David Cafferty

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.

Lisa Kelaart-Courtney

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.