The Chamber of Commerce’s Professional Development & Training Centre (PD&TC) has posted its 2013 training courses online at www.caymanchamber.ky/training Persons and organisations are encouraged to visit the website in order to start planning their training strategy for the New Year and ensure their employees are in the know. Courses starting the year are:

January 15 Anti-Money Laundering

January 16 & 17 The New Supervisor

January 22 The Exceptional Receptionist

January 24 & 25 Basic Accounting Made Easier

The first course for the year on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) is designed to assist Board of Director members, CEOs and other Senior Management staff to have a better understanding of the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) inherent risks and controls to enable them to assess information reported by the MLRO, Senior Management, and the Auditor, and exercise effective oversight over the AML/CTF programme. This one day course will tackle a mélange of detailed topics where participants will examine the legal and regulatory framework in which they operate and manage.

 “The US Patriot Act, the EU Money Laundering Directives I-III, the UK Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) and the Cayman Proceeds of Crime Law (POCL), and other regulations all place companies under the obligation to monitor and report suspicious financial transactions. Financial and Non-financial institutions are obligated to comply with these laws to avoid regulatory repercussions and it is essential that senior management understand and ensure that their organizations do not run afoul of these regulations. Non-compliance can be very costly and staying abreast of regulatory developments such as provided in this AML course is a prudent investment for companies,” comments Gregg Anderson, Chamber Instructor.

 Gregg Anderson has a unique 32-year background that includes various strategy, operations, sales, marketing and finance roles. He holds a Masters in Business Administration M.B.A., from Queens University, Canada, a Bachelor of Science with honours from Anglia Ruskin University, UK, the Canadian Securities Certificate from the Canadian Securities Institute (CSI), and the Certified Management Consultant (CMC), professional designation from the Canadian Association of Management Consultants (CAMC). Mr. Anderson is a member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS), and also a member of the American Writers and Artists Institute (AWAI).

Persons interested in future training courses at the Chamber may visit the website

www.caymanchamber.ky for a list of sessions. For further details, please email Tiffany Dixon-Ebanks, Programmes Manager, at [email protected].

About the Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce & PD&TC: The Chamber of Commerce was established in 1965 and represents over 700 businesses and associations from every major industry sector in the Cayman Islands. The PD&TC is a division of the Chamber which delivers high quality and cost effective training courses to members as well as the general community. Standard training course fees are as follows:

One-day courses cost $150 for Chamber Members and $225 for Future Members.

Two-day courses cost $225 for Chamber Members and $300 for Future Members.

Photo: Gregg Anderson (at back) conducts custom session with employees of Itaú Private Bank in December 2012