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The Association has enlisted the highest level of
international industry professionals to serve on its Advisory Board,
representing several industries and regions. The Advisory Board is responsible
for keeping ACAMS on the cutting edge of anti-money laundering practices and
ensuring ACAMS’ place as the premier provider of state-of-the-art services to
its members.
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 John
J. Byrne, CAMS
President
Condor Consulting LLC
Byrne leads a Washington DC area financial services consulting firm specializing in regulatory management, AML, privacy, and a vast array of financial institution compliance related issues. Prior to the creation of his firm, John was the Global Regulatory Relations Executive at Bank of America. Previously, he worked for the American Bankers Association for 22 years and was responsible for ABA's lobbying, regulatory and educational efforts on money laundering, and other compliance issues. He received the ABA's Distinguished Services Award and was also the first private sector recipient of the “Director's Medal for Exceptional Service” from the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).
email: jbjabyrne@gmail.com |
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Richard
Small
Advisory Board Vice Chair
Enterprise Wide Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Risk Management American Express
Vice president, enterprise-wide AML and sanctions risk management, American Express, New York, he previously served as global AML leader for GE Money. Prior to joining American Express he was the managing director of global anti-money laundering at Citigroup, overseeing and helping to develop AML policies and procedures. He joined the Federal Reserve System as special counsel in 1989, with responsibility for all Bank Secrecy Act and money laundering matters, conducting investigations of complex financial transactions, suspicious activities and related enforcement actions. He is also vice-chair of the ACAMS Advisory Board.
email: rick.small@aexp.com |
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Alberto Ávila, CAMS
Executive Director, COMLAFT
Ávila is executive director of COMLAFT, a firm dedicated to offering services to prevent money laundering and the financing of terrorism. With 15 years of experience in the AML field, he advises and works for financial and non-financial institutions, governments, financial intelligence units and political parties in the development of compliance programs, money laundering and compliance risk administration, creation of AML controls, review and maintenance of automated systems, amongst other key areas in the AML sphere. He was a Mexican Government Official during the creation of the unit in charge of money laundering prevention and regulation; likewise, he has been a compliance officer for financial institutions in Latin America, has a book on AML and is a frequent speaker at international conferences.
email: avila@comlaft.com |
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Samar Baasiri, CAMS
Head of Anti-Money Laundering Unit, BankMed
Baasiri is currently the head of the Anti-Money Laundering unit at BankMed in Beirut, Lebanon and has been in charge of preparing the bank’s Anti-Money Laundering policies and procedures on a risk-based approach. She also participated in building the AML risk matrix model now used in the bank and implemented Anti-Money Laundering software for the AML unit for monitoring customers and internal accounts. Previously she was the head of operations division and trade finance at the United Bank of Lebanon, the customer relations manager at Bank Audi and is the former assistant head of operations & trade finance at HSBC, Canada.
email: baasiris@bankmed.com.lb |
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David Clark
Head of Financial Crime Intelligence & Analysis
Barclays Wealth
Clark has extensive global financial crime risk mitigation experience within banks and, previously, government customs agencies. David joined Barclays Wealth from ABN AMRO where he held a senior position in their global advisory and analysis team with specific responsibilities for global AML training & communication and Asia advisory. Prior to switching careers to work in Financial Services, his 18-year law enforcement career as a financial investigator & intelligence officer included 7 years in a crown dependent territory. Additionally, Clark worked on the ACAMS’ taskforces to revise the CAMS certification exam and produce the CAMS Online Training.
email: david.t.clark@barclayswealth.com |
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Lisa
Kim Estrada, MBA, JD, CAMS
SVP-Chief Legal Officer
eFOREX, Inc.
Estrada has created and implemented day-to-day administrative compliance issues in anti-fraud, anti-money laundering, and privacy policies and procedures for several product providers under one holding company. She served as the separate accounts compliance officer overseeing Rule 38a-1 compliance under the 1940 Investment Company Act for a product provider and worked closely with fund complexes and broker/dealers in the securities industry.
Estrada received her juris doctor from Barry University.
email: kestrada@eforex.com |
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Wissam Fattouh
Deputy Secretary General, Union of Arab Banks
Fattouh joined the Union of Arab Banks (UAB) in January 1990. He served as the director of conferences and was responsible for the supervision of regional and international events. Currently the assistant secretary general of the UAB, Fattouh opened the channels of communication with international bodies in the financial community and is recognized as a pioneer in the MENA region for creating AML/CFT technical training programs and forums. Fattouh has also established a number of professional associations such as the Group of Certified Compliance Officers (GCCO), Group of Certified Risk Managers (GCRM), and was one of the initiators of the US-MENA Private Sector Dialogue on AML/CFT where he remains as an active member of its steering committee.
email: wissam@uabonline.org |
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Peter Richard Hazlewood
Managing Director Compliance Services & Security Group Legal, Compliance, Secretariat and Security ,DBS Bank
Hazlewood joined DBS Bank, the largest financial services group in the South East Asia, in April 2005 as Senior Vice President of Compliance Services. In 2006, he was promoted to Managing Director and Corporate Security was added to his portfolio. This was followed by the addition of Business Continuity Management in 2008. Hazlewood previously served in Hong Kong law enforcement, specializing in complex white collar crime. He was recruited by JP Morgan in 1996 and worked in various positions in Hong Kong, Singapore and New York. His last appointment at JPMC was in Corporate AML Compliance, New York. At DBS, Peter has group-wide responsibility for all areas of financial crime risk including; the anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing programmes, group investigations, customer complaint handling, compliance surveillance, subpoena management and business intelligence.
email: peterhazlewood@dbs.com |
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Rainer G. Hoerning, CAMS
Senior Compliance Officer and
Vice President, Credit Suisse
Hoerning assists the global AML compliance director and is responsible for ensuring bank-wide compliance with laws, regulations, international standards, and internal policies as senior compliance officer and vice president of Credit Suisse in Zurich, Switzerland. His focus is on minimal standards and the global management of risks associated with money laundering and terrorist financing. He also represents Credit Suisse in the Wolfsberg Group. Previously, he was compliance advisor at Citizens Financial Group's Financial Intelligence Unit in Rhode Island, USA.
email: rainer.hoerning@credit-suisse.com |
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Barry Koch, CAMS
Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, JPMorgan Chase, New York
Barry joined the corporate AML compliance team of JPMorgan Chase upon its acquisition of Washington Mutual in September 2008. At WaMu, he was a Senior Vice President and the Bank Secrecy Act Officer. Prior to that he was the Global Head of Anti-Money Laundering at American Express, where he was responsible for managing the corporate-wide AML and Sanctions compliance programs, along with the compliance programs for the Travelers Cheques and Foreign Exchange businesses. While at Amex, he served on FinCEN's Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group, created by Congress to advise the Secretary of the Treasury on BSA issues. He has held senior compliance positions at Charles Schwab & Co., and at Smith Barney. Barry participates in industry groups such as The Wolfsberg Forum, The New York Clearing House AML Committee and the U.S. Treasury Department’s Private Sector Dialogue. He is a member of the Advisory Board of ACAMS.
email: barry.koch@jpmchase.com |
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Saskia Rietbroek, CAMS
President, AML Services International, LLC. USA
Saskia is President of AML Services International, a consulting and training company in the money laundering, and terrorist financing field. From 2001-2005, she was the founding Executive Director of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS). She conducts AML audits, training and prepares AML programs and manuals for firms in the Caribbean, Canada, US and Latin America. She is Financial Crime Advisor to Fiserv Fraud and Compliance. She is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), has an International MBA from Florida International University, and speaks five languages.
email: saskia@nomoneylaundering.com |
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Nancy
J. Saur, CAMS, FICA
Regional Head of Compliance & Risk Management (Caribbean) , ATC Group N.V.
Saur is currently responsible for compliance and risk management for the Caribbean and Asian offices of the ATC Group. In 2004, she co-founded a successful compliance consulting company headquartered in the Cayman Islands. She founded the Cayman Islands Compliance Association, managed the development of computer-based training for its members and created a Cayman Islands module for an international compliance training program.
email: nancy.saur@atctrust.ky |
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Daniel D. Soto, CAMS, Executive Compliance Director and BSA Officer, GMAC, Inc.
Soto is the Bank Secrecy Act compliance officer for GMAC, Inc., based in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he is responsible for GMAC’s enterprise anti-money laundering compliance activities, as well as other general compliance matters. Before joining GMAC, Soto spent time with Wachovia/Wells Fargo in the BSA area, nearly three years with Royal Bank of Canada-Centura, as the chief compliance officer, and eight years with Bank of America, where he was the global anti-money laundering compliance executive. Prior to joining Bank of America, he was a bank examiner with the FDIC and the Federal Reserve and helped develop the Fed’s anti-money laundering compliance examination policies. Soto is currently on the advisory board of the Association for Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS).
email: dan.soto@gmacfs.com |
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