Shawki is a Career Banker and Anti-Financial Crime Professional who had served during the last 10 years as Head of AML/CFT & sanctions division – MLRO (Money Laundering Reporting Officer) at a local financial institution in Lebanon. Alongside the banking function, Shawki is a University Lecturer & Speaker at: Union of Arab Banks (UAB), ACAMS, Romanian Banking Institute (RBI-Bucharest), OECD/Paris, Governance Dynamics (UAE), Al Jonah Riyadh-KSA, General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions (CIBAFI)-Bahrain, Emirates Institute for Banking & Financial Studies (EIF-UAE), and other institutions tasked with countering money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions evasion, & proliferation finance.

Moreover, he is a trainer at PwC’s academy in Dubai & has been contracted as subject matter expert with 4 other big consulting firms like EY-London and Deloitte KSA. Within UAE, Shawki delivers a wide range of training courses as per SCA and UASA requirements.