April 2nd - 4th, 2025

Ms. Michelle Martin is Chairman & CEO, ComplianceAid and AMLFC Institute. She possesses over thirty-two years of experience in banking, credit unions, insurance, gaming, other financial industries, DNFBPs, regulatory compliance, public and private accounting. She is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering & Financial Crimes Prevention Professional (CAMLFC) and Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (CAMS). Ms. Martin is founder of the Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Institute (AMLFC Institute). During the past few years; Ms. Martin was an invited speaker at 83 Conferences/Seminars in 72 countries where 50,000+ Financial Industry executives were educated on Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Sanction, Counter Financing of Terrorism (CFT), Counter Financing of Proliferation (CFP), Human Trafficking (HT), Financial Crimes Prevention (FCP), Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC), FinTech, Cryptocurrency, Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)/Common Reporting Standard (CRS), De- Risking, Enterprise Risk Management, Environmental Social & Governance (ESG), Corporate Governance and Ethics & Cybersecurity topics. Ms. Martin has trained over 2,500 Senior Public Officials, Members of Parliament and Ministers from the Americas. She developed and implemented over 100 AML/BSA/OFAC/CFT/CFP/FCP/HT/ABC Sanction Policies, Procedures and Risk Assessment Program for Financial Institutions active in multi-jurisdiction that led to uniform risk mitigating procedures designed to detect, deter, prevent for compliance with laws and regulations of 31 countries. She also contributed with over 100 mainstream media to produce reports on Anti-Money Laundering/CFT/CFP/FCP/HT/ABC/OFAC Sanction issues directed toward the general public or business community. Ms. Martin instituted the customer risk rating system of a top U.S. Bank with a customer base of 7.5 million and coordinated an enhanced due diligence (EDD) remediation project of all high-risk customers. Ms. Martin holds a Bachelor in Accounting and a Master in Accounting Information Systems from the Florida International University.

Lorna Smith, OBE has several decades of experience at the highest levels of public service in the British Virgin Islands and has spent the last decade supporting Caribbean Governments, corporations and individuals in various commercial ventures. She played a pivotal role in establishing BVI Finance, a public private partnership devoted to business development and promotion of the financial services industry. Prior to being elected to the House of Assembly in 2023 and serving as Deputy Premier and Minister of Financial Services Labour and Trade for seventeen months, she served as Vice President of Bank of Asia as well as a Director of several BVI businesses.  Over the course of her senior-level public service, Lorna has developed extensive relationships with leaders from the business community, international NGO’s and government leaders from around the world. She has been one of the key ‘engineers’ behind the BVI’s rise from relative obscurity to its present position as a top-flight tourist destination and one of the premier centres for global finance. Her unique experience and expertise serving as a facilitator between the public, private and non-profit worlds both within the BVI and between different nations gives her special insights into the challenges and opportunities facing organizations seeking to operate in the BVI and across the Caribbean. In 2002, Lorna took the helm of the BVI International Finance Centre, which is charged with promoting the BVI’s Financial Services. She worked in close collaboration with the private sector, mounting promotional events in London, New York, Miami, Zurich, Geneva, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore. Lorna was also pivotal to getting the financial services industry restored in the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma & Maria through her leadership and communications skills.  She also played a vital role within Government especially on the interim Recovery Board as well as through the Rotary Club of Tortola where she raised significant sums to aid the recovery and to help the needy. Lorna was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for her contribution to Public Service in the British Virgin Islands and is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow for her contributions to Rotary. 

Gideon Apé serves as the Pastor of Experience & Leadership Development at Christ Fellowship. He's married to Abby and has two beautiful boys, Jeremiah and Jude. Gideon has been part of Christ Fellowship for over a decade and has served in different roles including worship, college and young adults, and as an associate and Campus Pastor. Prior to ministry, Gideon worked in education reform and policy that focused on closing the achievement gap in Title 1 schools. He is a proud alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and The PEAR Institute at Harvard Medical & McLean Hospital. Gideon is passionate about leadership development, academia, the arts, reaching the urban core with the Gospel, a good cup of coffee, and especially his family.

LaTeisha A.R. Sandy-Marks is a Barrister and Solicitor with fifteen (15) years of AML/CFT/CPF experience. She is also a Notary Public and holds an LLM in Legislative Drafting. She joined the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Financial Intelligence Unit (SVGFIU) in June 2009 as a Legal Officer, was appointed Deputy Director in February 2016 and Director on September 1st, 2018.
She has made representations on behalf of the Office of the Attorney General in civil forfeiture and civil recovery matters; prosecuted money laundering cases alongside the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and facilitates stakeholder training.
LaTeisha is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and a trained Fifth Round Assessor of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF). She participated in the Fourth Round Mutual Evaluation of Antigua and Barbuda as the Legal Expert. She has served as a member of the CFATF Steering Group, WGFI subworking group and as a Reviewer. LaTeisha was also the inaugural President of the Caribbean Asset Recovery Inter-Agency Network (ARIN-CARIB).  She is the Deputy Chairperson of the National Anti-Money Laundering Committee and the Mutual Evaluation Coordinator for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’ 2023 Mutual Evaluation by the CFATF. She is the former Chairperson of the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines National Commission on Crime Prevention and has benefitted from a wide range of training including from the Financial Action Task Force Training and Research Institute (FATF TREIN), Busan, and the Small Countries Financial Management Programme, Isle of Man/Oxford.
Having dedicated her entire professional career to ensuring the social and economic security of Vincentians and by extension the regional and international community, LaTeisha remains passionate about the field of AML/CFT/CPF and is always ready and willing to share the lessons she’s learned over the years.

CARLA JAMES is a barrister at law, solicitor and Notary Public and serves as the Executive Director of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) St. Vincent and the Grenadines since September 2018. The FSA was established in 2012 to regulate, supervise and develop the non-bank and international financial services sector in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. In addition, the FSA monitors compliance of all regulated entities and activities with Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Legislation. As Executive Director, Carla also holds the posts of Registrar of BCs, Trusts, Mutual Funds and Credit Unions and Commissioner of International Insurance. She is also a statutory member of the National Anti-Money Laundering Committee. Carla has worked in the field of financial services since 2003, specifically the detection and combating of financial crimes, firstly as the Legal Officer of the Financial Intelligence Unit, known as one of the leading FIUs in the Caribbean region, and then as its Director from 2016-2018. She has also served as a Magistrate for a year and a half where she adjudicated on all aspects of the law.

Mr. Langevine is the current Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) in Guyana a post he has held from September 2016 - Present. As Director, Mr. Langevine manages the day-to-day operations of the FIU, which has a mandate to assist in protecting the integrity of Guyana’s financial system through the detection, prevention and deterrence of money laundering and the financing of terrorism in Guyana. He also represents the FIU on the country’s AMLCFT/PF National Coordinating Committee. Mr. Langevine is a trained assessor for the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) and Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Fourth Round Mutual Evaluation process. He also served as the Chairman of the CFATF Heads of FIU Forum from November 2017 – November 2018. Mr. Langevine worked at the Bank of Nova Scotia from September 1993 to September 2016 (23 Years). At Scotiabank Mr. Langevine he served as a Commercial Credit Assistant, Corporate and Commercial Account Officer, Corporate and Commercial Client Relationship Manager among other positions. He served as Branch Manager for several years including five years at the Bank’s flagship Carmichael Street Branch. Mr. Langevine spent six months (November 2011 – April 2012) on a developmental assignment with the Corporate and Commercial Banking Centre of Scotiabank Trinidad and Tobago Ltd. At Scotiabank, Mr. Langevine’s was involved in implementing and managing the Bank’s AMLCFT policies, procedures, systems of controls and strategies applicable to reporting entities, particularly in the Financial Sector. As a Branch Manager, his responsibilities included functioning as AMLCFT Compliance Officer at the branch level.

Mrs. Leni Ysaguirre McGann is an Attorney-at-Law and the Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit of Belize (FIU), with which organization she has served since 2013. As Director Leni has been a catalyst for change within the FIU, including piloting the implementation of recently enacted Civil Asset Recovery and Unexplained Wealth legislation. Prior to being appointed Director, Leni served as Deputy Director and Legal Officer in which capacity she served a driving role in prosecuting financial crimes and shaping organizational policy. Leni serves as the Chair of Belize’s National Anti-Money Laundering and Combatting the Financing of Terrorism Committee (NAMLC), leading national efforts to comply with international AML/CFT standards. In this regard, she leads two key national initiatives currently being carried out by the FIU: coordinating the country's efforts to address the various milestones encompassed in the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force mutual evaluation process and updating Belize’s National Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment. Leni has been a key member of Belize’s delegation to CFATF since 2013 and has served as co- chair of the CFATF International Cooperation Review Group (ICRG) since 2016. ICRG plays a critical role in the CFATF mutual evaluation follow-up process. She is also a certified assessor for the FATF 4th Round.Leni brings a cross-disciplinary background to her role at the FIU. She received her Legal Education Certificate from Norman Manley Law School (JA) in 2013 and her Bachelor of Laws from the University of the West Indies (BAR) in 2011. She also obtained a Bachelor of Arts in International Financial Markets from Anglia Ruskin University (UK) in 2007.

Warrick Ward has over 20 years of diversified financial sector experience, having served in several senior roles within both the public and private sectors. Since January 2023, Warrick assumed the role of the Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Services Commission, having most recently served as the Managing Director of AltoComp Consulting Inc. - a boutique firm offering corporate finance and strategic advisory services to a range of clients. Warrick also served as a Senior Manager in the Advisory practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he offered advisory services ranging from corporate finance and financial modelling to merger and acquisition strategy. Warrick also served previously as Chief Executive Officer of NCB Capital Markets (Barbados) Limited, and within the public sector, he has served in senior positions at the Financial Services Commission in Barbados, the Barbados Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Central Bank of Barbados. Warrick has a diversified background in finance, economics, compliance, and other policy-related work. He has chaired several policy-making committees and boards of directors. He currently sits on the Macroprudential Committee of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS). Warrick was educated at the University of the West Indies (Cave Hill), and the University of Southampton in the UK, where he has been awarded degrees in economics, accounting and finance. This seasoned leader has also completed several short-term studies, including courses at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Harvard Law School. He continues to share his varied experiences through his interaction with students, as a part-time Lecturer in the Banking and Finance Masters programme at the University of the West Indies Cave Hill campus. Warrick is an avid sports enthusiast and enjoys basketball, football, watersports, motorsport and table tennis.

Heidi-Lynn Sutton is the holder of a Bachelor of Laws Degree with Honours from the University of Wolverhampton, England; a Post Graduate Diploma in Professional Legal Skills from the City University in conjunction with the Inns of Court School of Law, London, and a Legal Education Certificate from the Hugh Wooding Law School, Council of the University of West Indies, Trinidad. She is a Barrister, having been called to the Bars in England and Wales in 2002 and the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis in 2003. She is also a Trust and Estate Practitioner and has membership in the following professional organizations:
Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, London; St. Kitts and Nevis Bar Association; International Bar Association; Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), and Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists. She devoted seven years of service to the Nevis Island Administration from 2003 - 2010 as Legal Counsel and Senior Legal Counsel attached to the Legal Department advising primarily on financial services related matters. She is currently a partner in the Law Offices of T.A.C.T. Liburd & H.D. Sutton and provided consultancy services to the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) in the area of Financial Services from 2010 to January 2014. In February 2014, she appointed to the position of Regulator at the Financial Services (Regulation and Supervision) Department (Financial Services Regulatory Commission – Nevis Branch). She was trained by the Global Forum Secretariat as an Assessor on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes and is a certified CFATF Mutual Evaluation Examiner.

Simone E. Martin is Director of Special Projects at the BVI Financial Services Commission. She has worked as a regulator for over twenty-one (21) years with the BVI Financial Services Commission She also worked as a regulator with the Anguilla Financial Services Commission (on secondment). Her diverse experience encompasses several sectors which include fiduciary services, insurance, and investment business. During this period, she has contributed to legislative reform, the conduct of compliance inspections (primarily in relation to trust and company management business), as well as created and delivered training for local, regional, and international regulators as well as financial services professionals. From 2008 – 2019, Simone served as the Secretary of the Joint Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Committee of the Virgin Islands and was
a member of the National Risk Assessment Steering Group of the Virgin Islands (2014 -2016). In addition, she has participated in a mutual evaluation as a Financial Expert with CFATF and has been a contributor to other FATF Working Group papers. Simone was also a core member of the Working Group for Trust and Corporate Service Providers established by the Group of International Finance Centre Supervisors (“GIFCS”) that developed the international standard for Trust and Corporate Services Provider. Simone holds a Masters’ degree in Business Administration, conferred at the University of the West Indies (October 2002), and an undergraduate degree in Accounting conferred at the University of the Virgin Islands (May, 1998). She is a Fellow of The Governance Institute: Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) of the UK, a Fellow of the International Compliance Association of the UK and a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. In keeping with her passion for being a part of the learning process, Simone has facilitated diploma and certificate courses in Compliance,
AML and GRC for the International Compliance Association of the UK, and mentored students seeking AML/CFT and other financial services qualifications. Simone is also the CEO and Founder of IGNUS SOLUTIONS LIMITED – a platform created to deliver online compliance courses.

Susan S. François was the Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit of Trinidad and Tobago, from 2011 to August 2019. She is an Attorney-at-Law with a Master of Laws (LLM) in Corporate and Commercial Law focusing on Corporate Finance and Offshore Company Finance. As an AML/CFT/PF consultant Ms François is certified in AML/CFT technical fields such as Financial Analysis and Investigations; Tactical and Strategic Analyses; Illicit Finance & Criminal and Terrorist Networks; Prevention of Corruption on Public Procurement. She has conducted numerous training sessions and sensitisation programmes for domestic and regional industry actors including Law Enforcement Agencies, Financial Institutions and DNFBPs. Ms François is also a certified AML/CFT/FCP professional and teacher with the AMLFC Institute/St Thomas University. Ms. Francois is also a Commissioner with the Board of TCI FSC since 2020.

Stuart H. Deming represents domestic and foreign clients in a range of business and investigatory matters. He provides advice on international transactions, develops and assists in the implementation of compliance programs, directs and conducts due diligence and internal investigations, and represents clients before federal and state agencies and international institutions. His regulatory practice focuses on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), including Sarbanes-Oxley, and a range of related issues like the UK Bribery Act, Canada's Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act, and Brazil’s Clean Companies Act. He has successfully litigated on appeal complex international legal issues as well as handled delicate matters involving foreign figures. As a CPA with an MBA, he has also dealt with complex accounting-related issues. Mr. Deming began his legal career as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Michigan where he managed a major grand jury investigation of kickbacks by a major German multinational corporation and litigated a landmark case requiring the production of foreign records by the Deutsche Bank AG. He later joined the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. where he managed the investigation of major corporations for violations of U.S. securities laws, including the successful investigation of a Fortune 500 company for accounting fraud. Before going into private practice, Mr. Deming prosecuted public figures, foreign nationals, and executives of major corporations at the Tax Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. After joining the Washington, D.C. law firm of Steptoe & Johnson in 1987, Mr. Deming was directly involved in the representation of a major defense contractor. He later served with the U.S. Department of State in conjunction with the 1990 Economic Summit in Houston before serving with the U.S. Department of Defense. In 1992, Mr. Deming was asked to return to the Department of Justice to serve as one of the special prosecutors in a highly sensitive and complex investigation involving many members of the U.S. Congress. In 1996, he was one of the founding members of INMAN DEMING LLP where he practiced in Washington, D.C. and in Michigan until 2003 when he his established DEMING PLLC in Washington, D.C. and in Michigan. A recognized expert, Mr. Deming has written and spoken extensively in the United States and abroad on the FCPA and other anti-corruption initiatives. He is the author of Oxford University Press’ Anti-Bribery Laws in Common Law Jurisdictions; the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Designing an Effective Anti-Bribery Compliance Program: A Practical Guide for Business, the co-author with a leading English barrister of the ABA’s The FCPA and UK Bribery Act: A Ready Reference for Business; and the author of a best-selling ABA publication: The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the New International Norms. For many years, he was a member of the Board of Editorial Advisers to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Reporter; he co-chaired the ABA's national institutes on the FCPA; and he co-founded what is now the ABA's Anti-Corruption Committee. Mr. Deming recieved his B.A., M.B.A., and J.D. from the University of Michigan.

Ilieva serves on the Board of Directors at AMLFC Institute, is a Principal at Todus Advisors, advising companies in beverage wholesale distribution, and a Data Science Senior Lecturer at UNC Charlotte. Ilieva is a strategic integrator with a strong track record of leveraging data-driven technology innovation to drive business transformation, with P&L and go-to-market responsibilities. With a 30-year career in financial services, Ilieva has held transformative senior executive leadership roles at Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Truist. Additionally, she led a National Model Risk Management practice at Grant Thornton, where she advised some of the world’s most prominent financial institutions. Ilieva holds a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence and a Master's in Mathematical Economics and Management. She is a frequent speaker and thought leader on emerging technologies, AI, Fintech, and Analytics.

Mr. Orozco is a Compliance Professional with experience spanning over 25 years. Mr. Orozco’s experience includes areas such as Cros Broder Payments, Correspondent Banking, Private Banking, Investments, and International/Domestic Banking. He has held senior managerial positions on a sustained basis, managing Consumer Compliance as well as the BSA/AML and Sanctions Programs teams and platforms. His focus on Regulatory Technology has driven him to acquire expertise in areas such as Payment Processing, Monitoring Systems’ implementation and calibration, BSA/AML and Sanctions Programs Risk Management Platforms and Data Analytics.

Mr. Frank Morisano, Managing Partner at NextAML, LLC is an internationally recognized executive with over 30 years’ experience. He has exceled in global business growth, market expansion, financial crime mitigation, risk and compliance program management, and cybersecurity. Prior executive leadership roles were with PwC, JPMorganChase, ICBC, and Bank of America. He has served on private and public boards as a non-executive and independent director, where he is a member of the Audit, Risk, and Strategy committees and is known for establishing and implementing effective Board governance and oversight. He speaks regularly on BSA/AML, Risk Management, and the mitigation of Fraud.

As Chief Operating Officer of NFC Global, Ms. Lodge brings two decades of experience in due diligence, risk management, investigative research and compliance.  Ms. Lodge is also the Director of Research at Spectrum Gaming Group, NFC Global’s sister company, specializing in regulatory/AML consulting services in the gaming industry. Her expertise has fostered long-standing partnerships with financial institutions, regulatory agencies, and corporate stakeholders, reinforcing NFC Global’s reputation for excellence. Ms. Lodge has provided training to investigative teams across regulatory agencies equipping them with the skills to conduct robust due diligence.  Her extensive career includes oversight of thousands of investigations evaluating the suitability of applicants for gaming and professional licenses, financial accounts, and citizenship. She has played a critical role in developing client-focused solutions. Ms. Lodge holds a Master’s degree in Criminal Justice Administration from Villanova University, graduating summa cum laude, and a Bachelor’s degree in Criminology and Biology from Albright College. She also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Albright College, where she has developed and taught courses on topics including White Collar Crime, the Criminal Justice System, Sociology, and Victimology. Her insights have been featured at industry conferences, where she highlights the critical importance of due diligence in today’s global economy along with the risks associated with financial crime and fraud.

Stacyann’ s career over the last 20 years has spanned a broad range of legal, risk, compliance, and regulatory matters in key roles as Prosecutor, Legal Counsel and Head of Governance. Stacyann holds a Master of Laws in International Law and the ICA International Diploma in Compliance. She is a former adjunct Lecturer with what was then the BVI Financial Services Institute where she lectured in the University of London’s Bachelor of Laws program as well as the ICA Diplomas in Governance, Risk and Compliance, and AML. Stacyann is the Head of Risk and Compliance for the North America and Caribbean region at TMF Group. In that capacity she leads the risk and compliance function in multiple jurisdictions spanning arrange of services in corporate, private wealth, funds and capital markets. In addition, she oversees the delivery of compliance and regulatory services to a diverse client portfolio in heavily regulated jurisdictions. In addition to her role as the Education Chair of the BVI Association of Compliance Officers and Practitioners, Stacyann served as a member of the Joint Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Advisory Committee (JALTFAC) and currently sits on the BVI NPO Registration Board. Stacyann is also CAMS certified and a fluent Spanish speaker.

Stanley Foodman is a distinguished leader in forensic accounting, complex tax matters, and regulatory compliance. As Founder and CEO of Foodman CPAs & Advisors, he leverages decades of expertise to guide C-Suite executives, financial institutions, family offices, attorneys, and high-net-worth individuals through intricate financial challenges. Stanley's approach is defined by turning financial complexity into an advantage. His firm specializes in cross-border tax compliance, fraud investigations, regulatory scrutiny, and wealth preservation strategies. Foodman CPAs & Advisors provides clarity, strategy, and protection in an increasingly complex financial landscape, helping clients navigate tax complexities, financial fraud risks, regulatory scrutiny, and wealth preservation challenges with confidence. Stanley brings unique insights from his tenure as an auxiliary special agent for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, where he specialized in money laundering, bank fraud, public corruption, and asset recovery. His consultancy for the Miami office of the U.S. Attorney involved civil RICO money laundering recoveries. This extensive public and private sector experience allows him to anticipate risks and implement protective strategies that safeguard clients' interests. Holding esteemed credentials—CPA, CFE, CAMS, CFF, CGMA, and STEP Member (TEP)—Stanley is an influential voice in the financial sector. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Florida International Bankers Association (FIBA) and is an Advisory Board Member for the Money Laundering & Financial Crimes (MLFC) Institute. His affiliations include AICPA, STEP, and national/state criminal defense lawyer associations. Stanley's expertise spans forensic accounting, tax services, and regulatory compliance, making him a trusted advisor in navigating high-stakes financial complexities. 

Mrs. T'sa James Hodge is the Compliance Manager at Ogier BVI, Chairwoman of the BVI Association of Compliance Officers & Practitioners (BVIACO) and Director of Driftwood Global Holdings Ltd. She is a qualified compliance professional with fifteen (15) years' experience in the BVI Financial Services Industry and sits on the Caribbean Regional Compliance Association Conference Committee. Ms. James Hodge worked as a Compliance Examiner in the Compliance and Enforcement Unit of the BVI Financial Investigation Agency where she assisted in the implementation of the Compliance and Enforcement regime for Non- Profit Organisations and Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professionals. She was appointed as an Assessor in the 2014/15 Virgin Islands National Risk Assessment and Commissioner for Oaths in 2018. In her spare time, Mrs. James Hodge lecturers the ICA Advance certificate in Regulatory Compliance course with Financial Services Institute at HLSCC.

Yoon is recognized as a trusted advisor to Audit Committees and Chief Audit Executives(CAEs) and he has collaborated with numerous CEOs, Chief Risk Officers (CROs), and CAEs on designing, overseeing, and executing testing and validation programs that meet regulatory expectations. Yoon is currently teaching courses on Risk Management and Transformation at New York University. He is also the Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer at NextAML, LLC, where he leads risk management and Compliance engagements for Financial Services clients including Foreign Banking Organizations. He was the Internal Audit Practice Leader at DLA, LLC and before joining DLA, Yoon was a Principal in PwC’s Cybersecurity, Risk and Regulatory Practice, where he led engagements providing internal audit and compliance testing services for financial services institutions in the banking and capital markets sectors. Prior to that Yoon was Vice President, Internal Audit Department at Goldman Sachs, where he led the department’s risk-based processes covering the bank’s fixed income, commodities, and currencies activities.

Don Lee has over 23 years of diverse experience in the financial services industry including compliance, Anti-Money Laundering, business development, operations and software development. Don is the President and CEO of FinWebTech, a SaaS company providing automated compliance solutions for the financial services industry; and is also the Chief Compliance Officer of an SEC Registered Investment Advisory Firm. Don has served as the Chief Compliance Officer, Anti-Money Laundering Officer and Chief Operations Officer for several retail and institutional Broker Dealers, and Registered Investment Advisors servicing US and international clients. His regulatory experience includes multiple regulatory audits from FINRA, SEC and State agencies.

His technology experience includes the design and deployment of several applications including: the self-directed retail application for investors; a broker work station application for brokers; and an intranet system providing automated work flow and processes for broker dealers. He has managed custodial relationships and understands the clearing industry processes as it relates to broker dealers. Don has a Master’s degree in Business Administration; Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with a focus in Management Information Systems; FINRA’s Series 7, 24, 3 and 63 licenses; and is also a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).

Andrew Tennant is the Director Gentium UK Limited an International company based in the United Kingdom, Mauritius and the United States. Gentium UK provide International trainings around all aspect of finance. Including AML procedures, International Money Laundering, Virtual Currency, Confiscation, Non conviction based forfeiture, asset management and illicit financial flows. Gentium UK hold international contract with Law Enforcement and Government agencies to recover, retain and realise virtual currency. Providing regulation in a field where regulation has been difficult to obtain. Andrew personally served in the Law Enforcement arena for over 23 years and is a recognised international expert in the fields of Money Laundering and Virtual Currency. He has worked across the globe including extensive appointments through the Caribbean, Bermuda and the Americas. A key partner to such companies as 5 Stones Intelligence, W1 and Chainalysis. Responsible for the creation of legislation and regulation to adhere to move toward virtual currencies. The Gentium UK Team have worked alongside FATF increased monitoring jurisdictions to ensure compliance with recent successes in Ghana and Mauritius.

With 30 years’ experience, Douglas ("Doug") Sloan is a leading expert in forensic financial investigations, including money laundering, terrorist financing, and sanctions (e.g. OFAC) related crimes. Uniquely, most of Doug’s career has been in the global financial services industry, where he has gained tremendous expertise in financial products and services, regulation and law, and the abuse of the financial system by criminal elements. While working with financial companies to improve their risk controls, he also developed collaborative working relationships with law enforcement agencies in analysis and asset tracing related to criminal investigations, thus partnering the public and private sectors. He has also testified as an expert witness in numerous courts. Doug continues to work on behalf of law enforcement agencies and the private sector around the world. He also provides training on financial crimes and sanctions through bilateral engagements as well as international government agencies, for example on behalf of the OECD through their law enforcement academy. Doug holds degrees in international law and finance as well as accounting. He speaks English and German fluently and has intermediate or basic skills in Spanish, Dutch, Hungarian and Polish. He has traveled extensively to work on-site, and has lived and worked for longer durations in the US, Western and Eastern Europe, and Latin America.

Mr. George was an Assessor trained in both the 3rd and 4th round mutual evaluation mechanism relative to the implementation of the FATF Recommendations. Mr. George was the Law Enforcement Assessor for the assessment of Belize. He is also a UN Expert in the implementation of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC), and have successfully completed the reviews of Qatar and Guatemala, and is currently undergoing the review of Afghanistan and Israel. He is a regional resource in the in the installation and configuration of analytical software systems and the e-filing platform AMLive; and has installed systems and trained persons in the following countries namely, Trinidad and Tobago, Tortola, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Guyana, Barbados, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos and St. Kitts and Nevis. A Trainer with the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) in Strategic Analysis, who brings with him over 29 years experience in the field of anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism. He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (CAMS), and holds six (6) additional certifications in the fields of fraud risk management, cybersecurity, AML/CFT, foreign corrupt practices acts and AML/CFT regulatory supervision, all at the Instructor-Level with AMLFC Institute. Mr. George currently holds the position of Senior Financial Investigator/Analyst with the Financial Intelligence Unit of the Commonwealth of Dominica – and holds a certificate in Criminology from the University of the West Indies.

Jeremy Stephen has extensive experience in private equity, and economic consulting the Region and in Barbados. He is a former President of the Barbados Economics, and his core consulting specialties include corporate advisory; financial due d economic analysis; economics of cryptocurrencies, and web and app development also a FAA Commercial Multiengine Pilot. He has provided business advisory services, inter alia, to the Food and Ag Organization; the Government of Barbados; the Nevis Island Administration, the Ca Development Bank; One Caribbean Media; The Craane Group (Merrill Lynch); a Communications and the Barbados Medicinal Cannabis Authority. He served Chairman of the Board at COSCAP (Barbados). He lectured in Banking & Finance at the University of the West Indies – Cave Hill Campus. His research in cryptocurrencies produced the widely regarded research p conjunction with Professor Winston Moore: “Should Cryptocurrencies be include Portfolio of International Reserves held by the Central Bank of Barbados?”. As a Commonwealth Scholar, Jeremy received his MSc. Finance degree concentration in Portfolio Management, Financial Statement Analysis and Entrepre from Imperial College London in 2007, and the BSc. Economics in 2005 from the U of the West Indies-Cave Hill Campus, with First Class Honours.

Mr. Dylan Marin is a Corporate Investigator at a Financial Institution in Trinidad and Tobago.
Prior, Dylan worked as a Senior Intelligence Analyst at the Financial Intelligence Unit of
Trinidad and Tobago for over 10 years. He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering & Financial
Crimes Prevention Professional (CAMLFCP), a Certified Countering the Financing of
Terrorism Professional (CCFTP) and a Certified Financial Crime Specialist (CFCS). Mr.
Marin is a trained assessor for the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF)’s 4th
round mutual evaluation process and participated as an assessor in the mutual evaluation of
The Commonwealth of Dominica. Dylan is a certified trainer in Open-Source Internet
Investigations and i2 Analysts’ Notebook Charting and iBase. Mr. Marin is the holder of a
MSc. In Economic Crime and Intelligence from the University of Portsmouth and a BSc. in
Computer Science and Management from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine
Campus. Having previously worked in academia in the field of computer science, he has
been in law enforcement for over 16 years; the last 12 years being spent in the field of
AML/CFT/CPF intelligence analysis and investigations.

Mr. Lorenzo Delzoppo is a Director with ComplianceAid and an Advisory Board Member of the AMLFC Institute. He has over fifteen years of substantial bank regulatory compliance, risk management, finance, and legal experience. He has developed compliance manuals, training manuals and videos, implemented compliance monitoring systems and interfaced state and federal examiners in numerous examinations. During his career in the financial sector, he was responsible for leading and coordinating company-wide risk management efforts by directly managing the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework and supervising the Compliance Management System (CMS). In addition to permanent internal control functions, his accountabilities included strategy development, regulators relations, external audit coordination and exception tracking, as well as direct oversight of the areas of Bank Secrecy Act, Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing. He has a LL.M. from the University of Miami School of Law, a Juris Doctor from Italy and speaks five languages. He is an ABA Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager as well as a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.

Amrita Henriques is a Senior Manager at a Financial Institution in Guyana. She has held several positions during her Banking Career including the post of Compliance Manager where she was responsible for the development, implementation and management of all details of the Bank's Compliance Programme. She has experience with a regulatory entity, having worked several years at the Central Bank of Guyana as a Financial Analyst. Mrs. Henriques is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. She holds a master’s degree in Business Administration with a Specialism in Finance from the Heriot-Watt University, UK and is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and a Certified Fraud Risk Management Professional.

Mariah Rodriguez is a seasoned financial crimes and compliance expert with over 17 years of experience specializing in anti-money laundering (AML), litigation support, and regulatory compliance programs. She has led complex program transformations, large-scale remediations, and in-depth investigations into financial fraud, risk exposure, and regulatory breaches. Her expertise includes consent order mitigations, AML remediations, asset tracing, and board-mandated internal investigations. Mariah’s industry knowledge spans banking, fintech, cryptocurrency exchanges, professional services, and high-risk financial institutions. Her leadership has played a pivotal role in high-profile cases across the United States and multiple Latin American jurisdictions, where she has successfully navigated intricate regulatory landscapes and risk management challenges.