Samuel Wilkinson is currently the Manager and Head of Analysis at the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of The Bahamas.

Mr. Wilkinson has also worked as a consultant whose services included accounting and investment advisory services, compliance and MLRO services, trust engagements, financial and corporate services, and training. He has held senior management, trust, and compliance and MLRO positions with Brazilian, Canadian, Swiss, and Filipino offshore financial institutions. Samuel Wilkinson is also a former management officer at a major retail bank responsibility for commercial, consumer and mortgage lending portfolios. Following his tenure in retail banking, he worked as a financial controller in the banking, hotel and transportation industries, and as the compliance manager for a prominent Bahamian pension and investment company, where he had regulatory oversight for its pension, investment, brokerage, and external assets management. Mr. Wilkinson has been a part­ time lecturer and adjunct professor for over 30 years and has taught at numerous colleges and universities including The University of The Bahamas, St. Benedict/St. John's University (USA), Nova Southeastern University (USA), The Bahamas Institute of Financial Services, STEP International (UK), Bahamas Baptist Community College, Sojourner/Douglass College (USA) Success Training College, and the Ministry of Tourism's Bahamahost Program.

He has attended numerous conferences and seminars on AML/CFT, risk management, financial instruments and planning, securities markets, brokerage operations, pensions management, accounting and finance and a host of other topics. He has also had many speaking engagements at conferences and workshops that included the Florida International Bankers Association (FIBA), the Jamaica Bankers Association (IBA), the Jamaica Institute of Financial Services (JIFS), the Bahamas Institute of Financial Services (BIFS) and the Bahamas Association of Compliance Officers (BACO).

Mr. Wilkinson obtained his Associate of Arts (AA) degree from the University of The Bahamas (UB), and his bachelor's and master's degrees in business management, accounting and finance from the University of Miami. He is a professional member of STEP International (London), a Fellow of BIFS, a Fellow member of the International Compliance Association (ICA) [London], and a licensed Broker/Dealer and Investment Advisor. He has held memberships in the Institute of Financial Accountants (London), the Guild of Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Accountants (Canada), ACAMS (USA) and the American Management Association (AMA). Mr. Wilkinson is also a Justice of the Peace (JP) for the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

He is married with two sons.