By PAUL O’DONOGHUE, Senior Correspondent
ALAN Ketley, the executive secretary of the Wolfsberg Group, will retire from his position with the banking group at the end of the year.
The group is now seeking candidates to fill the role, with an application deadline of 26 August.
Announcing the decision, Mr Ketley said he had been “honoured” to work at the organisation, an association of 12 global banks which aims to develop financial crime frameworks and guidance for other lenders.
“It’s been my honour to serve in this role for nearly three years,” he said today (Tuesday).
“I’m a big believer in the value that the Wolfsberg Group has been bringing to supervisors, standard setters and practitioners in the financial crime risk management space.”
Mr Ketley urged anyone interested in taking on his role at the Wolfsberg Group and taking the organisation “into its second 25 years” to apply before the 26 August deadline.
Mr Ketley was appointed to the position of executive secretary in August 2021.
He is a financial services veteran, having held a variety of senior positions in AML compliance in multiple international lenders including HSBC, JPMorgan, Société Générale, and most recently MUFG
Mr Ketley has been active with Wolfsberg projects during most of his compliance career, including serving as the Co-Chair of the Correspondent Banking Due Diligence Questionnaire Steering Committee following its launch in 2017.
In its own post on LinkedIn, the Wolfsberg Group said: “Our executive secretary Alan Ketley will be retiring at the end of the year so we’re looking for the right person to step in and take over the role.”
The organisation said the role of executive secretary “is the ‘voice’ of Wolfsberg and engages with senior bankers, regulators, standard setters, and financial services executives”.
“If you have the requisite experience and background and want to make a difference in the evolution of the financial crime risk management environment, please apply without delay before the 26th August deadline,” the group said.
Full details of the role requirements can be found HERE:
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