Matthew Shannon
Senior EconomistDepartment of Finance Canada
Matthew has been employed by Canada’s Department of Finance since February 2016, and has extensive legislative and regulatory experience touching on sanctions, directives, correspondent banking, armoured cars and the movement of currency and monetary instruments across borders.
Since joining Finance, he has also supported Canada’s international engagement co-authoring a Financial Action Task Force (FATF) mutual evaluation report, the FATF report on Environmental Crime and Money Laundering, FATF guidance on correspondent banking and proliferation financing as well as supporting the provision of technical assistance in Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Middle East on AML/CTF/CPF matters.
Prior to joining the Department of Finance he spent 8 years working for Public Safety Canada and Canada Border Services Agency on issues related to national security, law enforcement, immigration, refugees and customs.