Board directors or bored directors?

The C-suite – does the ‘C’ stand for ‘Cussed’? It is a descriptor that many an MLRO would attach to senior managers, especially when advised that they need to attend AML/CFT training. Sue Grossey offers tips on how to handle this class of bright but difficult students.

Susan Grossey may be contacted on +44 (0)1223 563636, susan@thinkingaboutcrime.com, www.thinkingaboutcrime.com

Recently I was filling in some forms, and I had to give my occupation. I have lots of options – company director, researcher, consultant, even writer – but I always go straight for the one that I see as most central to my working life: financial trainer. (Not quite as accurate as I’d like, but can you imagine a bank or credit card company being delighted to welcome an application from an “anti-money laundering trainer”? Exactly. So I leave it slightly fuzzy.) Training is the core of my business and – I think – the activity for which I am best known.