Bernadette brings over 25 years of experience from the financial industry with experience in compliance, regulatory services and liquidation.

Throughout her career, Bernadette held senior roles within the private financial sector and as a regulator at the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA).

Prior to joining Canopy, Bernadette was the Compliance Audit Manager at Walkers Compliance and Regulatory Services (“Walkers”) where she was involved in the development and implementation of the Anti-money Laundering (AML)/Counter Financing Terrorism (CFT) testing programme and headed the audit department.

Bernadette’s breadth of experience includes provision of AML and CFT services to participants in the investment funds space, including Compliance and CDD, client onboarding, AML/CFT audits, gap analysis as well as review of policies and procedures. She also has expertise with orderly winding down of entities including strike offs, liquidation and de-registration of entities licensed in the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands, while advising clients of the regulatory requirements pertaining to de-registration and liquidation.

Prior to joining the private sector, Bernadette performed regulatory roles over a 6-year period with the Cayman Island Monetary Authority as an Analyst/ Senior Analyst in the Banking and Compliance Divisions. During this time she conducted on-site inspections of financial institutions regulated by CIMA, and advised licensees of CIMA on methods and procedures to resolve non-compliance issues.

At Canopy, Bernadette assists with onboarding of clients, managing the Customer due diligence reviews and acting as Deputy AML Officer to clients.

EDUCATION

• MSc – Major: Forensic Accounting
  Florida Atlantic University (FAU), Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• MBA – International College of the Cayman Islands (ICCI)
• BSc – International Finance and Business Administration International College of the Cayman Islands (ICCI)
• Personnel Administration (credits transferred to ICCI) University of West Indies (UWI) School of Continuing Studies – Jamaica

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS & ACCREDITATIONS

• Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
• Notary Public of the Cayman Islands

Get in touch with Bernadette and email Bernadette.Lewis@canopy.ky

Canopy Consulting Core Services:  Banking and Compliance Regulatory Framework, Due diligence Audits, Conducting AML gap analysis by performing review and testing of the AML programme, Liquidations