Stuart Davis is a 34 Anti-Money Laundering veteran and a recently retired Executive Vice President, having led to global AML programs as Head of Financial Crimes Risk Management at Scotiabank and Bank of Montreal (BMO).   Mr. Davis is an esteemed industry thought leader and a subject matter expert on AML, having spoken at multiple international forums including the United Nations and UNODC, FATF, the OECD, Vatican, and recently the Egmont Group.

Through his support of human rights initiatives and public private-partnerships, Mr. Davis has co-sponsored with the Canadian Government Project Protect focused on anti-human trafficking, Project Shadow focused on protecting children from online sexual exploitation and Project Anto focused on Wildlife trafficking.  He has contributed legislative and regulatory changes improving information sharing in Canada and which assist survivors of Human Trafficking in rebuilding their financial access.    In addition to several advisory roles, he currently serves as a director to the WeProtect Global Alliance focused on combatting the online sexual exploitation of children.

Mr. Davis was awarded the Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) Professional of the Year in 2019 and was previously the Chair of the Greater Toronto Chapter as well as the Chair of the Canadian Banker’s Association sub-committee on AML, Money Laundering Specialists Group (MLSG), Co-Chair of Canada’s Department of Finance Advisory Committee on Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (ACMLTF) and a member of the Board of Governors of Junior Achievement Canada, Central Ontario.