Claudius is an AML and sanctions consultant with over 15 years’ experience across anti-money laundering, forensic accounting, fraud investigation, and regulatory audits. Before co-founding C&G, he spent five years in the AML practices of MNP LLP and Grant Thornton LLP, and most recently served as Director, Compliance at WFCU Credit Union in Ontario. Earlier, he was an auditor with PKF International in Nigeria and a forensic auditor to indigenous oil and gas firms.
He has led AML effectiveness reviews and gap analyses for PCMLTFA-regulated entities — financial institutions, credit unions, MSBs, precious metals and stones dealers, and securities dealers — covering policies and procedures, risk assessments, transaction monitoring, and reporting. Claudius is a regular speaker at AML conferences across Canada and a past board member of the ACFCS Toronto Chapter.
He holds a Bachelor’s in Accounting and an MBA, and is an internationally trained Chartered Accountant (CA), CPA (New York), CAMS, CFE, CFCS, CFI, CBP, and CCI — an alumnus of Seneca College’s Fraud Examination and Forensic Accounting graduate program.
