We spotlight again the Barbados Association of Compliance Professionals’ (BACP) “Meet The Board of Directors Series “🥁🥁
We introduce to you Alison W. Chair, Training and Development of the Board of Directors 2024-2026.
Alison is the immediate Past President of the Barbados Association of Compliance Professionals on the 2022-2024 Board of Directors. Her vision is to see the association as a strong provider of compliance support for compliance professionals in Barbados, through the provision of relevant quality training and networking opportunities. Alison believes that she can continue to directly contribute to the strengthening of the Association through the execution of the role of the Training and Development Chair.
Alison started her career as a management trainee at a major UK commercial Bank then relocated to Barbados where she was also a management trainee at a major UK Bank.
Alison is an International Banking Professional with in excess of 25 years of leading industry experience within the domestic, commercial, offshore, development banking, credit union and International Insurance sectors.
Alison being a diverse and flexible professional, has also spent several years as a Compliance and Anti-Money Laundering professional for global energy companies in the United Kingdom as well as financial services firms. Specifically,she spent three years with a major UK energy company where she played a major role in the building of the AML/CFT Compliance Monitoring and Transaction Monitoring programs which also focused on the detection and prevention of market abuse.
Alison has held the FCA approved person functions CF10 and CF11 as Head of Compliance and MLRO for a Soft commodities and Energy Futures trading company in Aldgate, London, UK.
Upon her return to Barbados in 2015, Alison undertook a project for one of the largest Commercial Banks in the region, to review their Insider Trading Policy and Procedures.
Alison has also held the role of Chief Risk and Compliance Officer for the largest Credit Union in Barbados. Alison was approved by the Financial Services Commission, Central Bank of Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank to perform this role.
She is a Fellow of the Institute of Financial Services and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers. She also holds an MSc Financial Services Management from University of Surrey (UK) and ICA Diplomas in International Compliance and Anti-Money Laundering (Merit). Alison also has certifications in Corporate Governance and Operational Risk Management.
We look forward to continuing to leverage Alison’s experiences to provide quality, relevant training to governance, risk and compliance professionals.