FirstCaribbean International Bank has announced the appointment of Caymanian, Anna McLean, to the post of head of compliance.
She brings to the post 15 years of experience in the financial services sector. Prior to joining FirstCaribbean, she was head of banking supervision with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority.
In that position, she was responsible for regulation and supervision of the banking sector in the worlds’ fifth largest financial centre.
She has represented the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority at various international banking supervisory forums and meetings with international standard setting bodies such as the Basel Committee, Financial Stability Institute, International Monetary Fund, and the Financial Action Task Force.
Ms McLean also represented the Cayman Islands and the Caribbean Offshore centres as a member of the Basel Committee’s Working Group on Cross Border Banking, in which she participated with the drafting of the various banking supervision standards, including those on Customer Due Diligence for Banks.
In addition to establishing a banking supervisory regime, which received a highly favorable review from the International Monetary Fund, Ms McLean counts as one of her key achievements the development and implementation of a supervisory review system for non-bank financial sector entities, such as money services business, credit unions and building societies.
She was also a key member of the team responsible for the drafting of the Cayman Islands Anti-Money Laundering Guidance Notes.
Ms McLean was educated at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados, where she received a Masters degree in Business Administration, with a concentration on public administration. She underwent her undergraduate training at Florida State University, earning a B.Sc. in Management, and a minor in Finance.
In addition to spending a year at the Bank of England, she has also attended several training courses in her field of expertise, including a banking supervision programme at the Toronto International Leadership Centre for Financial Sector Supervision; a programme on Anti Money Laundering &Combating Terrorism at the Financial Stability Institute, and several other courses in banking supervision within the Caribbean, the United States, the United Kingdom and Switzerland.
In welcoming Anna to the FirstCaribbean team, Chief Risk Officer, Richard Pantcheff, noted: ‘FirstCaribbean is building a reputation for creating a high-performing, highly-skilled team, not only at its Head Office in Barbados, but right across the region. We are extremely pleased that such a well-trained professional from within the region has joined the bank.’
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