Business risk consultancy Redwood Offshore has appointed Paul Robinson as Head of Financial Crime.
Paul will join the firm’s compliance and anti-money laundering consultancy team, advising businesses in Guernsey most at risk of enabling money laundering – including financial services firms and estate agents – on the most effective way to manage financial crime risks.
He will also oversee Redwood’s provision of outsourced money laundering reporting officers, money laundering compliance officers and nominated officers.
An experienced anti-money laundering practitioner, Paul was most recently employed by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission as an Assistant Director in the financial crime division.
While at the Commission, he took a lead role in developing the revised Handbook on Countering Financial Crime and Terrorist Financing for financial services and prescribed businesses in Guernsey.
He was also responsible for developing the financial crime risk return and the Commission’s internal processes for the assessment and rating of businesses inherent financial crime risk.
Paul is qualified in police and criminal investigation and fraud management, and is also a certified financial crime specialist.