Wilbert O. Bascom
During his professional career
in the financial services industry, Dr. Bascom served in several
capacities—as Chief, Bureau of International Banking, Florida, an
economist in a central bank, chief executive officer of a commercial bank, a
BSA and chief compliance officer in NASD member firms, and as a lecturer in
universities/colleges in Miami, Tallahassee and London. He is a published
author on bank management and supervision, migrant remittances, and other
financial and economic issues. In 1987 he was awarded life membership in the
Florida International Bankers Association.
Specialization Areas:
Compliance training, customized policies, procedures and supervisory manuals,
guidance on relationship with regulatory agencies and examiners, BSA/AML risk
assessment, consumer compliance and compliance support to NASD member firms,
MSBs, banks and other financial services companies.
Education: University of
Wales Ph.D and M.Sc. , University of London B.Sc. (Economics), University of
Birmingham Post-Graduate Certificate in Education
Professional
Qualifications: NASD licenses (Series 7, 24, 27, 53, 63)
Stanley A.
Moore
Stanley Moore is a Judge
of the Court of Appeal of the Republic of Botswana, and a Retired Judge of the
Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, and of the Supreme Court of The Bahamas. He
served as the Senior Resident Judge of the British Virgin Islands Supreme Court
and is a former Attorney General of the British Overseas Territory of
Montserrat. Mr. Moore's expertise has centered on the the resolution of complex
banking and commercial disputes through Litigation and through Alternative
Dispute Resolution Methods. He has substantial experience in a wide range of
corporate, securities, and banking matters including the conduct of enquiries
and investigations and the submission of written reports.
Specialization Areas:
Legal expetise in all areas of corporate and financial institutions. Special
emphasis on compliance and the resolution of disputes.
Education: University of
London Master of Laws Degree. Member of the Bar of Lincoln's Inn London,
Guyana, Grenada and Antigua. Harvard Law School Negotiation
Workshop.
Prakash
Ramlakhan
Prakash Ramlakhan is a
finance and investment banking professional. He is also a lecturer in
accounting, banking and finance at the University of the West Indies, St.
Augustine. Mr. Ramlakhan has extensive hands-on experiences in the management
of financial institutions, including their credit and operational risk
management. His professional competence includes the prudential supervision of
financial institutions, the management of international debt and equity
portfolios of institutional investors, and the trading of options and other
capital market instruments.
Specialization Areas:
Designing and implementing accounting, internal controls, budgeting and other
risk management systems for CARICOM companies; professional training for
personnel of financial institutions and other entities.
Education: University of
the West Indies, M.Sc. (Accounting)
Professional
Qualifications: Chartered Accountant, Chartered Financial
Analyst
Trevor
Ffrench
Trevor Ffrench is a
banking and compliance professional with over 35 years of domestic and
international experience in all areas of the industry at senior management and
executive levels. His technical competence covers the various areas BSA/AML
compliance including the testing for BSA/AML compliance by way of transactions
review and monitoring, the risk assessment of customers, products, services and
geographies, and the detection of unusual or suspicious transactions in trade
financing and foreign correspondent banking. He is competent in banking
operations, and product risk management. Mr. Ffrench has established and
managed a registered money services business (check cashing) in Florida.
Specialization Areas:
BSA/AML transactions monitoring and testing for unusual suspicious activity
detection, product, services, customer and geography risk assessment, and
BSA/AML training.
Education: University of
Oklahoma, MBA (Business & Finance)
Clive
Bailey
Clive Bailey was employed
in international and domestic banks for 30 years, attaining management
positions including credit card manager of one of the largest banks in Trinidad
& Tobago. His expertise is in the areas of preparing business and technical
feasibility studies and implementing turnkey solutions for ATM, credit and
debit card and banking application systems. In fact, Mr. Bailey has hands-on
experience in implementing turnkey solutions for the major credit/debit card
products. He has also implemented acquiring systems for Internet and point of
sale acquiring banks. Moreover, he served as project manager of a credit union
application system and assisted commercial banks in systems and operational
compliance for major credit/debit card networks. Mr. Bailey also assisted a
regional card processor to re-engineer its technical and operations systems.
Specialization Areas:
Credit and debit cards and electronic fund transfer systems
Jorge A.
Brathwaite
Jorge Brathwaite is a
bi-lingual professional who has over 35 years of senior management experience
in the financial services industry with a specialization in securities
processing, corporate compliance, internal controls and risk
management—particularly anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing
risks. His expertise includes implementing BSA/AML processes and training
programs, regulatory compliance strategies, central banking oversight
procedures, technology assessments and risk evaluations that prepare
organizations for focused regulatory or public scrutiny. He has served as
Compliance Officer for large US financial organizations.
In his role as Vice President at
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, he maintained senior management oversight
of the operation of the Federal Reserve Automated System supporting all
fed-wire securities, funds transfer, and ACH transactions. He also served as
Chairman of the Subcommittee on Treasury Debt Operations.
Specialization Areas:
Enterprise-wide BSA/AML risk assessment, customer risk profiling, transactions
monitoring for suspicious activity detection and reporting; BSA/AML
training
Education: Howard
University BA (Economics and Government), Bernard Baruch College, Master of
Public Administration, Harvard Business School Executive Series
Program
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