Andy Walker, Senior Manager, Financial Crime Prevention

Andy Walker

Senior Manager, Financial Crime Prevention

Dubai Financial Services Authority

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Diploma, Certified Global Sanctions Specialist
Experience
32 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :32 years, 1 Months

Senior Manager, Financial Crime Prevention at Dubai Financial Services Authority
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since September 2021
Remediation Analyst (short-term contract) at Deloitte LLP
  • United Kingdom - Manchester
  • February 2021 to May 2021
Head of AML/CFT at QFCRA
  • Qatar - Doha
  • May 2019 to October 2020
Associate Director, AML/CFT at QFCRA
  • Qatar - Doha
  • February 2018 to May 2019
AML Nominated Officer at Cooperative Bank
  • United Kingdom - Manchester
  • September 2014 to December 2016
Deputy MLRO at Pershing Limited
  • United Kingdom - Liverpool
  • March 2014 to September 2014
Senior Regional AML/CDD Advisor at Standard Chartered Bank
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2012 to March 2014
Assistant General Manager and Head of AML at Gulf Bank
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • September 2007 to January 2012
Head of Compliance and AML, Retail Bank at Mashreq Bank
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2006 to September 2007
Group Financial Crime Prevention Policy Manager at Halifax Bank of Scotland
  • United Kingdom
  • January 2005 to September 2006
Group Business Standards, Compliance & Audit Manager, and Group MLRO, at KYCOS Limited
  • United Kingdom
  • August 2003 to January 2005
Manager - Enforcement at Isle of Man Financial Supervision Commission
  • United Kingdom
  • October 1998 to August 2003
Techincal Servies Manager at Eagle Star International Life
  • United Kingdom
  • October 1995 to September 1998

Regulatory & CEO Complaints Department, 3 staff; and Assistant Manager, Customer Servicing, 18 staff.

Investigations Consultant at Royal Life Insurance
  • United Kingdom
  • September 1990 to September 1995

SIB Pensions Review Team, 7 staff; Investigations Consultant, Customer Liaison Unit, 3 staff; and Graduate Trainee, Management Development Scheme.

Education

Diploma, Certified Global Sanctions Specialist
  • at ACAMS
  • November 2022
Higher diploma, AML/CFT
  • at ACAMS
  • November 2018

CAMS-Audit advanced certification

Diploma, Financial Crime Prevention
  • at International Compliance Association
  • June 2015

Achieved a pass with distinction

Diploma, Anti-Money Laundering
  • at Association Of Certified AML Specialists (ACAMS)
  • October 2010

Last re-certification in 2019

Diploma, Financial Regulation and Compliance Management
  • at London Metropolitan University
  • January 2004
Bachelor's degree, Hispanic Studies
  • at University of Sheffield
  • January 1990

Specialties & Skills

Due Diligence
Sanctions
BANKING
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
Financial Crime investigations

Languages

English
Expert
French
Intermediate
Portuguese
Intermediate
Spanish
Expert

Memberships

ACAMS
  • Advanced membership
  • January 2010
ICA
  • Standard membership
  • October 2015