Karim Rajwani

Currently Mr. Rajwani is an independent Financial Crimes Consultant and is also the advisory boards of several NGOs/NPOs focused on fighting human trafficking and child sexual exploitation. 

Mr. Rajwani was the SVP, Chief Operating Officer at Scotiabank, leading the bank’s Financial Crime remediation activities including transaction monitoring and screening. Mr. Rajwani also had global responsibility for AML Threat Intelligence, as well as the Strategic Planning, Project Management Office and the AML Solution Delivery. 

Mr. Rajwani was previously the AML Advisor at various Fintech firms and Major Financial Institutions. Prior to that was he was the Global Head of Financial Crime Investigations and Intelligence, the Global Head of Financial Crime Technology Strategy, and the UK Money Laundering Reporting Officer at Deutsche Bank. In this role Mr. Rajwani was also responsible for the AML remediation program in response to regulatory actions as well as major client investigations.

Mr. Rajwani was also the Chief Anti-Money Laundering for the RBC Financial Group (RBC), where he oversaw the design, implementation and the day-to-day management of the Anti Money Laundering, Sanctions, Anti Bribery and Corruption and High-Risk Client Management) Programs for more than 15 years. In addition, he was responsible for the AML Compliance, Investigations and Data Science teams globally.   

Mr. Rajwani also has significant experience in financial crime technology, managing artificial teams as well as developing strategies for tacking human trafficking and child sexual exploitation. Including leading a number public-private partnership. Mr. Rajwani continues to advise Fintech as well as NGOs/NPOs.

In addition to his risk management experience, Mr. Rajwani is a Chartered Accountant both in Canada as well as the UK and has worked for various Financial Institutions, Chartered Accounting and Management Consulting firms.  In these roles, he has overseen the implementation of several enterprise-wide risk management and compliance initiatives and in total 40 years of risk management, compliance, audit, and financial accounting experience. 

Mr. Rajwani was also a member of the Advisory Council on National Security for the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada between 2009 and 2012. He created and the Co-Chaired the Canadian Chapter of the Association of Certified Anti Money Specialists (ACAMS) and is a member of the Advisory Board of ACAMS, The Knoble and the Anti Human Trafficking Intelligence Initiative. Mr. Rajwani is also a lecturer and international speaker including at the UN, training law enforcement, ACAMs and Case Western University’s Masters in Financial Integrity.