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".