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)

Dato’ Abu Kassim bin Mohamed is the current Deputy Chief Commissioner of the Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission.

During his career of public service, he has focussed principally on investigating and combatting corruption and has presented a number of  working papers in this area. Dato’ Abu Kassim bin Mohamed is a member of various expert and rountable groups and has spoken at several high profile conferences and seminars, both domestically and internationally.

Work experience:

• Appointed as ACA Investigation Officer  in 1984
• Intelligence officer – 1985 – 1987
• Director of Planning and Coordination Division
• Director State of Perak
• Director State of Penang
• Director Malaysia Anti Corruption Academy (MACA)
• Chief Integrity Officer at Amanah Raya Berhad
• Deputy Director General I of ACA (1st June 2007 – 31 December 2008)
• Deputy Chief Commissioner, MACC (1st January 2009)

Work related achievement: 

• Member International Expert Group on Corruption (IGEC) Interpol since 1997
• Involved in preparing Code of Ethics for Law Enforcement, Best Practices Guide for Interpol Members, Global Standard to Combat Corruption in Police Services
• Has presented working paper entitled Developing an Effective Anti-corruption Agency at IGEC seminar held in Kuala Lumpur (1999)
• Panel member in IACC Seminar, South Africa – 1999
• Has presented working paper entitled The Role of Public Support and Preventive Education In Combating Corruption at ICAC Hong Kong Symposium 2000
• Has presented working paper entitled Cutting The Life Line of Corruption at the Convention on Corruption organized by Interpol and ICAC Hong Kong.
• Contact Person for IGEC - Interpol
• Member of Expert Meeting on Corruption in The Tsunami Relief Efforts - 2005
• Member - Biro Tatanegara Advisory Council since 2006
• Member - Malaysia Institute of Integrity Corporate Governance Expert Working Group Roundtable
• Has assisted the Royal Commission to improve police department
  Advisor for JPM’s National Integrity Plan
• Chairman of the working committee for the formation of Malaysia Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) 2008/2009
  

Datuk Dr Mohd Tap Salleh is President of the Malaysian Institute of Integrity.

He is responsible for day-to-day running of the Institute and for program setting and project implementation intended, the overall aim of which is to reduce corruption, malpractices and abuse of power, increase efficiency in the public delivery system, enhance corporate governance and business ethics, strengthen the family institution and improve quality of life and people’s well being.

Work experience:

Significant work experience within the public service of Malaysia since 1973.

Before being appointed to the post of President of the Malaysian Institute of Integrity (an independent organization set up by the government to address the issues of integrity) Datuk Dr Mohd Tap Salleh holds, among others, the following positions:

1. Secretary General  - Ministry of Rural and Regional Development

2. Deputy Sec. General  - Ministry of Tourism

3. General Manager  - South Kelantan Regional Development Authority

4. Director  - National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN), Eastern Region Campus

Between April 1996 to December 2002, he was seconded to the Commonwealth Secretariat, London as:

1. Deputy Director, Management and Training Services Division

2. Deputy Director, Governance and Institutional Development Division

In addition, he has had extensive experience working with governments in the Commonwealth Countries, especially in Africa, the Caribbean and South Pacific. Specifically, he was involved in the development of capacity building programmes
for the public sector in a number of Commonwealth Countries.

Qualifications:

i)  Ph.D (Development Planning) U. of Bath, U.K.
ii)  M.Sc (Social Planning)  U of Wales, U.K.
iii) B.A (Hons) Monash University, Australia

Datuk Paul Low is the current President of Transparency International Malaysia.

He is also the Managing Director of Malaysian Sheet Glass Sdn Bhd, the Former President of the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) and is currently its Vice-President.

In his personal capacity, he also serves on the board of government committees and private organizations, namely; the National Economic Action Council (NEAC), Malaysian Industrial Development authority (MIDA), Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER), Malaysian Services Services Development Council (MSDC) and Montfort Boys Town, (a private training institute for under-privileged youth).

In the past, he participated in the National Economic Consultative Council I and II which were responsible for advising the Malaysian Government in the formulation of its long term perspective national plans.

Aged 62 and a Chartered Accountant by profession, he is a member of the professional accountants’ organization, the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and has more than 30 years’ experience in the manufacturing industry. He graduated from Footscray Institute of Technology (Victoria University) in Business Studies (Accountancy) and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Industrial Accountancy.

A former Deputy Public Prosecutor with the Commercial Affairs Department, Singapore Ministry of Finance, and a Litigation Partner of a major law firm in Singapore, Ros joined the United Nations Compensation Commission as a Legal Counsel to review and recommend compensation awards following the Iraqi invasion and occupation of Kuwait in 1990-1991.

In 2004, she made a career switch to the Banking Industry. She joined the Citi Private Bank (CPB) Global AML Compliance Team, and helped develop and implement global AML standards for CPB operations throughout the world. When CPB became part of Citi Global Wealth Management in 2006, her global AML responsibilities included oversight of Smith Barney operations outside the United States. Following restructuring in 2007, she has now taken a more Regional role, and is focusing on AML issues in Citi Asia Pacific and covers all Citi businesses - CPB, Consumer and Corporate Banking.

Ros is a volunteer with the Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC), a not-for-profit, private-public partnership that helps develop central bank capabilities, strengthen commercial banking systems and build capital markets. In 2007, she was part of a 2-person mission to India to conduct seminars and consultations with various Banks in Mumbai and New Dehli on 'AML Monitoring of Suspicious Activity'. In 2007/2008, she was one of the volunteers who undertook the review of the draft standards developed by EAG, the regional FATF-style body in Eurasia, for its member countries, and in particular for their FIUs.

Ros is a member of the Executive Board of the newly-formed Singapore Chapter of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laudering Specialists (ACAMS).

Ros holds a Masters in Law Degree from the Columbia School of Law, New York.

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

David joined Deloitte Forensic, Melbourne, Australia in 2004. In February 2009, he transferred to Deloitte Malaysia where he now leads the Forensic & Dispute Services team. Prior to joining Deloitte, David completed 23 years service with the Victoria Police, Australia, 15 years of which were dedicated to the investigation of serious crimes.

The majority of David’s criminal investigation experience (11 years) was spent as a Detective Sergeant with the Victoria Police Major Fraud Investigation Division, where he investigated and managed teams investigating complex, corporate fraud and finance related crimes.
Since joining Deloitte, David has investigated private and public sector fraud and corruption events in Australia and throughout South East Asia. In addition to assisting in the resolution of fraud and corruption events, he consults on prevention and detection systems to mitigate against fraud, corruption and security risk.

David completed numerous internal police training courses, including the globally regarded Victoria Police Detective Training School.   He is a Certified Fraud Examiner and member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), a member of the Australian Institute of Professional Investigators (AIPI) and the American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS International).

Andy McDonald is the Director responsible for Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Trade Sanctions compliance within the Forensic team of Deloitte’s Financial Advisory Services in Singapore.

He is a professional consultant with over ten years experience in AML and Fraud risk mitigation. His previous clients include many global financial institutions and local banks in Western, Central and Eastern Europe, the United States, Australia and South-East Asia.
Immediately prior to joining Deloitte in Singapore, Andy was Head of Financial Crime for a UK-based international insurance company where he was responsible for the day-to-day management of the AML and Fraud risk as part of the Group Compliance department.
Previously Andy worked within the Business Intelligence team at Deloitte in London, helping clients manage Money Laundering and Fraud risks through technology and process improvements. During this time Andy delivered numerous projects for major European and International banking and telecommunications clients.

Andy’s current role involves:

• Assisting diverse clients in the mitigation of Money Laundering and Fraud risk through strategic consulting, technology solutions, and process / policy change
• Developing Deloitte’s financial crime solutions in Singapore and South-East Asia
• Providing AML training to key client personnel
  

Areas of specialisation:

• Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions regulatory compliance and risk mitigation
• Technology solutions for Fraud and AML, particularly transaction monitoring systems, filtering software, and data warehousing solutions
• Strategic approaches to the holistic management, and centralized / de-centralised approaches to the mitigation of financial crime risk

Relevant recent experience:

• Investigation into breaches of OFAC sanctions at a major financial institution in Southeast Asia. Provision of recommendations for disclosure and management of the issue with regulators in the US and locally
• Recommendations for mitigation of the risk of breach in future
• Responsibility for mitigation of Financial Crime risk at major UK insurer, including regulatory compliance and reporting, project initiation and management, policy and procedures, departmental management
• Specification and selection of AML transaction monitoring solution for major European bank based in Hungary. Andy’s responsibilities included being the key subject matter expert of systems for regulatory compliance, project management, client and vendor relationship management
• Specification, selection and planning for implementation of an AML transaction monitoring solution for a major European bank based in Belgium. Andy was responsible for providing guidance to the client on the selection process and subject matter expertise on the software vendors, technical solutions and regulatory requirements. He was also the project manager responsible for delivery of the project deliverables and management of the project team
  

Professional and Academic Qualifications:

• University of Oxford, BA (Hons), Philosophy, Politics and Economics
• PRINCE 2 certified project management practitioner

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

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.

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.

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.

Brian Kettell has recently returned from working in Bahrain as an Adviser to the Bahrain Monetary Agency (the Central Bank of Bahrain). His work involved him in pioneering many of Bahrain’s recent innovations in Islamic banking. Bahrain prides itself on having the world’s largest concentration of Islamic banks and financial institutions. Even more recently Brian delivered a series of training courses at the Central Bank of Iran. Iran is the only country in the world with a totally Islamicised banking system.

Prior to working at the BMA Brian’s banking background was acquired whilst working for the Arab Banking Corporation, also in Bahrain. He gained his experience of financial markets whilst working for Citibank, American Express and Shearson Lehman.

Brian has taught at a number of universities world-wide including the London School of Economics, London Metropolitan University and the City University of Hong Kong. Brian graduated with an M.Sc. Econ from the London School of Economics. He has published over 100 articles in journals, business magazines and the financial press with articles in The Islamic Banker, The Central Banking Journal, Euromoney, The Banker, The Securities Journal and the International Currency Review.