Katrina has been in the financial services industry since 1995 and has a wealth of experience in the regulation and development of financial markets.

Prior to joining CCL she worked with the Dubai Financial Services Authority (“DFSA’) where she assisted with the review of the Nasdaq Dubai (formerly known as the Dubai International Financial Exchange) application to become authorised.  She went onto advise on and apply a number of DFSA rulebooks.

Before joining the DFSA, Katrina spent five years working with the London Stock Exchange (“LSE”) where she worked in a number of key regulatory areas including; the UK Listing Authority (now part of the UK Financial Services Authority), the Investigations Unit and the Regulatory Development Unit.  She also held senior business development roles at the LSE and a corporate finance boutique in Paris.

She holds a first class honours degree in Economics and is a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI).

David Cafferty has over 20 years experience in the fields of corporate governance, financial crime, compliance, anti-money laundering and accounting. A UK police-trained financial investigator and fraud examiner, he is also a Chartered Management Accountant and a Certified Fraud Examiner.

David is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountant’s (CIMA) Technical Advisory Group (specialising in financial crime and money laundering); a member of the UK Consultative Committee of Accounting Bodies (CCAB) Money Laundering Working Group; a member of the Institute of Money Laundering Prevention Officers; a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners; and a member of the UK Fraud Advisory Panel. He is also a member of the European Corporate Governance Institute, a member of Hawkamah – the Institute of Corporate Governance, and is registered as an “expert” with the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

He is an international speaker on subjects relating to corporate governance, financial crime, compliance, counter terrorist financing, and money laundering and is a regular contributor to journals, magazines and newspapers on the same subjects. He has appeared on television in the UK and overseas as a subject matter specialist and has written a number of books in relation to Fraud Risk Management and Anti-Money Laundering, as well as developing a Fraud Risk Management Model which was recommended for use by the United Nations.

His professional activities includes 5 years with the third largest Fraud squad in the UK and a number of years acting as a trainer, investigator and consultant in the fields of forensic accounting, corporate governance, financial crime, compliance, and money laundering.

Specialist assignments include criminal cases of serious or complicated frauds, major money laundering and asset recovery inquiries. Industry experience includes local and central government, law enforcement (in the UK and Overseas), professional bodies, oil and gas, communications, IT, energy, hospitality, manufacturing, construction, financial services, banking, leisure, and transport.

Assignments and speaking engagements have seen David working in many countries around the world and, for example, recent engagements include visits to the UK, Germany, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Hong Kong, Singapore, Pakistan, and the UAE.

Clare’s specialisation is training individuals on the various roles and responsibilities of the key regulated functions in a financial services firm - such as the role of the Compliance Officer and Money Laundering Reporting Officer.

Clare has been in the Financial Services industry since 1996. She has held the role of registered Compliance Officer, MLRO and Data Protection Officer for firms in the investment banking and private equity sectors as well as being employed by the London Stock Exchange ("LSE") monitoring the market for abuses and assisting member firms with ongoing Compliance with LSE rules.

During 2006 and 2007 Clare worked for the Dubai Mercantile Exchange ("DME") as Director of Membership Surveillance and was instrumental in setting up the DME's membership department including advising potential members on applications and Dubai regulations as well as helping to establish the DME's surveillance procedures. Clare joined CCL's Dubai office in October 2007.
 
Clare is a Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) and holds a LLB Hons Law degree from Kings College London.

After graduating from City University with a BSc in Business Studies, Nick joined HSBC and spent eleven years there as a Fixed Income Options Trader. Over the years he traded options on all G7 government bonds and futures and managed the risk on complex portfolios of derivative risk. As well as trading, Nick was also heavily involved with the sales side of the business, specifically with Asian Central Banks who traded huge volumes in bond options from 2000-2004.
Nick also spent time as a proprietary trader for the bank, taking positions away from the client business to generate revenue. During his last two years at HSBC Nick managed the US Dollar swaption, caps and floors business for the bank in London.
Nick specialises in financial markets and products training across all asset classes, with a particular focus on trading and sales. He brings his experience from the dealing room to the classroom, thus providing a practical focus to courses. During his time as a trainer Nick has worked with Goldman Sachs, BarCap, BNP Paribas, HSBC, Merrill Lynch and JPMorgan Chase.

Randa helps prepare individuals towards their Chartered Financial Analyst - CFA (Levels I and II), and Certified Management Accountant - CMA qualifications. With a finance and accountancy background and experience in commercial banking and finance, Randa brings a practical focus to her training courses.

Randa has also produced and delivered bespoke courses on IPOs, debt instruments, financial statement analysis - with focus on the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) conceptual framework, rules of recognition, measurement, valuation, disclosure and the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting requirements - for both Government  institutions and banks.

She has also prepared students for the ‘Certificate in Investment Management’ (CertIM), a Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI) qualification, and the ‘Associate of the Institute of Canadian Bankers’ (AICB) a Canadian Securities Institute (CSI) qualification.

In addition Randa runs entrepreneurial development and mentoring programs delivered independently and in association with Government bodies, and with the participation of venture capitalists in the region and Europe. Randa holds a PhD in Finance (Cum Laude) and a Master Degree of Money and Banking.

Dr Tahir, is a founding partner at Euronile Capital Ltd, an independent consulting firm providing niche market advisory in MENA. He is also a non-Executive Director at Prosperitus Capital Partners LLP, a private equity and alternative investments advisory. Prior to joining Euronile Capital, Dr Tahir worked for the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) in a senior role and developed competency-based training for the NASDAQ Dubai, and assisted in business and product development as well as specialist research assignments relating to Islamic capital markets. Dr Tahir has many years of experience in the areas of Gulf capital market regulations and compliance, and outsourced business development. His recent industry research has covered GCC financial markets, and securitised Sukuk products, and presented this work at the Eighth Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance. Dr Tahir holds a PhD in Banking and Finance from University of London, and was a Research Associate at the London School of Economics from 1995-2001.

Christopher Hobbs has held senior compliance and anti-money laundering positions in a number of US and European financial services institutions including Lehman Brothers, Smith Barney, ING Barings and Danske Bank.

With an accountancy background and more than 20 years’ experience in investment banking, securities, derivatives, corporate banking and asset management, Christopher has an excellent understanding of the issues facing financial services firms and provides expert technical advice and effective implementation strategies across a broad range of regulatory compliance issues. He has engaged closely, and enjoys an excellent reputation, with regulators, exchanges and law enforcement agencies.

Before joining CCL Lisa held the post of Associate Director in Supervision with the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), the independent regulator of financial services for the Dubai International Financial Centre.

Lisa’s primary role was to provide effective supervision to the regulated community of the DIFC and had the specific responsibility for the supervision of banking entities and insurance firms, intermediaries and managers and participated in the creation, drafting and revision of a number of rules and regulations. Further, she was the DFSA representative to the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS), holding membership positions on the Technical Committee, Insurance Fraud, Financial Conglomerates and Reinsurance Subcommittees and was a contributing author drafting IAIS guidance papers on money laundering, abuse of insurers, regulation of captive insurance and the like.

Lisa participates as an Advisor with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a variety of financial services missions and holds a number of academic and professional qualifications including  a MBA with Insurance and Finance specialisations.

After an interesting but brief career as an offshore oilfield engineer, Dave qualified as a chartered accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers. He then joined the PwC technical accounting team, responsible for resolving accounting queries, and training the rest of the firm in accounting developments.
Post PwC, Dave has been working in the city, developing, designing and delivering finance related training programmes for bankers, lawyers and accountants.
Dave covers all areas of financial accounting and analysis, from basic first principles through to accounting for complex off balance sheet arrangements and derivatives, under IFRS, US and UK GAAP.

Martin has trained CISI qualifications for almost 20 years, and is one of the world’s most experienced CISI trainers. He is expert at keeping his audience motivated and focused on the task, leading to exceptional success rates. Martin has run numerous courses in the UAE – he regularly tutors candidates for the International Investment Award, the DIFC Rules and Regulations examination, and other CISI qualifications including the Certificates in Investment Management, Securities and Derivatives.

Martin is a fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) and a qualified accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW). Martin qualified as an accountant with a forerunner of the global accountancy firm Ernst and Young in London, where he was involved in auditing financial institutions that subsequently became parts of HSBC, UBS and Citigroup. After qualifying, Martin started training others, initially training aspiring accountants and then moving into training in the City of London. It was during this period that Martin first started training towards the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment examinations, introducing innovative training techniques and materials.

Martin rose to become Managing Director of a substantial City of London training entity, with a full-time faculty of 15. During his tenure, Martin also began training internationally – particularly in the Middle East and Asia.

During the internet boom, Martin became heavily involved in e-learning and developed a ‘blended’ learning course for the CISI’s Certificate in Securities whilst working as Global Head of Content at venture capital funded firm Wide Learning.

Martin then spent two years at the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment  where he was an Associate Director and ran the publications division, the business development team and numerous train-the-trainer courses. Martin continues to be very active at the CISI, he is senior editor for a number of the CISI’s official workbooks, runs train-the-trainer courses to assist in the CISI’s accreditation process for training organisations, and sits on the CISI’s Examination Board.

Rob has extensive City teaching experience. He has been involved in training accountants toward their ACA qualification in addition to training delegates towards their FSA regulatory qualifications, SII and CFA qualifications. Rob has also produced several bespoke finance courses for investment banks and private equity groups. At CTG Rob specialises in products and the capital markets.

Rob has a background in structural engineering and he also holds a Commerce and Business degree. Rob worked for a number of years for a large Australian property group as a part of the finance team. During that time, one of Rob’s specialisms was project finance and he was involved with the financing and structuring of the group’s large capital projects.

Kevin is a highly skilled individual with expertise in private client business including investment management, project management and training strategy gained through over 30 years of practical hands on experience within a large global bank where he held a number of senior management positions.

His key areas of experience have included private client investment management, investment administration and dealing, settlement and custody. Kevin also has a high degree of specialist knowledge in areas such as financial planning, estate and tax planning, probates, trusts and managing unquoted assets such as property, land and business assets.

Kevin operates his own consultancy and training company specialising in custom made solutions to clients learning and development needs.

His clients include many of the leading companies in London’s financial markets  for whom he provides teaching towards the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment’s post graduate Diploma in Investment Operations,  together with a wide range of investment and administration subjects.

He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, a Senior Technical Advisor for them and has written a number of their UK and international exam workbooks.  He also undertakes training of newly accredited trainers for the Institute’s international exams throughout Europe & the Middle East.

Natalie Schoon is Head of Product Development at Bank of London and The Middle East Plc (BLME), a stand-alone, wholesale, Shariah-compliant bank based in the City of London. In addition, Natalie is an accredited trainer for the CISI - IFQ. Natalie has been working for international financial organisations since the start of her career. She holds a PhD in Residual Income Models and the Valuation of Conventional and Islamic Banks. Natalie began her career in Islamic finance in the mid-1990s while working in Bahrain, Kuwait and the UAE.

Mark graduated from St John’s Oxford in 1986 and entered the banking world, training with JP Morgan in New York and subsequently working with one of JP Morgan’s London based affiliates.  He then worked with merchant banks Hill Samuel and Charterhouse Bank.
Mark has a very broad background in credit analysis, lending and structured finance, having, over a 14 year period in banking, variously been a credit and bond analyst; loan portfolio manager; project finance originator, arranger and adviser.  Mark has also arranged and led a management buyout of a Sheffield based business.
As a trainer Mark has worked with numerous global investment banks, commercial banks and accounting firms, developing and delivering specialist training programs focused on debt structuring, modelling and project finance.