Sameera Dawood-Bhagwan

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Title

Divisional head of AML/CFT

Biography

Sameera Dawood-Bhagwan is the Divisional Head for AML/CFT in the Prudential Authority of the South African Reserve Bank.  This Division is responsible for AML/CFT supervision of the banks and life insurers, including on-site and off-site supervision. She is an admitted attorney and has over 12 years collective experience working in various AML/CFT roles at financial institutions as well as the Financial Intelligence Centre. She is also a co-chair of the FATF Immediate outcome 3 and 4 working group which feeds into the Inter-Departmental Committee chaired by National Treasury.