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Africa

Development of an Anti-money laundering and combating of finance of terrorism a manual.Provided instruction in conferences for African businesses located in 10 countries during 2020. Particular focuses on Designated Non-Financial Business and Professions as well as other non-regulated entities. Participating businesses followed up with training sessions.

Maldives

Performed assessments of Maldives government and private sector achievements in environmental management, local government decentralization, and anticorruption. A final written report was submitted, and recommendations are under consideration by the government of Maldives.

Khartoun, Sudan

Led a team of compliance specialists/auditors in the external audit of Faisal Islamic Bank's anti-money laundering and combating of terrorist compliance plan. This audit covered 7 compliance elements and transaction testing. Recommendations for improvement were presented to the bank and VISA International.

Khartoum, Sudan

Served as team leader for an anti-money laundering external audit of Faisal Islamic Bank. The audit consisted of an examination of 7 key elements of the banks program, identification of regulatory pitfalls and recommendations for improvement.

Washington, United States

Directed a team in the preparation of a risk assessment of 131 countries on the risks of money laundering and terrorist financing.

Mongolia

Performed an assessment of bankers training needs with surveys and onsite interviews. Developed a training program to meet those needs.

Washington DC-Baltimore Area And Nairobi, Kenya

Performed a review of the Kenya laws and regulations covering anti-money laundering and terrorist finance. Conducted a series of interviews with both government and private sector entities. Drafted a set of recommendations and presented them at a conference with participation of Kenya government. officialsto a

Tunisia

Provided training to bank and law enforcement personnel from 5 Middle East and African countries on how to perform examinations for compliance with anti-money laundering and combating of terrorist financing.

Amman, Jordan

Prepare a training module covering aspects of anti-money laundering and terrorist financing for Jordan commercial banks. Write examination procedures for bank examiners to use in inspecting banks for compliance with Jordan money laundering and terrorist financing laws and regulations.

Mexico City, Mexico

Team leader, responsible for performing an assessment on the need to upgrade anti-money laundering and terrorist financing for the money service business sector. Drafted recommendations for regulations and inspections. Coordinated a training conference for owners of money service businesses. Made a presentation to the Mexico association of money services.

Asunción, Paraguay

Trained bank examiners in examination procedures for compliance with Paraguay laws and regulations in covering anti-money laundering and terrorist financing.

Windhoek, Khomas, Namibia

Performed an assessment of Namibia laws and regulations covering anti-money laundering and terrorist financing. Provided training to both bank examiners and law enforcement of money laundering typologies and economic impacts of money laundering.

Bucharest, Romania

Served as chief of party and advisor to the National Bank of Romania for the purpose of improving bank supervision. Coordinated country assessments and the training conducted by numerous banking and law enforcement advisors. Developed and tested new examination procedures during on-site examinations. Trained bank examiners and securities inspectors..

Almaty, Kazakhstan

Performed an analysis of the condition and performance of 12 Kazakhstan commercial banks and prepared an application for a development credit facility and a bond program for funding small businesses.

Uzbekistan And Washington DC

In partnership with Regional Bank Training Center and the Asian Development Bank trained Uzbekistan bank training staff in the areas of business loan underwriting and trade financing.,

Masters - City And Regional Planning, Land Use Planning, Environment And Housing Finance, A-B

I majored in urban planning with emphasis on housing finance

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science, As And Bs