Ulrich de la Paz, CAMS, has been working in the banking sector for 10 years, of which seven years have been spent in the compliance area. He is currently, the assistant compliance office manager of Maduro & Curiel’s Bank N.V., the leading bank in Curacao, with subsidiaries in Aruba, Bonaire and St. Maarten. He oversees the daily AML/CTF monitoring and reporting of unusual transaction, gives support to the subsidiaries of the bank in the Caribbean region and is conducting bank wide AML/CTF/KYC training sessions.

He is CAMS certified since September 2009 and is currently the chairman of the Association of Compliance Officers of Curacao (ACCUR). ACCUR organizes seminars, lectures and panel sessions for its members and non-members to keep abreast with the current developments in the compliance field and recent threats.

Ulrich’s recent accomplishment was co-chairing of the 7th CRCA conference held in St. Maarten on November 2013, where he had a terrific networking opportunity with compliance professionals in the Caribbean region. He is currently a member of the Caribbean Regional Compliance Association steering committee for the upcoming conference, as the chairman of ACCUR.