Amelia Carter is the Assistant Vice President – Risk for the Banking Group within the PENINSU Group. She is a Certified Fraud Examiner and Certified Governance, Risk and Compliance Professional with over 17 years of professional experience in the Financial Industry specializing in Strategic Business areas such as External Auditing, Risk Management, Compliance and AML. She is responsible for overseeing the overall governance, risk management and internal audit framework for the Banking Group.
Amelia has worked with several other entities within the PENINSU Group including as AVP & Head of Group Risk & Compliance. She also served on several committees within the PENINSU Group to improve operational efficiencies, enhance the organizational risk and compliance framework, and develop several policies and procedures to strengthen its regulatory compliance rate. Prior to joining PENINSU, she was an External Auditor at KPMG in Jamaica for over ten (10) years where she gathered extensive auditing experience and prepared financial statements according to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for various business sectors.
Amelia is a Professional Member of ICA (MICA), holding an International Diploma in Governance, Risk and Compliance; a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners; a PECB Certified ISO 31000 Risk Manager and a Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional. She presented at the ICA Big Compliance Festival (April 2021) under the theme, “Risk of Falling Behind” and presented on “How to Comply with EU Economic Substance Requirements” with Lexology PRO in September 2021. Amelia holds a Master of Laws degree with Liverpool John Moores University, UK.
Hobbies/Affiliations: enjoys conducting research, mentoring and spending time with her son and volunteers at his school. Amelia serves as Chairperson of the Governance Committee of the ACFE-Jamaica Chapter and a Board member on Oaklands Properties Limited