Jay is a motivated AML/CTF Compliance Manager with a keen interest in financial crime framework, AML/CTF complex investigations and global cooperation in financial crime prevention.
Jay’s work experience includes working as AML/CTF compliance manager, delegate to MLRO, AML/CTF compliance specialist, Financial Crime Risk SME/product owner, AML/CTF consulting, and other managerial roles in the financial industry.
Read MoreAdebayo shares his time as a compliance analyst with 2 Cryptocurrency exchanges with markets within the APAC and EMEA regions. His knowledge domain includes IT Audit, blockchain, cryptocurrency compliance and cybersecurity.
Adebayo has a Bachelor’s degree in Cyber Security and about to complete his Masters in Technology Governance and Digital Transformation from Tallinn University of Technology. He is a Certified Financial Crime Specialist (CFCS), Lead Cyber Security Manager and Certified Blockchain Solutions Architect.
Read MoreFavour started her career within the Financial Services just after her undergraduate degree in Covenant University. Growing up in her home Country Nigeria, and having experienced firsthand the devastating effects Financial Crime has on the community and the Society at large, fighting financial crime is a very important cause to her.
Since relocating to the United Kingdom, Favour has worked with Barclays, Santander, TSB and Royal Bank of Scotland in the first line of defence. Her interests within FINCrime are in AML/CTF as well as Cryptocurrency investigations. She is looking forward to completing CAMS in order to increase her professional agility.
Read MoreAoife recently graduated from University College Cork with a bachelor’s degree in Criminology. Her main objective is to work in an area which allows her to focus on financial crime prevention, specifically terrorist financing.
Aoife have achieved an ICA Specialist Certificate in Combating the Financing of Terrorism and aims to complete a professional certificate in Financial Crime Prevention in the following months. She is eager to begin constructing my career in combating terrorist financing through gaining the necessary qualifications and through this mentorship and development program.
Read MoreThomas Feray is a highly experienced investigator with extensive expertise in the public and private sectors.
His career with the French Gendarmerie brought him to serve in specialized serious crime units including the Versailles Serious Crime Unit (Division Financial crimes) and the Cayenne Serious Crime Unit as part of the special operation “Harpie Orpaillage” (operation aimed at fighting against the illegal gold mining in French Guyana). As part of his missions, Thomas Feray lead several complex investigations, related to Labour law crimes, counterfeiting of luxury goods and to the money laundering of the proceeds of these crimes.
Read MoreAfter reviewing nearly 150 applications, the following 12 individuals have been selected to join the TWELVE Program as Associates for 2021. Click on their headshot to learn more about them.
Each of the selected Associates demonstrated many of the essential components of a financial crime professional: commitment, dedication to continuous learning, and - by their application - quality report writing. The 12 Associates come from a range of backgrounds and previous financial crime/compliance roles, but they all have in common the desire to learn becoming more seasoned and well-rounded in their knowledge of financial crime.
While reviewing the applications to the program and selecting who would become Associates, it was clear that a lot of thought, time, and effort had been put into the applications and answering the key questions posed.
Read MoreAshika Verma is an MBA graduate from the prestigious Schulich School of Business along with an undergrad degree in law from India. She is passionate about all things Risk Management and Compliance specifically Regulatory Compliance and Financial crimes.
Before moving to Canada to pursue her MBA, Ashika worked as an in-house lawyer for tech companies wherein she provided legal advisory on corporate, IP, contract, and privacy laws. She also performed legal due diligence, advised on regulatory implications of launching new products and services and provided legal support for growth strategies. During her MBA she interned with Scotiabank with their AML Audit team and has been a part of various AML, Compliance and Risk networking circles across Toronto. She is passionate about various fincrime, risk and compliance practice areas in financial institutions, consulting firms and building a network of likeminded professionals.
Read MoreShana Schneider is the Global Marketing Director for Silent Eight, a technology company that uses artificial intelligence-powered solutions to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Working closely with senior leaders, she oversees the company's go-to-market strategy, identifying new opportunities, and leading with a content-forward approach that leverages thought leaders and global experts to deliver true value to the marketplace.
Shana is interested in learning more about money laundering and terrorist financing, from developing a better knowledge of pivotal or groundbreaking cases that led to new laws and regulations to a deeper understanding of what the human cost of these crimes is and who is most at risk/vulnerable as we head into 2021. She would also like to understand more about a bank or FI's role in working with law enforcement and how the 2 can (better?) work together to protect bad actors from entering the financial market.
Read MoreNaila is an Anti-Money laundering professional with a range of experience gained over 7 years working within the investment banking area. Naila’s work experience includes working as AML/KYC Analyst, AML/KYC officer, AML/KYC Manager in Europe and North Africa. Naila is an AML specialist on performing AML EDD/CDD Analysis, compliance assessment, AML training and process.
Naila Is ACAMS Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist, holds a Statistics & Applied Economy Degree and a Master’s degree in Finance & Actuarial.
Read MoreTahmina is a motivated compliance officer with a keen interest in financial crime investigation, approaches in identifying white-collar criminals.
Immediately after graduating the university, Tahmina worked in retail banking at MCO OXUS Microfinance. During her work experience, she assisted in developing a new center for customer services but passion
to analytical investigation led to changing her career path. Thereafter, her desire to gain knowledge of Financial Compliance persuaded her to take up the ICA (international Compliance Association) Certification programs in KYC and CDD, as well as Trade Based Money Laundering.
Arshia is an enthusiastic and a keen learner with diverse experience in banking locally and internationally.
Currently Arshia is working in Scotiabank. Being in the first line of defence, She has to be an attentive audience and be the guardian of the firm. She is keen to learn about investigations pertaining to money laundering, fraud and human trafficking in order to take care of the most obvious risks of the business.
Arshia holds an undergraduate degree in Genetic and Master’s degree in Business Administration from Osmania University in India. Recently, she completed an AML administration course from Seneca college. In the near future, She is looking forward to complete CAMS/CFCS, in order to be well aware of the processes to benefit as part of the due diligence efforts in compliance.
Read MorePrabha Iyer is a financial services industry professional with over 6 years of international work experience. Her career started as an Accounts Executive, in an Accounting firm, after she graduated from Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics, University of Mumbai and completed Accounting Technician Certification from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Subsequently, she worked for 4 years at IndusInd bank’s Fixed Income and Money Market department (Treasury Operations). Having taken up the role of deputy manager, she developed expertise in handling operational part of Fixed Income and Money Market products, regulatory reporting, and compliance with regulatory policies having an impact on operations.
After moving to Canada, she joined Dynacare Insurance Solutions in 2019 and kick-started her career. Thereafter, her desire to gain knowledge of Financial Compliance in the Canadian banking industry persuaded her to take up the Financial Services Compliance Administration (FCA) program at Seneca College. While working at Dynacare she enrolled for FCA program and graduated in 2020 with high honors. Presently she is working as a Financial Operations Analyst at BMO and pursuing the CFCS certification.
Read MoreMohit Dysell is currently working as a Financial Services Associate with CIBC. He is passionate about ATF, sanctions, and cryptocurrency, and envisions a career as a financial crime specialist.
In his current role, Mohit is responsible for client onboarding and actively pursuing effective and efficient lending and investment operations while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to, and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational risk, regulatory compliance risk, and AML/ATF risk.
Read MoreAs a new graduate from the University of Calgary with a Bachelors degree in Finance, Mac has already accumulated a wealth of knowledge in the area of financial crime. During his time at the University of Calgary, Mac worked with the Calgary Police Service for two years as an Auxiliary member, where he first discovered his passion for solving complex investigative puzzles. He then moved on to the Alberta Securities Commission where he secured multiple internships in the Enforcement Division focusing on investigations relating to breaches of securities laws in Alberta and the New Economy Division where he researched the use of digital financial instruments and their role in financial markets.
Read MoreDr Ian Messenger, the creator of the TWELVE Program, will be speaking at the Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists (ACFCS) Canadian summit on Thursday 19th November 2020 at 11:30-12:15.
Dr Ian Messenger will be contributing to a Panel and Live Q&A discussion titled “How I started my Compliance Career” and will be discussing best practices and to value of mentoring relationships.
Registration for the 3 day summit is FREE and can be completed at www.fincrimecanada.com
Read MoreGregory Dellas is the Chief Compliance and Innovation Officer at ECOMMBX, an Electronic Money Institution with a flexible FinTech platform for cross-border inter-bank transactions.
Whilst at the Bank of Cyprus, Gregory led the anti-money laundering (AML) risk management team within the International Banking Services Division and acted as the local compliance officer. His team was responsible for the onboarding of high-risk clients, the evaluation of large and complex transactions, as well as the review of existing and approval of new high-risk client relationships. In addition, Dellas was responsible for providing advice, guidance and specialized training to management and staff on AML and regulatory compliance matters.
Read MoreSerge Tokar immigrated to Canada as a foreign legal professional. He has a Master of Laws in International Business Law and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Central Lancashire (United Kingdom). He is a co-author of a series of academic papers on consumer behaviour.
In Canada, Serge finished Financial Crime Analysis (CIFCA) programme at Seneca College, received an OSINT certificate from Toddington International and acquired a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) designation.
Read MorePrat Agrawal is an AML enthusiast working as AML investigator in Financial Intelligence Unit at Scotiabank. His area of interest includes complex investigations comprising of public private initiatives like human trafficking, organ trafficking, drug trafficking, unregistered money service businesses and cryptocurrency.
He graduated with Master of Applied Sciences degree from University of Toronto before started working as Fraud Analyst, Credit Cards at CIBC. During his time at CIBC, Prat worked on mitigating loss to bank by providing real time support in the reporting of fraudulent transactions and assisting clients with initiating dispute claims through visa and mastercard.
Read MoreJinisha is a Sr. Fraud Deterrence Analyst at Scotiabank and a lifelong learner of human behaviour. As a former retail banker, she found her passion for advocating for the victims of financial crime, which birthed an outright obsession with all-things AML. While immersed in internal investigations as the bank’s first line of defense, she learned about the colossal & ubiquitous impact of financial crime. Her life and career took a dramatic turn when she discovered a human trafficking survivor – Timea Nagy and her social enterprise. Jinisha vowed to combat human trafficking and modern slavery not just as an imminent issue but also her raison d'être. Jinisha believes that financial institutions are in a unique position to ultimately stop human trafficking and abolish modern slavery.
Read MoreAsh Aiyar is a fincrime specialist with a keen interest in cryptocurrency and Cannabis regulations.
She currently works with a leading money services business and specialises in high risk clients and enhanced due diligence along with FINTRAC related filings.
Having previously worked in Trust and Safety at Linkedin, she hopes to create a framework that regulates both financial crime and cyber fraud.
Ash completed her Bachelors of Science (Honours) from Miranda House, Delhi University. Her certifications in financial crime include Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Certified Financial Crime Specialist (CFCS), Financial Intelligence Specialist (FIS) and Certified Cryptocurrency Investigator (CCI).
