Shelly Forde
Shelly Forde is a Turks and Caicos Islands attorney and regulatory compliance professional with over a decade of experience in financial services, anti-money laundering (AML), corporate governance, and financial crime prevention. Her career spans the Caribbean and United States, where she has held senior legal, regulatory, compliance, and advisory positions across regulated industries.
Admitted to the Bar of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Shelly has served as an MLRO/MLCO, Compliance Director, and Registrar of Companies, Trademarks and Patents at the Turks and Caicos Islands Financial Services Commission. Her experience encompasses trust and corporate services, legal practice, financial services, and government regulation.
She currently serves as Compliance Director for U.S.-based organizations, overseeing multi-jurisdictional regulatory obligations, compliance management systems, consumer protection, and regulatory risk. She also provides independent regulatory compliance and AML advisory services through her consultancy, Shell Compliance.
Shelly has contributed to Caribbean professional organizations, serving as Vice President of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), Turks and Caicos Islands branch; Secretary of the Association of Company Managers and Agents (ACMA); and Marketing, Promotions and Assistant Secretary of the Compliance Association of the Turks and Caicos Islands (CATC).
Shelly holds a Master of Laws, a Master of Science in Finance, and professional certifications including CAMS and Advanced CAMS–Risk Management. She remains committed to strengthening regulatory compliance, effective governance, and financial crime prevention throughout the Caribbean and United States.