Kamla
Govender
Kamla Govender is a Legal and Policy Adviser Senior Specialist at the Financial Intelligence Centre. She has been with the FIC since 2008. During her time at the FIC, she participated in meetings of the Financial Action Task Force and the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group. She has since moved into the domestic space, and among other, have been dealing with amendments to the FIC Act Schedules and Regulations.
She is an FATF trained assessor and participated in the mutual evaluation of Norway.
Kamla is one of the FIC representatives on the Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group and the Crypto Assets Regulatory Working Group and has contributed to the drafting of the position paper on crypto assets, published in June 2021. She also represents the FIC in the IFWG’s Regulatory Guidance Unit and the Regulatory Sandbox.
With respect to the recently revised FATF recommendations in respect of crypto assets and crypto asset service providers, Kamla is dedicated to continuing the work that will ensure the regulation of this sector, including implementation of the Travel Rule for crypto asset service providers.