Dr. Tanya McCartney is a UK trained barrister, Chartered Banker, and Certified Anti-Money-Laundering Specialist (CAMS)  with more than 25 years of experience in law and regulation, compliance, and financial services. She holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Reading (United Kingdom), A Master of Laws degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science (London, U.K.) with a specialization in Commercial and Corporate Law, an MBA in Leadership from The College of the Bahamas as well as a Chartered Banker MBA from the University of Bangor in Wales (United Kingdom). Tanya was conferred with a Doctor of Business Administration in 2021 from Edinburgh Napier University (Scotland, U.K.) for a programme of work entitled “Perspectives on Leading change: Exploring Change Readiness Strategies used in the Bahamian Financial Services Sector”.