Andrea
Saunders, CAMS-Audit
Andrea has over eighteen years of experience within both the Legal and Compliance fields. She currently serves as the In-house Legal Counsel, a member of the Executive Committee and the Internal Risk Committee and Corporate Secretary of the Itaú Group. She has served as the Head of Compliance, Legal Advisor and Money Laundering Reporting Officer for BSI Overseas (Bahamas) Ltd. (formerly Banca Del Gottardo) and Head of Compliance and Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer, as well as Chairperson for the AML/KYC Committee of the UBS Group. Andrea also served as the Head of Legal, Risk and Compliance of Edmond de Rothschild (Bahamas) Ltd., the Money Laundering Reporting Officer and a member of the Executive Committee and Risk Committee.
Prior to serving in senior compliance and legal positions, she was employed as an Associate Attorney at one of the leading law firms in The Bahamas, Higgs & Johnson. She is the Founder of Risk & Compliance Consultancy Services Ltd, a consultancy company that specializes in advising financial institutions on compliance and risk management matters. She is CAMS certified, a CAMS (Audit) Inaugural Class graduate, a Fellow Member of the International Compliance Association (FICA) and the American Academy of Financial Management (AAFM), a Chartered Certified Risk Analyst (CRA) and a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Consultant (CAMC). She was an Executive Committee member of The Bahamas Association of Compliance Officers (BACO) for over 8 years where she assisted with the development of Compliance on a national level. She recently served as the Executive Vice-President of BACO. She previously served as the Education Chairperson of BACO for many years.
Andrea has served as the moderator and speaker of BACO seminars on various occasions. She has also served as a speaker during the ACAMS 19th Annual International AML & Financial Crime Conference and the ACAMS 22nd Annual International AML & Financial Crime Conference in Florida. She has also produced a white paper entitled “Examining the impact global tax transparency initiatives will have on the laws, policies, procedures and processes within the Banking industry of The Bahamas and The Cayman Islands,” in 2014 as a part of her CAMS (Audit) Inaugural Class certification.