Compliance as a competitive advantage.

Rhonda Callender is a versatile and highly experienced governance and compliance professional with more than twenty years of experience across the international business and financial services sectors.

Her multidisciplinary expertise spans corporate governance, regulatory compliance, board advisory, risk oversight and governance framework development. Rhonda brings extensive practical experience in compliance management, anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CFT), risk management and regulatory policy implementation.

Throughout her career, she has worked with regulated entities, international business companies, and insurance structures to strengthen governance frameworks and enhance regulatory compliance environments. Her professional background also includes experience in trust administration, corporate administration, private equity administration and development banking.

Rhonda's advisory work focuses on supporting organizations in establishing robust governance structures, implementing effective compliance monitoring programmes and developing policies aligned with international standards and evolving regulatory expectations. She has also delivered training and advisory support to senior management and boards to enhance governance oversight and promote strong compliance cultures.

Her approach combines deep technical knowledge of regulatory frameworks with practical implementation experience, enabling organizations to navigate complex regulatory landscapes while strengthening transparency, accountability and board effectiveness.

Rhonda holds several internationally recognized professional designations, including the International Diploma in Compliance from Manchester Business School. She is a Chartered Secretary and Chartered Governance Professional and holds both the Certificate and Diploma in Offshore Finance and Administration from The Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland (formerly ICSA). She also holds the Chartered Director (C.Dir.) designation from the Caribbean Governance Training Institute.

Rhonda is a Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute and a Fellow of the International Compliance Association (ICA), United Kingdom, and is deeply committed to advancing strong governance and regulatory compliance practices both nationally and internationally.

Louis Parris has an extensive and successful background in commercial banking, having worked for over 30 years for Barclays bank in areas such as training, risk analysis, lending and operations. This experience encompasses many managerial roles in several Caribbean islands and up to the level of Senior Caribbean Marketing Manager at the Regional Head office.

On leaving Barclays, Louis earned his Advanced Compliance qualification from the UK based International Compliance Association in association with the Manchester Business School and is an ICA Fellow. He has also acquired the CAMS and advanced CAMS-Audit qualifications from the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS).

Subsequently Louis entered the consulting field and has specialized in the areas of AML Compliance Audits, Training, Lending Risk Analysis Training, Policy Formulation and Entrepreneurial Training up to the present. He has also become a certified assessor for the Barbados Technical, Vocational, Education and Training Council (TVET) which offers an extensive range of NVQ qualifications. Louis has provided training in risk assessment to the Eastern Caribbean Institute of Banking, external assessor services to TVET Council and entrepreneurial consultation to Barbados Youth Entrepreneurship Scheme.

Louis has enjoyed the widespread positive feedback from writing a series of articles in the Barbados Business Authority which seek to give the public an appreciation of the AML compliance issues which affect the economy and individuals. He has also published an article in the UK journal "Money Laundering Bulletin" and is the author of a whitepaper published by ACAMS entitled "Validating and Quantifying the Qualitative Elements of Customer Risk in the Insurance Space". He has also delivered a guest lecture at the University of The West Indies on the topic "Detecting and Visualizing Emerging Trends, Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing: The Risks of Electronic Money".