Exclusive interactive workshop to Strengthen AML/CFT Regulatory Compliance
Friday 12 July 2019 at Voila Hotel, Bagatelle
Global Finance Mauritius will be hosting on Friday 12 July 2019 a workshop on “Practical Risk Based Approach to AML/CFT”. The aim of this workshop is to strengthen AML/CFT Regulatory Compliance Skills. Participants -will be provided with up-to date knowledge about compliance requirements and best practices concerning AML/CFT.
RICK MCDONELL
Rick McDonell has had 35 years of experience in financial crime policy, practice and investigations at a national and international level. This includes leadership roles in the APG, the UNODC and the FATF in relation to anti-money laundering and anti-corruption. Rick is currently advising the Financial Services Commission and other countries on AML/CFT practices.
Rick is currently the Executive Director of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS), which has over 70,000 members globally and which delivers highly reputed anti-money laundering/terrorist financing and sanctions training to financial institutions and government officials around the world. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Future of Financial Intelligence Sharing (FFIS) initiative led by RUSI (Royal United Services Institute, UK).
Rick was also the Executive Secretary of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global anti-money laundering standard-setter from September 2007 to November 2015.
JOSÉE NADEAU
Josee is a consultant in Financial Integrity providing strategic and technical advice to numerous small and large countries, with extensive executive leadership and policy experience in the Canadian government and internationally in various fora. She led the Canadian delegation to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and to its regional bodies in the Caribbean, South America and the Asia Pacific regions from 2009 to 2016, including during the 2012 review of the comprehensive global FATF standards for Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) and the development of the new FATF assessment methodology for the 4th round evaluation. Teaching for the Executive Master of Arts in Financial Integrity at the School of Law of Case Western Reserve University and a GovRisk Faculty member. Also many years of experience in financial sector policy, trade policy, tax policy, economic development and macroeconomic policies, in coordinating numerous governmental organisations and in engaging with diverse stakeholders, nationally, regionally and internationally including at the OECD and WTO.
Programme
| Time | Details |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration |
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Introduction to the Day |
| 09:15 – 11:00 | AML/CFT Compliance Requirements for the Private Sector – Principle-Based |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Mid-Morning Break |
| 11:15 – 12:15 | Devising and Implementing Risk Assessment Models |
| 12:15 – 13:15 | Lunch Break |
| 13:15 – 14:15 | Group Exercise using model entity-level risk assessment framework |
| 14:15 – 15:15 | International Best Practices to implement preventive measures by regulated entities |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Mid-Afternoon Break |
| 15:30 – 16:45 | What’s on the international regulatory horizon: FATF; EU; OECD |
| 16:45 – 17:00 | Questions and Answers |
We are delighted to offer this training at an attractive rate of Rs 15,000 per participant.
MQA approval is under process and participants will be eligible for HRDC refund up to the tune of 70%, bringing the effective cost down to Rs 4,500.
