Richard Berkhout
FATF

Richard Berkhout works as an administrator at the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in Paris. The FATF is a policy making body comprised of countries from across the globe. It is the international standard setter in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing. Mr. Berkhout’s work concentrates on assessing jurisdictions’ compliance with the FATF Recommendations, facilitating FATF meetings and conducting outreach for the FATF.

Before joining the FATF in 2006, Richard Berkhout worked at the Dutch Ministry of Finance as a senior policy advisor for anti money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism. He was the deputy head of the delegation of the Netherlands to the FATF, as well as the alternate head of delegation to the Caribbean FATF and Moneyval, the Caribbean and European FATF Style Regional Bodies. Further, he has experience in establishing and improving national anti money laundering frameworks.

Holding a degree in political science and constitutional law from the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, Richard Berkhout has also worked as an assistant of a Member of European Parliament and a management trainee for the government of the Netherlands.