MEMBER SPOTLIGHTS
Éric Lachapelle , CAMS , CFA , CPA , CRCP — Montreal , Canada
Éric Lachapelle is a partner in Regulatory Compliance and a national leader in the Financial Crimes department at KPMG in Canada . He is recognized by the industry and his peers as an expert in anti-financial crime , including fraud , anti-money laundering , corruption , economic sanctions , the common reporting standard and the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act , as well as compliance and risk management . He has been working in the Canadian financial sector in cross-functional collaboration with international organizations for more than 20 years .
Lachapelle has cutting-edge expertise in financial governance , project management , integrated systems selection and implementation , internal / independent assessment and audit , process optimization and strategic planning .
Before joining KPMG , Lachapelle was the group head for Anti-Money Laundering , Economic Sanctions and Tax Evasion for a top six Canadian financial institution , where he built and led a team of more than 150 employees with multidisciplinary profiles . His team ’ s work covered governance framework , regulatory watch , operations , business intelligence , modeling and configuration of technological tools , relations with regulatory authorities and with decision-making bodies , in addition to leading a large number of strategic projects and programs . Lachapelle also held various positions in the financial services industry , notably in risk , technology and management consulting , as well as program / project management across the banking , insurance , brokerage and asset management sectors .
Lachapelle strongly believes education is of the utmost importance and is actively involved in the industry and financial community as a speaker , trainer and lecturer . He was a co-founder and past co-chair of the ACAMS Montreal Chapter , co-founder of the Quebec Financial Crimes Table , member of the Advisory Committee on Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing , member of the Money Laundering Contact Group Committee and member of the Major Reporters with the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada ( FINTRAC ).
Lachapelle received a Master of Science in Finance from the University of Sherbrooke and an executive Certified Regulatory and Compliance Professional ( CRCP ) designation from Wharton Business School in Pennsylvania . In addition , he holds the following designations : Chartered Financial Analyst ( CFA ), Certified Public Accountant ( CPA ), Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist ( CAMS ) and Global Compact Network Canada ’ s ( GCNC ) anticorruption designation .
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