An investment banking governance, audit, risk and compliance specialist delivers Redcliffe's customer due diligence courses. Our trainer holds an MBA from CASS Business School in London and is a Chartered Certified Accountant.
Wth a wealth of international experience, he started his career at Price Waterhouse in Kingston, Jamaica. He then moved to London after the Big Bang in 1986, where he worked for major institutions. This included Manufacturers Hanover Trust, Continental Bank, CIBC, and ABN AMRO. Roles included internal audit, product control, risk management, and SOX compliance.
With extensive experience in global financial centres, our CDD training specialist has deep expertise in regulation, governance, and internal controls across a wide range of investment banking and capital market products. This includes credit trading, credit derivatives, asset securitisation, structured finance, foreign exchange, interest rate derivatives, commodities and treasury. Additionally, he served as a business manager; he played a key role in strategic initiatives within global banking and markets. He later led a training and cultural change program across 50 countries, aligning with the bank’s strategy.
He currently delivers financial crime courses for major banks (HSBC, Soc Gen, SMBC, RBS, Lloyds, Nordea and Handelsbanken). This covers anti-money laundering AML, Sanctions, Tax Evasion, Terrorist Financing, Bribery & Corruption, as well as their related governance aspects. Frontline staff and senior managers enjoy his training across global markets, private, corporate and retail banking in the UK, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the US. He was also a Master Trainer on HSBC’s global financial crime training programme.
Based on his experience in the financial markets, he has developed specialised training in AML and sanctions related to financial market products, securities, and investments, alongside a range of customer due diligence courses. He has also run train-the-trainer (TTT) courses and delivered presentations for US regulators.
He has delivered training programmes in Audit, Conduct Risk, Operational Risk, Treasury, Basel III, Liquidity Management, Capital Management and the Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP).
He is the author of three books. This includes Clearing the Bull: The Financial Crisis and Why Banks Need a Human Transformation (2012, iUniverse).