China McAllister
Assistant Vice President
Cayman Islands
China McAllister is an assistant vice president on the Compliance and Regulatory Services team at Walkers Professional Services in the Cayman Islands office.
She serves as an Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Money Laundering Reporting Officer and Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer on a broad range of investment funds, securities registrants and licenced entities.
Experience and recent work
Prior to joining Walkers, China has held several AML and compliance related roles within the financial services industry across three jurisdictions – Canada, the Cayman Islands and Jamaica. Most recently, she functioned as an AML Manager for Scotiabank (Canada) and was responsible for contributing to the delivery of AML/CFT program strategies, while providing oversight, guidance, subject matter expertise and support to the bank’s nine Global AML Units within the English-speaking Caribbean Region.
China has also held prior senior roles in which she conducted investigation and assessment of customer activity to identify money laundering/terrorist financing typologies and other high-risk scenarios (including sanctions related issues). These roles also involved the implementation of AML/CFT policies and procedures, including effective CDD and KYC, and review, analysis and organisation of data to write comprehensive investigative narratives and suspicious transaction reports.
China has also held prior senior roles in which she conducted investigation and assessment of customer activity to identify money laundering/terrorist financing typologies and other high-risk scenarios (including sanctions related issues). These roles also involved the implementation of AML/CFT policies and procedures, including effective CDD and KYC, and review, analysis and organisation of data to write comprehensive investigative narratives and suspicious transaction reports.
Qualifications
Education:
- Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)
- Master of Business Administration Degree, Heriot-Watt University – Edinburgh Business School
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Management Studies (Marketing), University of the West Indies
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