Derick Mostert is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS). His current role is manager for systems and planning in the monitoring and analysis (M&A) division of the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) of South Africa. Mostert will be starting a three-year secondment contract with the Egmont Group Secretariat as senior officer.

Mostert started his career in the South African Police Service and held the rank of captain until 2002, when he left the service. He then joined the South African Revenue Service and was assigned to help establish the M&A division of the FIC in February 2003. Over the past 29 years, Mostert has gained extensive experience in leading multi-cultural teams in the analysis and investigation of crime and as liaison between domestic and foreign law enforcement agencies.

Mostert is the membership director for the ACAMS South Africa Chapter and was involved in the ACAMS exam review panel for the ACAMS sixth edition study guide.

He holds a police science bachelor’s degree, a criminology degree with honors and a master’s degree in forensic investigations from the University of South Africa. In addition to holding the CAMS certification, he is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and registered Commercial Forensic Practitioner (FP)SA.