A Step-by-Step Guide to KYC and CDD on Complex Structures
Know your customer (KYC) and Customer due diligence (CDD) helps in understanding how to mitigate the AML risks associated with customer acquisition and retention activities.
This seminar is a detailed guide on how to identify and obtain adequate verification during the KYC/ CDD process.
Emphasis is placed on the 2 most complicated areas of CDD: identification and verification of the Source of Wealth and source of funds and the distinction between the 2 and CDD on complex structures.
Compliance and AML Compliance Officers of Banks, Ifs, Fund and Fund Managers as well as front line officers of firms in the financial services sector.
Instructor
Olivia Parpa
Olivia Parpa has studied Law at Bristol University and then trained to qualify as a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ACA). She obtained her practical experience at Langley & Partners in London and then started off her career as a CFO in a private company. She currently the Managing Director of a large financial institution in Cyprus, having also performed the role of the Compliance Officer as of 2009. Her current duties include overseeing the Compliance and Risk function of the financial institution and the application of the money laundering and corporate governance regulations.
Olivia is a long-standing associate of UNIC Global Training, having delivered lectures for many professional structured courses and seminars. Seminar topics that she has delivered in the past include the role of the Compliance Unit, the Money Laundering Unit and the Risk Unit as well as the application of the Corporate Governance rules of the Cyprus Stock Exchange. ACA courses delivered by Olivia for UNIC Global Training include Business & Finance,Business Strategy, Law and Case Study. Since the MiFID application in Cyprus 2007, she has been the leading UNIC Global Training lecturer for the Cyprus Investment Firm Employees’ certification issued by CySEC.
