Sanjanabye Suddhoo

• Perform/Review KYC checks based on applicable regulations for entities/structures
• Perform/Review World checks, Risk screening and Sanctions searches
• Write compliance advices to assess the potential risk of a prospective client before onboarding
• Perform periodic compliance reviews to ensure that files are complete and compliant with CDD requirements
• To provide support in identifying, analysing and disseminating the latest global regulatory information
• Monitor the operations department with regards to compliance with processes, policies, procedures and standards
• Provided guidance, advice and training to improve business' understanding of related laws and regulatory requirements to first line (operations)
• Prepared training programs (e.g onboarding) to improve compliance at all levels.
• Wrote and presented compliance reports outlining findings and recommendations for the business
• Improved company policies and standards to outline ethical, safe and efficient procedures.
• Scheduled and conducted evaluations of company policies, procedures and internal control structures.

Handling of corporate claims for the lines of business Property and Engineering, from the first notification of loss to the final payment

Some of the list of duties include:

• · Verifying if the claim is compliant with the insurance programme and analysing the claim, that is, the causes and circumstances, checking the policy, the application of local laws or conventions where required
• · Systematically checking Compliance issues about the Insured and corresponding beneficiary that is examining whether the person is a politically Exposed Peron (PEP) or the entity is a sanctioned one or not
• · Verifying the existing international Economic Sanctions, that is, the trade and financial sanctions imposed by either the US, EU, WTO or UN on a particular country and checking if a country forms part of the GAFI list or not
• · Checking the Anti-Money Laundering sanctions in line with EU/UN/WTO laws, when a payment is made to dertermine the compliance risk of the claim
• · Keeping up-to-date with international sanctions and applying them into the day-to-day operations of the business

Internship

Worked in the law department which primarily comprised of undertaking :

• Legal research on type bank sureties which exist and,
• Researching on different laws applicable to bank sureties in Mauritius including researching on case laws about the topic concerned

Internship at Collendavelloo Chambers

• Accompanying barristers in court
• Attending cases
• Summarising the proceedings
• Undertaking legal research on upcoming and ongoing cases

Main modules covered :

• Legal Aspects of Finance (AML/CFT rules & regulations)
• Corporate Governance
• Droits des Obligations
• Corporate Law,
• Law of Insolvency
• Law of Trusts and Revenue Law
• 'Contrats speciaux'
• Business Ethics and Good Governance

Subjects taken : Mathematics, Economics, Accounting, French and General Paper

School Certificate

Subjects taken : Mathematics, English, French, Additional Mathematics, Economics, Accounting, Physics, Chemistry