Robert Williams

Robert Williams is a Financial Crime Prevention Professional with nearly 20 years of expertise in the sectors of Banking including the U.S. Patriot Act, BSA,AML,KYC, and OFAC, at three different foreign Banks. He began his career at Credit Lyonnais/Calyon, subsequently Credit Agricole in 2002, where he learned the investigation of Money Laundering cases, investigated, wrote, and filed SAR’s, and perfected many other facets of International Banking. These included Correspondent, Private, and Corporate and Investment Banking, to name a few. He then moved on to BNP Paribas where he was the institution’s designated OFAC Compliance Officer. Prior to being an AML/KYC Specialist/Consultant , he was employed at Standard Chartered Bank, in a Sanctions Advisory role working with the Account Opening/KYC teams and Relationship Managers to mitigate any/all internal and external sanctions concerns.