Join the moderator, ACAMS EVP John Byrne, and this panel of experts:
Kevin M. Anderson, CAMS
Senior Vice President
Bank of America
Mr. Anderson has been with Bank of America since 1990, working in various capacities in retail banking, insurance and wealth management. Since 1997, he has worked in compliance, primarily focusing on AML issues. In the compliance capacity, he co-authored the initial enterprise-wide AML policy and program integrating requirements from various businesses as well as the laws and regulations. He has been involved in subsequent revisions, incorporating regulatory and other changes, as well as providing guidance to lines of business globally. He has developed and conducted AML training and supported risk assessments for the enterprise as well at the business unit level. He designed, implemented and managed the company's process to obtain and validate Patriot Act certifications for non-U.S. banks for several years. He has built and implemented processes to support consistent documentation of the AML policy and program. In addition to AML policy work, Kevin helped design and establish a framework for overseeing the development and implementation of enterprise-wide compliance and operational risk policies, including privacy, fair lending and payment systems risk.
Kevin has been a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist since 2003 and has served on the ACAMS Editorial and Education Task Forces for several years. He has published numerous articles on money laundering topics in publications such as ACAMS Today and the ABA Banking Journal.
Aaron Borst, CAMS
Director of Surveillance
Capital One N.A.
Aaron became an ACAMS member in 2005 and has spent the last 7 years as an AML professional in the financial industry. His background includes AML experience in International Correspondent Banking, Trade Finance and domestic Retail Banking. Currently he leads the Capital One Bank AML Surveillance team and is responsible for designing and maintaining a robust AML detection, investigation and reporting program. Most recently he has lead Capital One's Reg GG implementation efforts across its Credit Card, Banking and Merchant Services segments. Aaron holds designations as an ACAMS Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and an ASQ Certified Quality Improvement Associate.
Nina A. Nichols, Esq.
Assistant Director for Compliance Risk in the Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation of the Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
She joined the Federal Reserve in 1999. From 1994 to 1997, Ms. Nichols served as attorney-advisor at the Department of the Treasury. At the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), she provided counsel on regulatory and law enforcement matters relating to the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering initiatives. She subsequently joined Treasury's Office of the Assistant General Counsel (Enforcement) to advise on a wide range of matters pertaining to the Treasury Department's law enforcement responsibilities, and in 1996 spent several months on detail to the Office of White House Counsel.
From 1997 to 1999, Ms. Nichols was an associate at the Dechert firm in Washington, D.C. , working primarily in the area of federal taxation and regulation of financial products. From 1990 to 1993, Ms. Nichols practiced tax law as an associate at the firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in New York. Ms. Nichols is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School. |
