Experience

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  Financial Intelligence Centre

  • South Africa

  • Manager Supervision & Enforcement

    • Nov 2022 - Present
    • South Africa

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  Advocate

  • Pretoria Area, South Africa

  • Advocate & FICA + NCA & POPI Consultant

    • Mar 2015 - Nov 2022
    • Pretoria Area, South Africa

    Consulting on NCA, FICA,and Consumer related matters. Advising on FICA and NCA compliance and drafting of Internal Rules and providing training in these areas.

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  Financial Intelligence Centre

  • Pretoria

  • Enforcement Specialist

    • Feb 2012 - Feb 2015
    • Pretoria

    FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTRE (FIC) – 6 FEBRUARY 2012 TO DATE:Employed at the FIC as Enforcement Specialist. Providing lead and advice on inspections and enforcement. Responsible for setting up procedures and policies, training of internal staff, groundbreaking and precedent setting cases and getting enforcement framework from the ground. Responsible for administrative sanctions and enforcement of the FIC Act. Provide training to other institutions regarding money laundering and compliance with the Act and act as coordinator with these institutions.

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  National Credit Regulator

  • Manager: Enforcement and EXCO Member

    • 2006 - 2012

    On 1 June 2006 I was appointed as Manager: Investigations and Prosecutions of the newly-established National Credit Regulator (“NCR”), which took over the functions, obligations and responsibilities of the Micro Finance Regulatory Council (“MFRC”) whilst increasing its mandate to regulating all credit transactions and credit granting institutions, debt counsellors and credit bureaux. I am also responsible for all the NRC’s litigation – over and above my managerial and prosecutorial functions. I was part of the Executive Committee (Exco). My functions and duties included managing the investigation and prosecution process, setting up of policies procedures and systems, devising and implementing strategy for the department, ensuring compliance with the National Credit Act, issuing Compliance Notices and other tools of enforcement, interface with National Consumer Tribunal, managing criminal cases in co-operation with the SAPS and piloting such cases through the prosecution process, managing external counsel and external investigation firms acting on behalf of the NRC and conducting media interviews. I have managed 500 formal investigations and numerous Tribunal and Court interventions and I have also appeared at these forums. Experience in both and internal and external model for investigations and enforcement.I have made numerous presentations on the NCR and the National Credit Act both in South Africa and in the international arena. I form part of the regulators forum looking into matters of enforcement across various Regulators and I form part of the international working group on Consumer Empowerment and Market Conduct. The NCR has embarked on a Business Process Re-engineering project and I have been instrumental in that process and the implementation of this project. I have gained extensive experience in the setting up of new departments at both the NCR and the MFRC and the implementation of policies and procedures.

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  Micro Finance Regulatory Council

  • Manager Investigations and Enforcement

    • Jul 2000 - May 2006

    I was employed as Manager of Investigations and Prosecutions, where my basic duties included managing the pre-investigation, mandate, investigation, disciplinary hearing/prosecution, appeal and High Court Review processes, assist Senior Counsel in respect of High Court Cases undertaken by and against the MFRC, advising on draft legislation and regulations, conducting training, workshops and media briefings, advising the MFRC’s management team and Board on enforcement and legal issues, training SAPS members and Prosecutors on relevant legislation, preside at internal disciplinary hearings of personnel, and other usual management functions. I have managed over 1500 investigations, 300 disciplinary proceedings and 100 criminal cases.

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  Department of Justice

  • Senior State Advocate, Private Secretary to Ministers of Justice, Prosecutor

    • Dec 1981 - Jun 2000

    INVESTIGATIVE DIRECTORATE: SERIOUS ECONOMIC OFFENCES: 1996 - 2000I headed teams investigating serious economic offences, such teams having members from Department of Justice and SAPS officials as well as forensic auditors where necessary, focussing on white collar crime. The investigation of serious economic offences entailed gathering and evaluating evidence, considering legal aspects and implications, compiling reports to the Minister of Justice and the relevant Directors of Public Prosecutions, including recommendations on regarding criminal prosecutions as well as improving existing systems. I have also prosecuted in such matters.DEPARTMENT AND MINISTRY OF JUSTICE: I started my career at the Department of Justice as a clerk in the criminal and civil court and served in a number of clerical positions, until being promoted to the position of Private Secretary to Director General; Justice. I ultimately served as Private Secretary to Ministers Kobie Coetsee and Dullah Omar.