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Shawki is a former banker with 20+ years of experience spanning multiple areas like cross-border payments and investigations, trade finance, customer onboarding and KYC operations, correspondent banking, and last but not least AML/CFT & sanctions.
In his compliance function, Shawki assumed the role of Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) and head of sanctions division for 10 years within Lebanese banking sector.
In parallel, Shawki is a university lecturer, speaker, and trainer at: Union of Arab Banks (UAB), ACAMS, Romanian Banking Institute (RBI-Bucharest), OECD/Paris, Governance Dynamics (UAE), General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions (CIBAFI)-Bahrain, Emirates Institute of Finance (EIF-UAE), and other institutions tasked with countering money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions evasion, & proliferation finance.
Moreover, he is adjunct trainer at PwC’s academy Middle East in Dubai & has been contracted as subject matter expert with other big 4 consultancy firms in London and KSA to render AFC services in different aspects. Shawki
is Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS) from ACAMS. He is also an ACAMS faculty
member accredited and authorized to deliver CAMS & CGSS training.
Among his other certifications, Shawki holds Combating Financial Crime (CFC) certificate from Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI)-UK.
Upcoming Event
Course Overview
This Course lays the foundation for quantifying AML/CFT and sanctions risks that can be posed by clients based on 4 main inherent risk parameters namely: Customer type, Geography, Product/Service, and delivery channel.
The course also outlines the kind and nature of due diligence and internal
controls that FIs need to exercise on clients’ accounts after qualitatively and quantitatively assessing the underlying risks. Finally, the course will simulate real-life compliance case studies and polling questions to assess and validate attendees understanding and engagement.
Course Objectives
The course is expected to provide attendees with the necessary tools and
insights on how to identify and measure AML/CFT and Sanctions risk in order to protect the integrity of their institutions by applying the right internal controls. First & foremost, the course content will feature the design of risk matrix for AML/CFT and sanctions risks and how to best allocate the risk weights across various parameters. Data to be obtained from primary sources to rate clients in terms of Low, Medium, and High risks may include but not limited to: FATF grey and black lists, OFAC lists, EU lists, local lists and UKHMT at a minimum. Besides, the course will offer a deep dive into sanctions screening algorithms, sanctions regimes, proliferation finance, sanctions due diligence, sanction evasion techniques, AML scenarios and red flags, asset blocking and seizure, Ultimate Beneficial ownership identification on various prongs, and a plethora of AFC themes.
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
Profile of participants
AML/CFT and compliance officers, Board members and secretaries, Regulators and examiners, Internal audit, Operations department (transfers, branch managers, trade finance), Customer service ,Risk officers, External auditors, RMs & Mid-management in Financial Institutions departments , Government agencies and law enforcement, Lawyers, & Supply chain and procurement managers
MODULE 1: The New Regulatory Environment & underlying Compliance Challenges
MODULE 2: AML/CFT and Sanctions Risk Matrix main parameters: Customer, Product, Geography, & Delivery Channels
Module 3: UBO Identification and the complexity of ownership structures as a detriment to an objective AML risk rating
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