Meet our Mentors
The Old Codgers Club ("OCC")
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What keeps you awake at night? Have you had a money laundering review that has not gone well? Or are you worried this might happen?
As an integral component of our 360-degree approach and holistic commitment to your success, we offer guidance to Money Laun dering Reporting Offers ("MLROs") and senior management in navigating these terrains.
This exclusive initiative features three distinguished legends in the field of compliance, each bringing a wealth of expertise and insights. Elevate your professional trajectory as you gain personalized mentorship from these industry luminaries, ensuring a dynamic and enriched learning experience.
Nigel Morris-Cotterill is a pioneer of Financial Crime Risk and Compliance. A former solicitor in London, where he dealt with litigation and commercial contracts he developed a practice in the nascent field of money laundering risk and compliance, becoming recognised as an expert not in investigations, where most people in the field came from, but in identifying money laundering risks and developing strategies and policies to address those risks and in both criminal and regulatory compliance.
He developed the concept of strategy sessions in which senior officers from all disciplines within a business would be presented with developing threats and responses suggested.
Today, as the author of several highly regarded books, many papers, a speaker at high-level conferences around the world and with a large body of work for international media, he continues to offer strategy sessions, reviews of policies and procedures, high-level training and paid-for mentoring. He is also a publisher of a range of financial crime related information services including the latest addition to the stable, FinCrimeTV.
Des Hellicar-Bowman has a career background with over two decades of involvement within financial crime and compliance. His experience includes working with large financial institutions as well as within the fintech payments space. He has a reputation for his ability to develop and implement robust compliance and counter money laundering strategies which have met regulatory obligations and assisted in identifying and preventing financial crimes.
Des has also worked together with regulatory bodies and law enforcement agencies. His insights and experience have provided him with valuable knowledge and understanding of the different types of financial crimes including money laundering, fraud and cybercrime.
He has served as Chairman and Non-Executive Director on various industry bodies within the financial sector.
For the last 8 years Des has held full time and consultancy roles including board advisory roles with responsibility for regulatory advice and guidance while providing businesses with assistance in compiling and submitting applications for authorisation in the UK or in the EU.
Des’s work history has helped to develop his reputation as a trusted advisor and mentor within the financial crime and compliance community.
Mark has over 20 years banking experience the majority of which was front-office based. He has held a number of line and strategic positions in international banks in the City of London, where he developed an expertise in lending to and assessing the strength of international financial institutions. He then became a senior risk manager and FSA registered MLRO for the London operations of a European bank
