Krishna
Govender, CAMS, CGSS
Krishna is currently employed as a Coordinator in the Monitoring and Analysis division of the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) of South Africa, with 20 years in the financial sector and 11 years with the FIC. He has vast experience in dealing with International Trade Finance, Investigations of Exchange Control Regulations, and AML/CFT offences.
At the FIC he progressed from the position of an analyst, Senior Analyst and thereafter Coordinator. Over the past 31 years, he has gained extensive expertise and knowledge from dealing with operational, tactical and strategic intelligence as well as cooperation with domestic and foreign Financial Intelligence Units, Money laundering Reporting Officers and internal stakeholders. He is currently seconded to the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Unit as a Senior Officer.
Krishna holds an Honours Degree in Criminology from the University of South Africa and several diplomas, namely Corporate Forensic Investigation (Damelin), Criminal Justice (UJ) and International Trade Finance and Treasury Management (Institute of Bankers). He is also a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS®), Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS) and a Certified Fraud Examiner (ACFE).