Senior Manager,
AML, MNP LLP
Mondiu Jaiyesimi is a Senior Manager in MNP’s Investigative & Forensic Services. Mondiu focuses on MNP's Anti-Money Laundering/ Anti-Terrorist Financing (AML/ATF) advisory services to help organizations reduce AML/ATF risk and stay in compliance with regulatory requirements. His past briefs with MNP have included compliance effectiveness reviews and AML remediation validation audits for credit unions, money services businesses, third party payment processors and accounting firms covering both Canadian and U.S. regulations.
Mondiu has a bachelor’s degree in Economics and holds a master’s degree in Economics from the Surrey School of Economics, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. He is also a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and a Certified Bitcoin Professional (CBP).
Prior to joining MNP, Mondiu gained extensive experience and skills in AML, financial crime compliance and complex investigations at two of the big five financial institutions in Canada, one of the big four global consulting firms, an American global consulting firm as well as three of the top four biggest banks in the United Kingdom. His briefs included transaction monitoring, enhance due diligence, sanctions circumvention, fraud detection and prevention, counter terrorist financing and compliance investigations.
Claudius Oladiran OTEGBADE, FCA(NG), CAMS,CFCS,CFE,CCI,CIPP/C
Claudius Oladiran Otegbade is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at C&G Professional Services Inc., where he leads a dynamic team in providing specialized services in anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, forensic accounting, fraud investigation, and regulatory audits. With over 14 years of experience, Claudius is a seasoned chartered accountant and financial crime consultant, known for his expertise in navigating complex financial regulations and safeguarding organizations against financial crime.
Before co-founding C&G, Claudius served as the Director for Compliance & Chief Compliance Officer at WFCU Credit Union, a prominent credit union in Ontario, Canada. Claudius's extensive experience also includes a significant tenure at two of Canada’s leading international professional services firms, MNP LLP and Grant Thornton LLP, where he specialized in Forensics/AML practice for over five years. His work in these roles earned him recognition as a trusted advisor, speaker at various financial crime conferences across Canada and also served as a pioneer board member of the Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists (ACFCS) Toronto Chapter.
A well-rounded professional, Claudius holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and an MBA from two Nigerian universities. He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Financial Crime Specialist (CFCS), Certified Forensic Investigator (CFI), Certified Bitcoin Professional (CBP), Certified Cryptocurrency Investigator (CCI), and an alumnus of the Fraud Examination and Forensic Accounting program at Seneca College, Ontario, Canada.