Derrick Paterson

I have over 15 years experience as a Money Laundering Reporting Officer (or Deputy) and risk manager. Both roles require me to assess risks and mitigation; foster commitment; design and implement clear, practical and accessible policies and procedures and monitor and review procedures. My biggest success was creating a CDD process that can be used by any level of staff for any client.

I develop and implement training, including electronic learning modules introducing data protection, independence, misuse of information, money laundering and professional ethics. My greatest success was developing and running a file interrogation course, which lasted two week and trained IT specialists and auditors to be computer auditors.

I work with others to help them resolve their problems, including transferring skills to equip them to tackle future issues. Through honesty, I build trust - essential when working with users to develop clear, easy-to-use solutions that are practical and efficient without leaving loose ends. I enjoy developing and presenting training.

My auditor’s eye gives me an objective vision of potential future issues. An original thinker and “map maker” breaking trail for my colleagues; I quickly relate new a new obligation to existing processes and adapt systems to the new requirements. I relish distilling complicated theoretical and abstract ideas and combining them with practical experience to find risk-based solutions to complex problems.