Executive Director with more than 19 years of experience spearheading safety, security, protection, and various emergency response strategies of human rights defenders in Africa and Southeast Asia. An experienced Regulatory & AML/CFT compliance practitioner having extensive senior management experience of one decade working with reputed Regulators (Financial Intelligence Units, FATF regional style bodies, Regional Economic bodies), and major Not for Profit originations and Financial Institutions around Africa, with a strong emphasis on anti-money laundering (AML/CFT) compliance-related issues. Capable of formulating and implementing the Not for Profit risk assessment and risk mitigation program for ML/TF risk. Skilled to formulate Training program for NPOs, Rules and d Guidelines for risk mitigations with a focus on AML/CFT compliance in accordance with international standards and FATF recommendations.

Always seeking opportunities to increase professional knowledge and expertise, especially by way of working in new jurisdictions having stringent regulations.

Yona Wanjala is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist of ACAMS.