Advisory Board

NetPractice has assembled an exceptional and international team of anti-money laundering professionals, power technologists, and fraud prevention experts to serve on its Advisory Board. NetPractice Advisory Board members are charged with directing and supervising the NetPractice organization to promote best-practice Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and fraud prevention services, and to guide the communication, growth and activities of its members.

Thomas Firnhaber

Compliance Manager, NetSpend Tom is responsible for the development and implementation of NetSpend’s compliance strategy and managing all aspects of the BSA/AML compliance program.  Additionally he manages enterprise wide compliance with state, federal and association regulations and requirements. He is also responsible for management of Risk and Compliance activities with NetSpend partners and distributors.

Deborah King, CAMS

Vice President and Director, Citizens Financial Group Deborah is Vice President and Director of Enterprise AML and OFAC Investigations, Citizens Financial Group, Medford, MA, USA. Deborah has oversight responsibility for AML investigations, high-risk customer identification and management, OFAC compliance, terrorist financing, and PEP management. She has been in the banking industry for more than 20 years, with experience in AML, fraud prevention, retail banking and operations. She has a BA in Economics from Boston University.

Aleksejs Truhans

IT Development, Parex Banka Aleksejs is an IT development manager at Parex Banka. He is taking part in NetEconomy centered and other AML functionality development in the Bank, as well as in other projects involving acquisition and integration of new IT systems. In his career he has been teaching programming, developing software and managing projects in the IT field. Aleksejs is based in Latvia.

Cindy Shelton Ryan, CAMS

Compliance Officer, Bank-Fund Staff Federal Credit Union Cindy is a director of the Risk Management team and is responsible for enterprise wide compliance, which includes BSA / AML / CTF / OFAC compliance. Throughout her 20 plus years in the financial services industry, she has managed all aspects of day to day branch and back office operations; she has led major project teams, implementing numerous delivery channel products and services, including e-Services. Cindy is based in Washington DC, USA.

Florisela Bentoera, CAMS

Compliance Manager, RBTT Bank Florisela is responsible for compliance operations for the Netherlands Antilles with a focus on assuring that proper preventive measures and controls are in place in relation to non-physical security aspects in the widest sense. She has the responsibility for adequate identification and verification procedures and guidelines for monitoring and reporting unusual transactions, and assure compliance with regulator’s and organization’s policy on the issue of AML & TF. She studied Dutch Law and graduated from the Catholic University in Brabant, The Netherlands. Florisela is based in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles.

Saskia Rietbroek, CAMS

Financial Crime Advisor,Fiserv Saskia is Financial Crime Advisor of Fiserv. She was the first Executive Director of the Association of Certified Anti- Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) from 2001 to 2005, which, under her leadership, grew from zero to 4,000 members worldwide. She is president of AML Services International, LLC, and serves on the Advisory Board of ACAMS and Money Laundering Alert. Saskia has an International MBA from Florida International University, and a law degree from The Netherlands and Peru. Saskia is based in Miami, FL USA.