Nigeria Financial Crime Risk Assessment Roundtable – in Partnership with Themis

Carel has 35+ years broad international experience having lived and worked in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Europe for market-leading financial services firms. He was the Global COO for various sales & trading businesses at UBS Investment Bank, Head of Change Management, Group Sales, at Deutsche Börse, financial management consultant with Price Waterhouse and auditor with Arthur Young & Co. He is a Fellow of both the ICAEW and Association of Corporate Treasurers and fluent in English, Dutch and Spanish. Carel developed a group-wide client strategy and supporting infrastructure to drive sales and revenue growth Deutsche Börse, established Fixed Income trading businesses for UBS Investment Bank in Moscow and Istanbul and developed country strategies for National Bank of Abu Dhabi.

Mr Muhammed has had close to two decades of experience working in the public and private sector with focus on the Financial Services sector. He has worked for multiple financial institutions at home and abroad, such as Standard Chartered, Citi, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, and Anglo Gulf Trade Bank. In 2019, he returned to Nigeria after spending over three years in the UAE, to rejoin the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), where he was the Head of Compliance & Examination, responsible for a wide range of financial crime regulatory and supervisory oversight actions in the Nigerian Financial Services Sector. He is an accomplished specialist in anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) with competence in regulatory enforcement, investigation, and the development and implementation of relevant controls.

Ms Idowu is the Partner of the Governance Risk and Compliance practice of leading Nigerian law firm, Aluko & Oyebode. She is a seasoned expert having led legal and compliance teams in domestic and multinational companies, including as Senior Legal Counsel (Compliance) covering Europe, Africa, and the Caspian at Schlumberger, a multinational oil and gas service company.

Mr Boleigha spent over 30 years in the banking sector, including at Access Bank Plc and Citibank, 18 of which were focused on AML/CFT, regulatory compliance, internal and financial controls, and audit. Since his retirement, he has founded Pattison Consulting Limited and is the acting President of Compliance Institute and the President of Compliance Officers Forum of GIABA Member States.