Ramzi brings more than 18 years of consulting experience in financial services and focuses on developing methodologies and end-to-end target operating models for AML programs, including implementations, assessments and remediations. Ramzi has led numerous AML risk assessments and effectiveness reviews for some of the world’s biggest banks, money services businesses (MSBs), credit unions, credit card companies, gaming establishments, security dealers and Fintechs.
Ramzi has led AML and anti-terrorist financing (ATF) transformation and optimization programs for numerous financial institutions, both regionally and globally. His leadership and experience are often sought when assessing, testing and implementing AML end-to-end programs for leading multinational and global organizations operating in multiple jurisdictions, including North America, Europe and Australia.
Ramzi has extensive experience leading AML and know-your-customer (KYC) remediations and refreshing strategies for some of North America’s biggest banks, credit unions and securities dealers. Ramzi is known for his collaborative approach in building AML risk mitigations and ensuring compliance with regulatory bodies, including the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI),Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and other regulatory bodies in the US.
Ramzi’s diverse experience leading AML strategy and transformation projects — in both the public and private arenas — has ranged from KYC tools implementation, and transactions monitoring optimization and sanctions programs rollouts for reportable entities, to conducting lookback reviews, KYC and remediation and risk rating projects for major international banks.
An avid traveller, fitness enthusiast, dedicated musician, writer and a change seeker, Ramzi is a Certified Public Accountant, Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, Financial Crime Specialist and Cryptocurrency Investigator. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at the Amercian University of Beirut, a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Accountancy from Mercer University.
