IFCCTAntigua2009 Faculty








Gert Demmink (Head of IFCCT Faculty)

IFCCT Gert Demmink

Gert Demmink is former Head of Department, Expert Centre for Integrity, in the Directorate of Supervision of the Netherlands Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank N.V.), responsible for the supervision of efforts to combat money laundering, financing of terrorism and (tax) fraud. Currently he is Managing Director, Eagle Compliance. He is also senior adviser to the Central Banks in the Netherlands IMF Constituency (mainly former Soviet Republics) with regard to AML/CFT/Corruption and (tax) fraud. He has also advised Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia & Bulgaria.

Other Skills:

• Deputy Judge in the Amsterdam Criminal Court (since November 2001)
• Freelance trainer with FMO (Institute for Financing of Developing Countries): presentations and in-house workshops in Islamic banks in Dhaka, Bangladesh (2003)
• Trainer with the Netherlands Compliance Institute.
• Chairman, Training & Education Committee of Netherlands Chapter ACFE.
• Lawyer & Forensic Auditor by profession

Professional Experience Record:

• 1991 – 1996: Ministry of Justice in the Netherlands. Senior policy officer in the field of international co-operation (police/prosecution)
• 1996 – 1997: Netherlands Antilles Government Project Manager for the FIU
• 1998 – 2007: De Nederlandsche Bank N.V.
• Current: Managing Director, The Caribbean Compliance Company, The Eagle Compliance Company and Philip Sidney (the international governance and compliance initiative)

Nigel Morris-Cotterill (Head, The Anti Money Laundering Network)

IFCCT Nigel Morris Cotterill

Nigel Morris-Cotterill trained as a solicitor (attorney) in London and practised in his own firm and others. He is a litigator and previously held a consultancy with Norman Saville & Co. in London. In 1994, Nigel launched Silkscreen Consulting to work with financial services businesses and government departments aiming at compliance with laws to combat money laundering and writing and delivering training and awareness programmes and the development of counter-money laundering strategies. Nigel is author of “How not to be a money launderer - the avoidance of fraud and money laundering in your organisation” (London, 2nd ed. 1999) and is a frequent contributor to television and radio programmes in the UK and internationally. He was for several years a contributor to Money Laundering Bulletin and in 1999 launched World Money Laundering Report which he still edits.

Nigel is author and presenter of “Morris-Cotterill on Money Laundering” published by CPD-Direct, a joint venture between Butterworths and SPR-Law. He is in advanced discussion with another major publisher to write a legal text on the counter-money laundering laws of South-East Asia. Silkscreen Consulting’s associated e-learning company, clicktolearnmore.com, produces content for e-learning providers in financial services. Nigel is CEO of Risk Values Limited, the producer of screening software to identify customers with the potential to abuse their relationship with financial services businesses for the purpose of financial crimes such as fraud and money laundering and - uniquely - the funding of terrorism. Nigel chairs and speaks at commercial and academic conferences all over the world - his treatment of money laundering related issues taking in not only those issues which specifically mention money laundering but also inter-governmental initiatives, compliance problems, organisational culture, international topics such as the use of counter-money laundering laws in tax investigations, client confidentiality, political objectives and more. An authoritative and informative speaker, Nigel is sometimes controversial, challenging established views and inviting delegates to think more deeply about the information they receive both during the training programmes he presents and from other sources.

Herman Annink (Eagle Compliance)

IFCCT Herman Annink

Herman Annink is a former specialist in the Directorate of Supervision in the Netherlands Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank NV). He is currently a director of The Eagle Compliance Company. Herman has advised Central Banks, insurance supervisors and pension fund supervisors in the Eastern European and Asian Region on governance, integrity, and risk management.

In the Netherlands, he helped set up the legal framework, policy statements and the integrity supervision activities of the Dutch Central Bank with regard to combating money laundering, terrorist financing, and personal and organisational integrity risks.

Herman is an Economist and a certified public accountant.

Other skills:
- Freelance trainer for, a.o., the Netherlands Compliance Institute and the FIU-Netherlands
- Providing Technical Assistance for the members of the Dutch IMF Constituency
- Publishing articles on governance, integrity, and risk management

Herman’s professional experience:
- Current: Director Eagle Compliance
- 2003 - 2007: De Nederlandsche Bank N.V., sr. examiner and integrity specialist
- 1998 - 2003: Garanti Bank International N.V. head of compliance and audit department
- 1992 - 1998: Ernst & Young, audit manager

Richard Hoff (Eagle Compliance)

IFCCT Richard Hoff

Richard Hoff, like Herman Annink, is a former specialist of the Expert Centre for Integrity in the Directorate of Supervision in the Netherlands Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank NV), responsible for the supervision of efforts tocombat money laundering, financing of terrorism and other financial crimes. Together with Herman, he is a director of The Eagle Compliance Company and has advised Central Banks, insurer supervisors and pension fund supervisors in the Eastern European and Asian Region on governance, integrity, and risk management.

Richard set up the legal framework, policy statements and the integrity supervision activities of the Dutch Central Bank with regard to combating money laundering, terrorist financing, and personal and organisational integrity risks.

Richard has a Phd-degree in Business Administration and a Masters degree in Law.

Other skills:
- Freelance trainers for, a.o., the Netherlands Compliance Institute and the FIU-Netherlands
- Providing Technical Assistance for the members of the Dutch IMF Constituency
- Publishing articles on governance, integrity, and risk management

Richard’s professional experience:
- Current: Director Eagle Compliance
- 2003 - 2007: De Nederlandsche Bank N.V., sr. examiner and integrity specialist
- 1998 - 2003: Rabobank Nederland, information manager and business architect
- 1994 - 1998: Cap Gemini, consultant

Steven Philippsohn (PCB Litigation)

IFCCT Steven Philippsohn

Steven Philippsohn is a leading authority on fraud. Over the last 20 years his firm has been retained by national and international organizations all of whom have been victims of fraud. This firm is a leading fraud litigation practice in the UK as identified in the 2001 edition of The Legal 500.

Steven has been invited to speak regularly to international corporations and institutions as well as to other lawyers. He has recently given papers at the International and American Bar Associations, the Global Forum for Law Enforcement and National Security and to a UK Government department.

He is asked for comment regularly by the media and has been interviewed on BBC, ITV, Sky Television and CNBC. He is regularly invited to write articles and is quoted in the mainstream media as well as specialist law publications. In addition, he is co-editor of the UK Manual of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and is an active member of the association. He is the co-author of the "Security and Assurance" chapter of the City & Financial publications of "e-Commerce From Cradle to Grave: A Practitioner’s Manual".

He is Chairman of the Cybercrime Working Party of the Fraud Advisory Panel, a member of the IAAC and on the Editorial Boards of e-Commerce Law & Policy and Inside Fraud Bulletin.

Steven obtained Honours in the Law Society qualifying examinations, prior to becoming a solicitor in 1972. He moved quickly to become the litigation partner of a substantial Central London practice prior to starting his own firm in 1979.

Anthony Riem (PCB Litigation)

IFCCT Anthony Reim

Over the last 15 years, Anthony has been instructed to act in numerous cases involving international commercial litigation as well as many high profile property disputes. He was involved in one of the first investigations brought by the FSA into market manipulation.

His cases have ranged from metal trading to breaches of trust, from regulatory matters to the value of property investments.

He has had a number of cases reported in the Times and other law reports and he has presented many papers on international litigation and related issues to organisations such as the International Chamber of Commerce, the International Maritime Bureau, the Institute of Public Finance and the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy as well as companies and government institutions. He is regularly asked for comment by the media.

Anthony writes a monthly article for In-House Lawyer and is a regular contributor to other publications such as the E-Commerce Law Reports. He is the author of the chapter on civil fraud of the LexisNexis publication, Fraud: Law, Practice and Procedure and is one of the contributors to the UK Fraud Manual of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Anthony is a member of the Law Society Working Party on Civil Fraud and is recommended by the Legal 500, as one of the specialists in dealing with this area of the law.

Anthony graduated from Leicester University in 1985 before joining PCB in 1991 as a solicitor. He became a partner in 1996. He joined a nationwide practice in 2001 where he was described in the Legal 500 as one of its key partners before returning to PCB in 2005.

Aline Aziz (Head of AML Research, Credit Libanais, Lebanon)

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Aline Tufenkjian Aziz, CAMS is one of the Middle East's leading anti-money laundering research professionals. Currently employed at Credit Libanais sal, one of the top ten banks in Lebanon, she coordinates the bank’s anti-money laundering committee. The committee meets periodically to evaluate suspicious cases of money laundering and reports them to the Special Investigations Commission at the Central Bank of Lebanon. Ms. Aziz is currently preparing a PhD on the Private Sector Dialogue (PSD) and Arab-American efforts aiming to counter money laundering and terrorist financing. She is a regular speaker at international conferences with the Union of Arab Banks on issues related to AML-CFT.

 

Edward Wilding (Chief Technical Officer)

IFCCT Ed Wilding

Edward Wilding, CTO, has successfully investigated several hundred cases of computer fraud and forgery, IP infringement, system sabotage and misuse in many jurisdictions. He has served as an expert witness for the prosecution and the defence in criminal cases, at employment tribunals, in civil litigation and at official hearings including the Hutton Inquiry into the death of weapons expert Dr. David Kelly CMG. He is the author of two acclaimed books, ‘Computer Evidence: A Forensic Investigations Handbook’ (1996) and ‘Information Risk and Security: Preventing and Investigating Workplace Computer Crime’ (2006). An accredited tutor on computer fraud and misuse at Royal Holloway, University of London, Ed has lectured worldwide on forensic methods and investigative techniques to law enforcement agencies, law firms, government bodies and IT security and audit professionals.

Andrew Frowen (Intaforensics)

IFCCT Andy Frowen

Andrew Frowen is CEO and Director of Forensics for IntaForensics, one of the UK’s leading providers of Digital Forensic Services. IntaForensics provides Expert Witness, Computer Forensics, Mobile Phone Forensics and Forensic Data Recovery to the Legal Sector, Police Forces, Local government and International Commercial organisations.

Following an Army career as a Royal Signals Telecommunications Technician, Andrew Frowen is a registered and vetted Computer Forensic Expert with over 10 years experience in providing IT consultancy and Expert Witness services to both the military and private sectors. Andrew is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, CompTIA A+ certified Technician and a professional member of the British Computer Society. He has had experience in acting as a Single Joint Expert, and has been instructed on many occasions, acting for both Prosecution and Defence. His investigations have covered fraud, theft, pornography (possession of indecent images), drugs importation, hacking and intellectual property theft. Andrew is also a military communication instructor and a visiting lecturer for Coventry University, providing real world experience to academic students. He has been a guest speaker at several business continuity seminars and has provided training on computer forensics to the Internal Auditors Association (IIA).