Masum Ahmed Chowdhury
Head of compliance
Masum Ahmed Chowdhury is a Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) with extensive years of experience in the AML/CFT domain, regulatory compliance, and risk management. He has proven expertise in developing and overseeing AML/CFT frameworks, conducting internal audits, managing regulatory reporting, and providing compliance advisory services. His experience spans financial institutions, banks, gold & precious metals traders, real estate, and other DNFBPs in the UAE, operating under guidelines from the UAE Central Bank, Ministry of Economy, FIU, and FATF.
Currently, Masum serves as the Head of Compliance at The Go AML Compliance Services FZE in the United Arab Emirates. In this role, he is responsible for ensuring clients' adherence to UAE AML laws and international standards, including FATF, UAE FIU, Central Bank, DFSA DIFC, and ADGM regulations. He specializes in KYC/CDD/EDD, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, and implementing AML technologies.
Masum has a strong background in liaising with regulatory authorities, conducting AML risk assessments, and designing compliance training programs to enhance corporate governance and mitigate financial crime risks for reporting entities in the UAE.
With a total of 18 years of UAE experience, Masum has worked with reputed financial institutions, banks, and DNFBPs, focusing on AML compliance, internal control, cross-border payments, remittance, cash management, and currency exchange. He holds a Master's degree in Social Science from a reputable university in Bangladesh.
