Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Devising compliance programs | Managing compliance risk | Financial crime prevention counselling Seasoned practitioner with more than 15 years of experience in devising effective compliance and financial crime prevention programs in several at-risk areas (banking and financial industry, real estate, infrastructure, construction, international trade, customs, IT and procurement). Counselling and advice to business and operational teams on compliance and ethics issues, as well as minimizing associated legal and reputational risks. Excellent communicator in English and French both orally and in writing, lead author and contributor to several international publications, conferences and workshops about tackling financial crime and reputational risks issues in organizations. Key strengths • Develop and apply innovative compliance programs, including policies and processes • Counselling, advice and decision-making • Governance, reporting and accountability • Management of compliance operations • Strategic vision and planning • Communication, training and awareness raising • Benchmarking, research and analysis of good practice
Devised and led the implementation of a cross-cutting, business-wide ethics, financial crime and economic sanctions compliance program mandated by the Auditor General of Quebec (AGQ), while managing compliance operations (financial crime, ethics, privacy): • Submitted 100% of required deliverables within prescribed delays while leading the AGQ action plan; • Reduced by more than 80% the Canadian sanctions compliance risk; • Ensured 100% of investment, sale, rental and other commercial transactions are screened (due diligence) against legal and reputational risk, as well as conflicts of interest; • Developed targeted trainings, communications and controls for all employees leading to a 100% compliance rate.
Devised policy standards and led the implementation of insider threat (fraud, corruption and other wrongdoing) framework across all Desjardins Group: • Identified business processes most vulnerable to insider threat, among over 7,000 processes, to prioritise testing and establishment of effective controls; • Designed tools for branch managers to prioritise employee training and monitoring efforts; • Designed standards for background checks, personal information sharing of fraud incidents, and registering security incidents to monitor levels of risk and tailor interventions; • Raised awareness and accountability by training branch managers on the new insider threat framework and their related duties and responsibilities.
Advised international organizations on governance, compliance, transparency and privacy at the project and corporate levels: • Modernised the anti-corruption and conflict of interest frameworks, as well as codes of conduct to align them with good practices and recent trends (Global Fund); • Facilitated International Federation of Red Cross humanitarian services by drafting personal data sharing agreement template while complying with EU General Regulations on Data Protection (GDPR); • Facilitated successful implementation of public sector internal control bodies reform across all departments of the government of Benin (OECD); • Empowered National Statistical Offices to monitor the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development by identifying access to information and open data indicators (United Nations, Paris 21).