Martin Woods

Do You Need a Motivational Speaker to Supercharge Your Event?

Your financial institution, consulting or software firm may have an in-house training session, or host a client conference. Martin Woods was the whistleblower who blew off the lid in a multi-million dollar money laundering scandal at the Wachovia Bank. He is a great addition to your program as key note speaker. Learn about Woods’ philosophical views on financial crime risk management and whistleblowing.

His is a message that should be heard by everyone affected by Financial Crime Compliance. If you need a motivational speaker to supercharge your event, Martin is the man. Everyone in AML Compliance should hear his story.

Martin Woods is the Managing Director of Hermes Forensic Solutions Ltd. a financial crime consultancy business based in London. He is an experienced fraud investigator and anti-money laundering (AML) practitioner. A former detective who imprisoned money launderers and fraudsters; he knows how they operate and think. He now applies that knowledge in the regulated sector and is an innovator in financial crime and anti-money laundering (AML) systems and controls. He has been highly commended by regulators and is internationally recognized as an outstanding presenter and trainer. He was the man who blew the whistle at Wachovia bank when he saw suspicious transactions from Mexican casas de cambio. He subsequently testified against the bank at a grand jury hearing in Miami. He worked with the police in London to develop the best in class counter terrorist finance training. He wrote the wholesale markets training module for the International compliance Association’s Financial Crime Certificate. He hasn’t changed, he remains an ideologist and an activist, he is passionate about AML and is a supporter of fellow AML professional all over the world.

Available topics:

• Confessions of A Whistleblower – The world of financial crime risk management is a fast changing dynamic, and post the Dodd Frank Act, so is the world of whistleblowing. Whistleblowing is not for everyone. Too many whistleblowers are considered traitors, and there are unhappy endings. But the world is changing, the protections are improving, as are the rewards.  Learn from him: What did Woods do? Why did he do it?  How did he do it?  Would he ever think of doing it again? And most importantly: Would you do it?
• The Challenge Of Ethical Leadership To some it’s simple, whilst to others it is not so.  Action or inaction, to say something or to say nothing. ?  What does the future hold for financial crime risk management and whistlblowing? For you and your firm? Are there thousands of questions or is there only one. What is the right thing to do here?
• Grey Matters: Right and Wrong Is Not Always Black and White Some people like grey as it is where they hide, avoiding the black and the white.  Some say laws and regulations are written in black ink on white paper – it is a simple as that, or is it?  Whisteblowing issues are often complex and the decisions can have far reaching impacts.  Learn from his experience.

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