Ken Simmons CAMS-Audit/ FCI, RM, CGSS, CRCM has served the Financial Industry for more than 35 years covering most aspects of ERM.  He serves as ACAMS Faculty and review Board member for more than a decade.  Ken is serving as faculty for the CGSS exam prep school at this year’s conference and has done so in years past.  He routinely serves as faculty for CAMS-Audit, Risk Management, Sanctions and Financial Crimes certification programs.  Ken is the BSA/AML Officer for Atlantic Capital Bank (a leading financial institution serving innovative technologies).  He has also provided educational services and consulting through Compliance & AML Solutions for the past decade to community banks across the country.  A brief summary of his extensive career includes serving the:

• Office of Comptroller Currency (OCC) Industry Expert & Regulatory Compliance/ BSA/ Fair Lending EIC

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) – Regulatory Compliance Expert

• Chief Compliance Officer for several large Regional and mid-size institutions;

• Bank Secrecy and Fraud Officer

• General Auditor for multi-billion institutions

Ken served as a faculty member for the OCC’s Advanced Examination Schools for BSA, Compliance & Fair Lending.

Ken is a published author of several industry -based whitepapers.  The first, published in 2001 Learning from the Mistakes of Other: Matter Requiring Attention is the only published paper, based on OCC confidential supervisory examination reports of over 100 financial institutions.  A second whitepaper (2015) Relative – THIEF – Confidant Powers-of-Attorney delves into the risks and controls associated with Powers-of-Attorneys.

He is an accomplished speaker and communicator as well.  He has routinely provided presentations throughout his career for FNMA, ABA, GBA, CBA, FNBB & ACAMS; and has represented both the FDIC and OCC at industry events.