Financial Crime and Sanctions Governance: Cross-Border Director Responsibilities

This session clarifies directors’ duties in overseeing financial crime, AML/CFT and sanctions compliance frameworks across international financial centres. It highlights global regulatory expectations, divergent jurisdictional requirements and the personal liabilities associated with weak oversight. Directors will explore practical governance measures, reporting structures and escalation processes to ensure organisations maintain strong controls and respond appropriately to high-risk clients, suspicious activity and rapidly evolving sanctions regimes.

This webinar provides one-hour of CPD and forms part of the Advanced Certificate in Directorship Programme, delivered by Chris Usher.

Delegates places are interchangeable with colleagues from the same organisation.

Content

• Global AML/CFT and sanctions regulatory expectations for directors

• Oversight of financial crime frameworks, policies and monitoring

• Governance of high-risk clients, unusual activity and escalation pathways

• Cross-border sanctions complexity: ownership chains, sectoral sanctions and enforcement

• Personal liability and board assurance over compliance effectiveness

Presenter

Chris Usher Managing Director of the School of International Financial Services

Chris is the Managing Director of the School of International Financial Services (SIFS), a leading provider of training and education in offshore financial services across 15 jurisdictions globally. He has over 25 years of experience in offshore financial services, having previously held senior wealth management roles at Barclays Wealth and Santander, where he advised private clients and corporates on complex global investment solutions and wealth structuring. Chris is currently also a Director at Cavenwell Group. With a deep understanding of geopolitical and economic dynamics, Chris helps clients navigate the changing international wealth structuring landscape and optimise tax efficiency. Chris has trained over 6,000 people in qualifications for the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments (CISI) in wealth management and is a well-regarded member of the Institute. He also serves on the committee of the Jersey Wealth Managers Association (JWMA) and is a member of the Institute of Directors.