Cross-Border Risks and BVI Structures: A Compliance Perspective
This webinar forms part of the 2025 Financial Services Compliance Series (BVI-specific).
Description
This webinar provides a compliance-focused look at managing cross-border risks associated with BVI structures. It covers the complexities of multi-jurisdictional compliance, including obligations related to information exchange and tax transparency. The session highlights key red flags for money laundering and sanctions exposure, while examining the role of global regulatory bodies such as the OECD, EU, and US. Attendees will gain practical strategies for maintaining compliance across increasingly interconnected regulatory environments.
This webinar provides one-hour of CPD and offers insights and updates from a leading industry-expert speaker.
Delegates places are interchangeable with colleagues from the same organisation.
Content
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Managing multi-jurisdictional compliance
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Information exchange and tax transparency
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Red flags for money laundering and sanctions
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Global regulatory coordination (OECD, EU, US)
Presenter
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Sarah Lynch Chief Governance Risk and Compliance Officer at Harneys Fiduciary |
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Sarah is the chief governance risk and compliance officer at Harneys Fiduciary. She oversees a global team of specialist compliance and governance professionals based across the organisation. She has been working in the financial services industry for over 25 years, including 20 years in compliance specialist roles. Prior to joining Harneys Fiduciary, Sarah was a non-executive directorship of a Caribbean insurance firm. Before relocating to the Caribbean, she was a supervisor at the UK Financial Conduct Authority (the Financial Services Authority (FSA), when Sarah worked there). Sarah has worked in both the insurance sector and consulting for financial services companies, predominantly in insurance. Many moons ago, Sarah started her working career as an officer in the Royal Navy. Sarah has a keen interest in financial services and technology-driven solutions to help encourage financial inclusion and financial capability, having worked in financial capability policy at the FSA (prior to insurance supervision), with a secondment to HM Treasury to work on financial inclusion policy. Based in the BVI, she helps non-profits meet their regulatory AML obligations. Sarah has a specialist certificate in corporate governance and a certificate in managing sanctions risk, as well as an international diploma in compliance from the University of Manchester.
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