- Alberto Ávila, CAMS
Executive Director, COMLAFT
Alberto advises and works for financial and non-financial institutions, governments, financial intelligence units and political parties in the development of compliance programs, money laundering and compliance risk administration, review and maintenance of automated systems and other key areas in the AML sphere. He was a Mexican government official during the creation of the country’s unit in charge of money laundering regulation and has been a compliance officer for several financial institutions in Latin America.
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- Steven Beattie
Principal, Financial Service, Ernst & Young
Steve is responsible for leadership and global coordination of AML and economic sanctions-related efforts across banks, asset managers, broker/dealers and insurance companies. He has helped numerous global financial services organizations evaluate and improve the completeness, appropriateness and effectiveness of their AML compliance programs and related technologies.
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- Debra Bonosconi, CAMS
Senior VP of AML Compliance, HSBC Bank USA
Debra is responsible for overall AML compliance of the embassy banking portfolio. Previously she served as a senior special examiner with the Federal Reserve Board's special investigations and enforcement unit. She spent over ten years conducting BSA/AML regulatory examinations for both the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
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- Emily J. Borowski, CAMS
AVP Risk & Compliance, Notre Dame Federal Credit Union
Emily is the Assistant Vice President of Risk and Compliance for Notre Dame Federal Credit Union. She participated in the development of the credit union’s AML program and oversees the day-to-day efforts in this area. She has over 15 years of experience in the financial services industry; 10 of which are with credit unions.
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- John J. Byrne, CAMS
Chairman, ACAMS Advisory Board
Byrne leads a Washington DC area financial services consulting firm specializing in regulatory management, AML, privacy, and a vast array of financial institution compliance related issues. Prior to the creation of his firm, John was the Global Regulatory Relations Executive at Bank of America. Previously, he worked for the American Bankers Association for 22 years and was responsible for ABA's lobbying, regulatory and educational efforts on money laundering, and other compliance issues. He received the ABA's Distinguished Services Award and was also the first private sector recipient of the “Director's Medal for Exceptional Service” from the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).
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- F. Kim Buggs
BSA Compliance Policy Program Analyst, Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Kim leads the Insurance and Precious Metals, Stones and Jewels Industry efforts within the IRS’s National Fraud and Bank Secrecy Act Program, She has a variety of examination experience ranging from income tax, excise tax, and BSA exams. In addition to conducting exams, Kim is proactive in the IRS’s outreach efforts and frequently speaks at continuing education workshops, tax conferences and AML seminars.
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- Gregory J. Calpakis, CAMS
Executive Director, Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS)
Gregory is responsible for the overall operations of the close to
10,000 member association from 130 countries. He led the
development of the ACAMS’ Certified Anti-Money Laundering
Specialists (CAMS) examination and has been an instructor for
CAMS examination preparation seminars. Previously, Gregory was
the Bank Secrecy Act / Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) Officer and Vice
President for the New York operations of a large foreign financial institution.
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- David B. Chenkin, CAMS
Partner, Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP, New York
David represents financial institutions in civil, criminal, regulatory and compliance matters. As head of the firm's anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act compliance groups, he represents institutions under investigation by Congress, federal, state and local prosecutors, and banking regulators. He also handles confidential internal investigations for clients facing potential civil, criminal and regulatory problems.
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- David Clark, CAMS
Head of Financial Crimes Intelligence and Analysis, Barclays Wealth
David has extensive global financial crime risk mitigation experience within banks and, previously, government customs agencies. David recently joined Barclays Wealth after working at ABN AMRO, where he held a senior position in the bank’s global advisory and analysis team with specific responsibilities for global AML training and communication and Asia advisory. Prior to switching careers to work in financial services, he worked for 18 years as a financial investigator and intelligence officer.
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- James A. Cox III, CAMS
Sergeant, Fairfax County Police Department
James supervises the Special Investigations/Money Laundering Unit for the department. He has over 24 years in law enforcement including four years as a military police officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. He oversees the disbursement of SARs to his unit and has supervised money laundering investigations that have led to millions of dollars in seizures. He is a certified expert witness in narcotic investigations and also a certified instructor by the Department of Criminal Justice Services, having instructed money laundering to numerous groups.
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- Lisa Kim Estrada, MBA, JD, CAMS
Vice President Chief Compliance Officer, i-TradeFX
Estrada has created and implemented day-to-day administrative compliance issues in anti-fraud, anti-money laundering, and privacy policies and procedures for several product providers under one holding company. She served as the separate accounts compliance officer overseeing Rule 38a-1 compliance under the 1940 Investment Company Act for a product provider and worked closely with fund complexes and broker/dealers in the securities industry.
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- Mary Ann Gadziala
Associate Director, Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, Securities and Exchange Commission
Mary Anna heads the inspection and examination programs for investment banks and stock exchanges to enforce compliance with U.S. securities laws. Following the terrorist attacks in 2001, she joined forces with other regulatory and industry officials to reopen the markets and thereafter assumed a leading role in business continuity planning and anti-money laundering. She has also served as Senior Adviser and Associate Director in the Division of Market Regulation, and Senior Counselor to the Chairman at the SEC. Previously, she was Assistant General Counsel for Banking and Finance at the Treasury Department.
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- Susan J. Galli, CAMS
Chief Risk Management Officer, Pacific National Bank, N.A.
Susan is the Chief Risk Management Officer at Pacific National Bank, N.A. where she has responsibility for the oversight of the compliance and credit risk management functions. Prior to that, she was the Managing Director of Galli AML Advisory, L.L.C. Previously, she served as a Managing Director and Practice Leader for the AML Compliance Risk Advisory & Forensics Practice of a big-five consulting firm. Susan has over 15 years experience in AML services and has served as the senior anti-money laundering coordinator and a member of Citigroup’s Global Anti-Money Laundering team, as well as AML director for Citigroup businesses in Latin America.
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- Bryant Gofstein, CAMS
Director, AML Compliance – Financial Intelligence Unit, The Western Union Company
Bryant is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the AML Compliance Department of this global provider of money transfer services. His team investigates agents, owners and employees suspected of possible criminal activity worldwide. Prior to his role in the FIU, Bryant conducted consumer investigations in order to mitigate the risks presented by consumers who utilize Western Union’s money transfer services in a questionable manner.
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- Hank Grant, CAMS
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, SightSpan
Prior to forming SightSpan, Hank was the Senior Vice President and Executive Program Director for Bank of America’s Global OFAC and Sanctions Programs, where he designed an AML client risk program and the AML and OFAC risk assessment processes for the bank. Hank brings his global experience to SightSpan, having managed Retail, Wholesale Banking and International Operations units throughout the U.S. and Asia. In 2006, Hank was named “AML Professional of the Year” by the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS). He has served as a delegate to the U.S. State Department and European Union sanctions conference in Vienna and an advisor to the United Nations program on the Taliban sanctions.
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- Jimmy Gurulé
Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School
Jimmy is former Under Secretary (Enforcement) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. He provided oversight and policy guidance to several key U.S. government agencies, including the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and Executive Office of Asset Forfeiture. Jimmy was responsible for developing the 2001 and 2002 National Money Laundering Strategy, and supervised publication of the regulations implementing AML provisions of the U.S. PATRIOT Act.
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- Sheila Haney
Associate Director, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
Sheila has responsibility for overseeing a staff of examiners charged with conducting examinations of member organizations, including the review of their AML compliance programs. She has participated in many FINRA industry committees and regulatory initiatives including the Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group’s Subcommittees for Securities-Futures and for Suspicious Activity Reports.
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- Peter Hazlewood
Managing Director- Group Legal, Compliance and Secretariat, DBS Group
Peter has group-wide responsibility for all areas of financial crime risk including AML/CFT programs, group investigations, customer complaint handling, compliance surveillance, subpoenas, enhanced due diligence, employee screening, compliance policy and management reporting. Prior to joining DBS, Peter was based in New York as the vice president, international AML compliance with JPMorgan Chase Bank.
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- Rainer Hoerning, CAMS
Senior Compliance Officer, Credit Suisse
Rainer supports regional and global AML Compliance and is responsible for ensuring compliance with laws, regulations, international standards, and internal policies. His focus is on global minimum standards applicable to Credit Suisse's locations and type of businesses and the global management of risks associated with money laundering and terrorist financing. Previously, he was AML compliance advisor at Citizens Financial Group, and chief of the financial intelligence unit at Financial Services Standards Association in Switzerland.
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- Joseph M. Kelly
Attorney, Catania & Associates, Law Offices, LLC
Joe is a gaming expert and speaks at conferences and as an expert witness around the world. He is co-editor of Gaming Law Review and his extensive writings include works on British, German, Native American, West Indian, and Internet gambling law. Joe’s law review publications have been cited on nine occasions as authority by federal district and appellate courts, as well as state appellate and supreme courts.
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- Barry M. Koch, CAMS
Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, JPMorgan Chase
Barry joined the corporate AML compliance team of JPMorgan Chase upon its acquisition of Washington Mutual in September 2008. At WaMu, he was a Senior Vice President and the Bank Secrecy Act Officer. Prior to that he was the Global Head of Anti-Money Laundering at American Express, where he was responsible for managing the corporate-wide AML and Sanctions compliance programs, along with the compliance programs for the Travelers Cheques and Foreign Exchange businesses.
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Lorraine B. Lawlor
Chief, Compliance Outreach, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Lorraine is responsible for ensuring that U.S. companies and individuals comply with U.S. economic sanctions imposed against foreign governments and groups of individuals, including terrorists and narcotics traffickers. She plays an integral role in the drafting of executive orders imposing sanctions and the regulations that implement them, as well as in developing policy with regard to enforcement actions taken by OFAC against financial institutions. Lorraine was also instrumental in the development of the OFAC module in FFIEC’s AML/BSA Examination Guidelines and was a primary architect of the OFAC Enforcement Guidelines for FFIEC-Regulated Financial Institutions published in January 2006, as well as OFAC’s new Enforcement Guidelines published in September 2008.
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Holly D. Lias, CAMS
AML Officer, TD Ameritrade
As AML Officer, Holly oversees all anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing operations for TD AMERITRADE and is responsible for developing and implementing TD AMERITRADE's AML program. She began working in AML in 2004 and was designated a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) in 2005. In her position as AML Officer, Ms. Lias has formed an AML Peer Group, to include TD AMERITRADE and other leading broker-dealers, that evaluates AML/CTF risks and trends that are specific to the brokerage industry.
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- Meryl Lutsky
Chief, Money Laundering Investigations Unit, New York State Attorney General
Meryl’s unit is responsible for the investigation and prosecution of money laundering crimes, as well as violations of banking and tax laws. She also heads the New York State Crime Proceeds Strike Force, a task force consisting of federal and state prosecutors, law enforcement, and regulators. In addition, Meryl is actively involved in educating and training financial institutions in how to better protect their organizations from financial fraud.
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- Katherine M. Sikora Nelson
Global Compliance - Anti-Money Laundering; Chair Broker-Dealer AML Oversight Committee, The Bank of New York Mellon
Katherine is a vice president and chair of the Broker-Dealer Anti-Money Laundering Oversight Committee, with primary focus on managing AML compliance and regulatory issues for all of the BNY Mellon subsidiaries’ registered broker-dealers. Previously, she was a director with Citigroup, overseeing AML compliance for Capital Markets North America, and also worked for KPMG, advising a broad range of international financial institutions. Katherine also spent ten years with Fidelity Investments overseeing compliance with U.S. sanctions administrated by OFAC.
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- Alexandre Manfull
Chief, Compliance Implementation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Alexandre is responsible for Blocked Assets and the Annual Reports of Blocked Property. A former banker, he has a background in both domestic and international operations and correspondent banking. He has also worked extensively on cash management, trust, securities, and cross-border issues. Alexandre has worked closely with NACHA, the Fed and the Clearing House in the development of the International ACH Transaction (IAT).
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- Michael R. McDonald, CAMS
Principal, Michael McDonald and Associates
Mike specializes in anti-money laundering issues and independent examinations of the AML controls of banks and money transmitters and the operations of government agencies. Mike was a pioneer of the U.S. money laundering control effort helping to found the legendary Operation Greenback in South Florida in 1979. In addition, he chairs the ACAMS Money Services Business Task Force.
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- Patrick O’Brien
Principal, Booz Allen Hamilton
Prior to joining Booz Allen Hamilton, Patrick was Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing at the U.S. Treasury Department between 2005 and 2009. Before assuming that position, he spent over four years in various positions at the Department of Justice, including as Senior Counsel in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General. In that capacity, he worked on a variety of counterterrorism issues, including terrorist financing, and served as the Justice Department representative to the Terrorist Financing Policy Coordinating Committee.
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- Gary E. Peterson
President, International Management Advisory Group
Gary is a leading expert in compliance risk management. He develops innovative methodologies for analyzing and mitigating business, operational, regulatory and compliance risks. Gary has extensive experience in planning and implementing business strategies involving banking and lending, global capital markets, brokerage and underwriting activities. He conducts high-level and sensitive examinations, projects and studies for board level and senior executive management.
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- Jonathan Polk
Vice President, Bank Supervision Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Jonathan is responsible for anti-money laundering and compliance examinations within the legal and compliance risk division. He has held several positions at the bank’s legal group where he specialized in litigation and regulatory enforcement. In January 2006, he moved to the Bank Supervision Group.
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- Saskia Rietbroek, CAMS
President, AML Services International
Saskia provides interactive training workshops and independent AML/BSA reviews for clients in the U.S., the Netherlands and Peru. She is also the Financial Crime Advisor to Fiserv, the world’s largest service provider to banks, credit unions, and lending institutions. Saskia was the Founding Executive Director of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) and she currently serves on the ACAMS Advisory Board.
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- Anthony L. Rodriguez, CAMS
Chief Global Compliance Officer, RIA Financial Services
Anthony oversees compliance operations for this large MSB, which has a network of more than 40,000 agents offering consumer money transfer services in more than 95 countries and territories. Acquired by Euronet, a leading electronic payments provider in 2007, RIA processes approximately $4.5 billion in money transfers. Previously, he held positions at JPMorgan Chase as vice president of compliance and as chief compliance officer at Pronto Envios.
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- Edward Rodriguez, CAMS
Manager, Anti-Money Laundering and Litigation Support Group, Watkins, Meegan, Drury & Company, LLC
Ed spent over 25 years as a supervisory special agent with the IRS Criminal Investigation Division, conducting forensic accounting audits and investigations. In addition, he participated in several Justice and Treasury Department working groups, including Bank Fraud, Mortgage Fraud, Cyber Crime, Check Fraud, Informal Value Transfer System, Debit Cards, and Cross Border Wire Remitting.
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- Nancy J. Saur, CAMS
Regional Head of Compliance & Risk Management, ATC Trustees Limited
Nancy is also director and general manager of a successful compliance consulting company headquartered in the Cayman Islands. She founded the Cayman Islands Compliance Association, managed the development of computer-based training for its members and created a Cayman Islands module for an international compliance training program.
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- Kiren M. Schulte
Vice President, Anti-Money Laundering Compliance & Regulatory Affairs, MoneyGram International
Kiren is responsible for leading, advancing and implementing a global corporate strategy for MoneyGram’s AML compliance efforts in nearly 190 countries and territories around the world. She joined the company in 2005 and has over 20 years experience in banking.
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- Jeffrey Sklar, CAMS
Partner, Sklar, Heyman & Co. LLP CPAs
Jeff is also managing director of SHC Consulting Group, an independent firm that works with financial institutions to develop, implement and review AML and compliance programs. He has provided employee training, performed independent audits and transactional lookbacks for money services businesses (MSBs), insurance companies, broker-dealers and casinos. He is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Fraud Specialist. In addition, Jeff also co-chairs the ACAMS Annual Conference Task Force and is chair of the ACAMS Metropolitan NY Chapter.
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- Richard A. Small
Vice President, Enterprise-Wide AML and Sanctions Risk Management, American Express
Rick is responsible for establishing and maintaining enterprise-wide anti-money laundering and sanctions policies and procedures. Prior to joining American Express, he was the Global Anti-Money Laundering Leader for GE Money, a division of General Electric. In this role, Rick had responsibility for anti-money laundering controls, processes and procedures for all GE Money businesses globally. Additionally, he is co-chair of the ACAMS Advisory Board.
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- Daniel Soto, CAMS
Compliance Managing Director, AML & BSA, Wachovia Corporation
Dan is responsible for global AML and OFAC compliance activities. Before joining Wachovia, he spent nearly three years with Royal Bank of Canada – Centura, as chief compliance officer, and eight years with Bank of America, where he was the global AML compliance executive. Dan is a member of the American Bankers Association’s Compliance Executive Committee and serves on ACAMS’ Advisory Board.
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- Brian J. Stoeckert, CAMS
Vice President, Enterprise Compliance, Deputy Bank Secrecy Act Officer, OneWest Bank, FSB
Brian manages the enterprise-wide BSA/AML program at OneWest Bank. This includes the deposit and lending portfolio and involves ongoing risk management, policy implementation, and compliance monitoring. He played a key role in developing the BSA/AML program for the newly chartered bank. Prior to joining OneWest, Brian was in private practice and provided consulting services to the financial and legal industry on BSA look-backs, financial investigations, and risk controls for high-risk entities. Brian has been quoted as a currency exchange expert in The Wall Street Journal and is a leading authority on permuta bond swaps. He is co-author of “Moving Money North: Currency Exchange in Venezuela via the Permuta," the first publication to assess the money laundering risks of bond swap in Venezuela’s parallel market.
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- Chuck Taylor, CAMS
Vice President, Director of BSA Compliance, CalNational Bank
Chuck is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the BSA/AML function for CalNational. He has been in the banking industry for 18 years and the BSA/AML field for seven. He previously held positions at Bank of America, Pacific Capital Bancorp and the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office. He completed his Juris Doctorate in 2001 became a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) in 2003 and a Certified BSA Officer in 2007.
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- Ann Teixeira
Assistant Vice President and AML Compliance Officer, Sun Life Financial
Ann is responsible for AML/CTF policies and programs in the U.S., and has oversight responsibility for the AML programs of the company's international operations in Bermuda. Previously, Ann served as the start-up general manager of Sun Life's Bermuda International Operations, where she developed an anti-money laundering program to comply with the Bermuda Proceeds of Crime Act of 1997.
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- Jonathan Thomas
Senior Compliance Review Coordinator, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Jonathan oversees OFAC's investigation, assessment and response to apparent violations of U.S. economic sanctions by financial institutions and has been actively involved in the implementation of OFAC's Economic Sanctions Enforcement Guidelines published in September 2008. Prior to joining OFAC, he held positions in Treasury's Office of Intelligence and Analysis and the State of Maine House of Representatives.
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- John F. Walsh
President and Chief Executive Officer, SightSpan
John has over 20 years of international experience in both the securities and banking industries. He has personally led divisions and companies engaged in high-risk trading in commodities, foreign exchange and international fixed income products, as both a trader and as a senior level executive. John’s expertise includes addressing global risk management and compliance issues.
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- Daniel Wager
Director, New York High Intensity Financial Crimes Area (NY HIFCA)
Dan leads one of the largest financial intelligence units in the U.S. His group is responsible for proactive review of SAR data, money laundering investigative case support and financial institution outreach. During his 15 years of service with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Labor Racketeering and Fraud Investigations, and the U.S. Army, he has developed extensive experience in the conduct and supervision of money laundering, fraud, national security, and undercover investigations.
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- John Wagner, CAMS
Director for BSA/AML Compliance, U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
John supervises development of BSA/AML examination policy and procedures and training programs for the OCC field staff. He also provides policy interpretation and guidance to field examiners and staff and represents the OCC and the U.S. Treasury Department on interagency task forces on money laundering issues. A national bank examiner, he previously was a BSA/AML specialist in the OCC’s compliance policy division.
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- Meg Zucker
Executive Director, Global Anti-Money Laundering Group, Morgan Stanley
Meg serves as a senior manager and counsel for the Institutional Securities Group, covering business lines that include institutional equity, fixed income and investment banking. She acts in an advisory capacity for AML issues relating to offshore business in Brazil, Mexico, Bermuda, Cayman and Canada. Meg also advises the Firm’s onshore Fund Administrator on the application of AML requirements and best practices for its hedge fund clients.
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