Ajay
Budhrani, CAMS
Ajay is an Executive Director of Financial Crime Risk at Standard Chartered Bank for Asia. His role includes overseeing the Bank’s AML/CTF; sanctions; AB&C; and fraud programs and representing the Bank through its relationships with key regulators. Ajay also represents Standard Chartered (Hong Kong) Ltd. as a Manager pursuant to Section 72B of the Banking Ordnance and represents the Bank on the Asia Wolfsberg Group.
Prior to this, Ajay was a Regional Vice President at Citibank, and a Manager at Deloitte Forensics, with a focus in FCC; as well as a Senior Consultant at Deloitte’s tax group, where he provided technical advice in relation to tax compliance for multiple jurisdictions. Ajay has experience in developing regional-level AML/CTF policies and training programs for a variety of financial institutions. He has also been involved in a number of financial crime due diligence projects in relation to a variety of products and transactions; and has extensive experience in testing AML/CTF controls and governance for a variety of banks from Asia, Europe and the U.S.
Ajay has spoken about FCC at a variety of seminars and conferences; and has written articles in relation to tax evasion; AML/CFT; sanctions; the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; and the U.K. Bribery Act. Other than holding an ACAMS qualification, Ajay is also certified by the Hong Kong Association of Banks as an Associate AML Professional (AAMLP).