Regulatory Update: Cannabis Financing that Empowers Entrepreneurship

Dr William Scott Grob, CAMS-FCI, CGSS, FRM, CAIA, is the Director of Research and Analysis, responsible for promoting quantitative research methods. He has built customized programs, such as the two Illegal Wildlife Trade certificates developed with the WWF & WJC and the two Ending Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking with the FAST Initiative & Polaris. Previously, he was the ACAMS AML Director for the Americas and Asia. Dr. Grob has over 25 years of financial and banking expertise. His most recent role was as Regional Head of Affiliates Management, HSBC, where he worked on mitigating financial crime and correspondent banking risks across Asia. His 12-year career at the bank also included managing risk within the Equity/FX prime brokerage business, Structured Funds business, and Hedge Fund units.

Mr. Kemmerling is the CEO and Founder of CRB Monitor, which empowers financial institutions to manage risk and monetize opportunity in emerging, high-risk industries including Cannabis and Crypto.  Our best-in-class cannabis corporate intelligence platform identifies, categorizes and monitors 95,000+ Businesses, 250,000+ cannabis licenses, 146,000+ Owners, and 1,400+ Securities directly related to the industry.  Clients utilize our data for screening, EDD/KYC, initial on-boarding, on-going monitoring, deal-originations and market/risk analysis.  Our database(s) can be accessed via our on-line UI, API integrations and bulk datafeeds, including integrations with multiple KYC software and data partners.  Clients include commercial banks with over $5.5 trillion in assets.

Lea has over 20 years experience with BMO Financial Group, holding roles in customer facing and headquarters functions.  As an AML Professional,  she played an active role in the development of BMO’s key policies and practices when providing banking services to licensed Canadian cannabis entities.