LaNishka is a Partner in the Cayman Islands office of EY’s Banking & Capital Markets Sector. She has over 18 years of diversified financial services industry experience as an auditor, advisor or industry consultant primarily in The Bahamas & Cayman Islands. LaNishka specializes in financial services: retail banking, private banking, wealth management & asset management.

► She has served as engagement leader for banks, trust companies, insurance companies, SPVs and as a delegated engagement leader on listed companies and large multinationals. During this time she has helped audit committees in their governance risk management policies and procedures and provided advice on redesigning and assessing the operational effectiveness of internal control activities, including advising on changes from International Financial Reporting Standards to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the Unites States.

► She has also presented on topics such as regulatory matters cross border, anti-money laundering risk, and the new auditor reporting standards.

► LaNishka has extensive experience in assessing compliance of financial institutions with local AML Laws. Examples of her experience include:

• Designing & implementing numerous programs for assessing client’s AML policies & procedures in both banking & fund administration institutions.
• Leading regional AML engagements in Latin America, the Caribbean & North America conducting due diligence file reviews, gap analysis of local laws & regulations versus other jurisdictions & advising on & implementing remediation techniques for thousands of client files, both institutional & non-institutional.
• Regularly leading training on anti-money laundering for clients, staff as well as government regulators.
• Providing input to local regulators on proposed changes to laws & regulations.
• Serving as Chair of the Other Financial Institutions Working Group of the National Risk Assessment charged with identifying, assessing and understanding the money laundering and terrorist financing risks facing Cayman.

► LaNishka holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Accounting) Degree from Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist. She is also a member of the Cayman Islands Institute of Professional Accountants and the Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants.