John
Shoemaker
John Shoemaker currently serves as the Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officer for the Great-West Life Assurance group of companies (Great-West Life, Canada Life and London Life). Until February of 2017, John held the rank of Superintendent in the RCMP’s federal policing program as the officer-in-charge of “O” Division’s (Ontario) Greater Toronto Area Financial Crime where he provided oversight and leadership of enforcement teams focused on organized large-scale money laundering, proceeds of crime, fraud, counterfeit currency and corruption investigations.
Over the course of his 25-year career in the RCMP, John conducted or led a broad range of investigations working with other law enforcement agencies, regulators, other government agencies and private institutions on financial crime and criminal intelligence matters of national and international significance.
John holds an MBA, is an accountant and is also a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and Certified Fraud Examiner.