ACAMS Today Magazine (Nov-Dec 2008) Vol. 7 No. 6 | Page 8

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT Charles Falciglia, CAMS Bloomfield, N.J., USA Congratulations to Charles Falciglia! Falciglia is the recipient of the 2008 ACAMS Today Article of the Year Award. Charles Falciglia oversees BSA/AML/OFAC compliance for American Bank of New Jersey in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Previously he was the security and compliance manager for the ADP Federal Credit Union. He has worked in the banking and credit union industry for 30 years in a variety of across-the-board positions including lending, collections, compliance and operations. He has worked for both small community institutions and large regional ones. Falciglia has been a member of the ACAMS Today editorial task force for two years and has written 11 articles for the magazine on a wide range of AML issues that include two cover stories. He is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. In 2005, he authored one of the most comprehensive books to date on the Electoral College, “Red State Blue State White House,” a historical statistical analysis of the presidential vote since the Civil War. Leo Hattenbach Amsterdam, Netherlands Leo Hattenbach has 17 years’ financial services experience and has worked with financial institutions in the Netherlands and abroad. He is a registered accountant (CPA equivalent) and certified fraud examiner (CFE). Prior to joining Ernst & Young in 2003, Hattenbach worked as an internal auditor for Philips and Rabobank, and as a forensic auditor for KPMG. In his current role as director in the Fraud Investigations & Dispute Services of Ernst & Young, Hattenbach specializes in the areas of anti-money laundering and OFAC compliance. He has led technical trainings for financial institutions, regulators and internally within Ernst & Young on the topics of anti-money laundering, OFAC compliance, and fraud and corruption. Hattenbach is a member of the global Ernst & Young anti-money laundering network. During the last few years, Leo has been responsible for assisting financial institutions with OFAC look-backs and providing OFAC compliance support to banks in the Netherlands and in the United Kingdom. 8 acams today | Michael Kong Jong Foek, CAMS Amsterdam, Netherlands Michael Kong Jong Foek is the compliance officer and head of the Compliance Department of Citco Bank Nederland N.V., located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Foek is responsible for the overall compliance of the Citco Banks’ branches, i nclud i ng a nt i-money lau nder i ng / compliance training in the European region. Starting in the mid-80s in the head office of Citco Bank Nederland N.V. in Amsterdam, Foek was involved with the setup of the domestic and foreign, internal audit, reconciliation, trading, controller, front and back office, and compliance departments. Appointed compliance officer around 2000, Foek screened, identified and verified new bank customers by using sophisticated compliance applications to detect sanctioned individuals and companies. Foek is closely involved with the developments of new databases to comply with new international and EU AML directives to protect Citco’s good reputation, and to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. He also provides periodical customer due diligence training to all staff. Before joining Citco, Foek worked in the financial sector of ING Bank and Hewlett Packard in Amsterdam. November / December 2008 Mohamad S. Mansour, CAMS Doha, Qatar Head of the AML/CFT unit at the Commercial Bank of Qatar, Mansour is responsible for the supervision of the AML/CFT program at Commercial Bank and its Diners Club franchises in Qatar, Egypt, Bahrain and Oman. Mansour is actively involved in introducing the latest AML/ CFT information technology solutions into the bank’s operations while enhancing the monitoring procedures implemented across the bank’s divisions. Mansour relies on e-learning courses to deliver the latest AML/ CFT training to staff along with classroom training, which he believes to be an essential part of the continuing education process. Mansour is a frequent trainer and speaker at regional and international confe ɕ