February’s ACAMS AML Professional of the Month was awarded to Jennifer Fiddian-Green, CAMS. Fiddian-Green was recognized for her passion and leadership in the anti-money laundering (AML) field. Fiddian-Green is a partner with Grant Thornton (GT) and leads the firm’s National Forensic and Dispute Resolution Advisory and AML practice across Canada. In addition, she is a qualified investigation and forensic accountant and an AML specialist. Fiddian-Green’s practice regularly provides AML compliance program reviews for the financial sector and the practice provides remediation, consulting, risk assessment facilitation, internal audit co-sourcing and training to reporting entities, sectors, industry associations and regulators within and outside of Canada. Fiddian-Green has 20 years of AML/counter-terrorist financing-experience in Canada and now works with entities that have multijurisdictional requirements across the globe. Today, Fiddian-Green works with clients to understand fraud and money laundering risks as well as the evolving regulatory landscape to implement strategies to prevent and detect fraud, mitigate risk and meet regulation requirements. Her current focus includes working with entities in the emerging cryptocurrency space.

Do you have a mentor who has actively influenced your anti-money laundering (AML) career path in a positive way? Does someone in your network exemplify excellence in AML? Recognize their commitment: Nominate them for ACAMS AML Professional of the Month.