML…effort. However, there is also more to be done to make the financial system less vulnerable to money laundering and terrorist financing. For banks, this means greater focus on the effectiveness of their AML and CTF strategy, system and controls…” – KPMG’s Global Anti-Money Laundering Survey 2007
“One major problem is the lack of enforcement; despite a significant increase in the number of suspicious transaction report filing in recent years, there is still only limited prosecution activity once suspicious patterns have been identified…
In addition, a lack of trained investigators limits the ability to pursue suspicious transactions. AML training for bank staff is also still needed in most Asian countries…” – Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s Country Analysis Unit on Anti Money Laundering Reforms and Trends in Asia, July 2007
Who Should Attend
Directors, Senior Executives and Managers of Anti-Money Laundering, Compliance & Legal, KYC and Operations in the following industries: Corporate | Investment | Offshore | Wholesale | Private | Retail Banking | Insurance | Accounting | Securities Brokers | Real Estate | Legal | Casinos | Travel Agencies.
Others will also include:
AML Enforcement/Governmental Officers | Auditors-Regulatory Compliance | Control Room Managers
