About Us

McDonell-Nadeau Consultants are internationally recognized experts in Financial Integrity. A global network of expert consultants dedicated to helping both governments and the private sector combat financial crime including money laundering and terrorist financing through strategic advice, practical guidance and technical expertise.

McDonell-Nadeau Consultants’ expertise in financial integrity and AML/CFT extends globally. Our network of consultants offers unparalleled insight into the world in which we operate.

Josée Nadeau is a Co-CEO and Co-Owner of McDonell-Nadeau. She is also an AML/CFT/PF Consultant for the International Monetary Fund and the Asian Development Bank. Josée has extensive knowledge of the FATF Standards and Methodology including all aspects of the Mutual Evaluation process, ICRG process, and National Risk Assessments, as well as extensive hands-on implementation of the Standards in countries in all regions of the world.

Josée was Head of the Canadian Delegation to the FATF and to its regional bodies in the Caribbean, South America and Asia-Pacific. Josée led Canada in the FATF’s revision of its AML/CFT Standards in 2012, the FATF evaluation of Canada in 2016 and was co-chair of one of the FATF review groups. She has worked with many international and national organisations, including the FATF, OECD, the G7/8, the G20, the UN, Finance Canada, and the Bank of Canada.

Josée is a graduate of the Université de Montréal with a B.Sc and M.Sc in Economics.

Allan Prochazka is Managing Director at McDonell-Nadeau and brings over 20 years of experience providing strategic advice on domestic and international financial sector policy and regulatory matters. He previously worked at the Canadian Department of Finance, where he provided expert advice on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CFT) and capital markets criminal enforcement issues.

Allan also previously served as Canada’s Head of Delegation to the APG and represented the Government of Canada at the FATF, where he led Canada’s engagement in the FATF’s ICRG process.

Allan is an experienced assessor having contributed to Mutual Evaluation, Follow-Up and ICRG reports at the FATF and APG. His current areas of focus include working with clients in conducting national and enterprise-wide ML/TF risk assessments and in developing AML/CFT compliance solutions for the virtual asset service provider (VASP) sector.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Business from the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University and a Master’s degree in International Affairs from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs.

Alejandra Quevedo is a financial integrity consultant for McDonell-Nadeau and the World Bank. She has more than 15 years of experience working with countries in the development of their AML/CFT regimes.

Alejandra has worked as a consultant with the Organisation of American States (OAS), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the German Development Cooperation (GIZ), the Financial Action Task Force of South America (GAFILAT), the International Development Group LLC (IDG), and the Human Security Collective (HSC) on a variety of projects supporting countries with their money laundering and terrorist financing risk assessments and helping them on their implementation of the FATF Standards and building their AML/CFT policies and strategies.

Alejandra is a highly experienced global AML/CFT specialist with extensive knowledge of the FATF Standards, the Mutual Evaluation process and the ICRG process. She has served as Deputy Executive Secretary of GAFILAT and as Legal Advisor to the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF). Alejandra has participated in eight Mutual Evaluations in Latin-America and the Caribbean and has been involved in numerous ICRG country assessments.

Alejandra has served as professor of Comparative Law at the Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario in Colombia and as adjunct professor of Law and Economics at the Universidad de Ciencias Empresariales y Sociales in Argentina. She has a degree in law from the Universidad de los Andes in Colombia.

Andrew Mahoney has over 34 year’s experience as a Scotland Yard detective working on serious, organised crime and counter terrorism with a focus on financial crime matters. Andrew was the Head of the London Regional Asset Recovery Team, Asset Confiscation Enforcement Team and he was also a Senior Officer in the UK National Terrorism Financial Investigation Unit.

He has worked overseas for the UK Government in Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa advising on counter terrorism matters. Andrew designed and delivered bespoke in-country AML/CFT training overseas to prosecutors and investigators on behalf of the UK.

Andrew has worked for the FATF, undertaking Mutual Evaluations and as a member of the FATF joint group for the Middle East and Africa assisting countries under review. He was a member of the National Financial Investigators Working Group in the UK advising on AML policy and fostering legislative change including work on Unexplained Wealth Orders and account freezing orders.

Andrew currently lectures to Scotland Yard detectives, holds an International Diploma in Money Laundering from the University of Manchester in the UK and is a member of the International Compliance Association. He is also an AML/CTF expert to the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office.

Prior to his retirement in 2003, Aub Chapman was a career banker with over 42 years of professional experience. In his last role at Westpac Banking Corporation, he was responsible for managing a portfolio of functions including Group Fraud Control, Physical Security, Business Continuity Services, Cash and ATM Services as well as managing the group’s compliance with obligations under AML/CFT and other financial crime-related legislation.

Since his retirement, Aub has been consulting in both the public and private sectors, not only in Australia but also internationally. He specialises in controls against financial crimes (AML/CFT, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, Modern Slavery and IWT). His international experience includes assignments for the United Nations, the Asian Development Bank, the Eurasian Group on Money Laundering, Bank Negara Malaysia, Institut Bank-Bank Malaysia, and the Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority.

Aub currently provides financial crime consulting and independent audit services to international and domestic banks, wealth management firms, money service businesses, payment service providers, gambling service businesses, equity crowd-funding businesses, fin-tech businesses, and digital currency exchanges.

Aub is a founding member and Co-Chair of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) Australasian Chapter. He is CAMS certified and is a member of the ACAMS teaching faculty. Aub received the prestigious ACAMS AML Professional of the Year Award at the 8th ACAMS International AML and Financial Crime Conference held in Las Vegas in 2009.

Aub is a Fellow of Blockchain Australia and has been member of its Financial Crime Committee since its inception.

Craig Hamilton, formerly a Detective Inspector in New Zealand Police retired in September 2023 having been a police officer for 35 years. Prior to his retirement he managed New Zealand’s forfeiture and money laundering investigation teams. Craig has significant operational experience having successfully undertaken, supervised, and managed hundreds of conviction and non-conviction-based forfeitures. He also has extensive experience in undertaking and leading money laundering investigations. Given his experience he was influential in the development of policy and legislation related to all aspects of the AML/CFT system in New Zealand.

Craig is an experienced FATF assessor having participated in five mutual evaluations along with various follow-up reports and ICRG reviews. As a member of the New Zealand FATF delegation, he has contemporary experience of being assessed against the standards. The MER of New Zealand was adopted in 2021 which recognized New Zealand as highly effective in confiscation and international co-operation and substantially effective in both ML and TF investigation and risk understanding.

Upon retirement and on nomination of the New Zealand Commissioner of Police and by recommendation of the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Craig was appointed by His Majesty, King Charles III as an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM), in recognition of service to the New Zealand Police and the community. This Royal Honour recognized Craig involvement in the development of legislation, policy and practice and operational success in the pursuit and recovery of proceeds of crime across New Zealand and internationally.

Craig holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree (Economics) and a Diploma in Policing.

Jennifer Sweeney is a financial integrity consultant with more than 15 years’ experience advising governments on policy and legislative development issues.

She previously worked at the Canadian Department of Finance in which she led the development and implementation of various policy, legislative and regulatory initiatives, including substantial amendments to Canada’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing regime. She has expertise in providing strategic, technical, and drafting advice regarding legislative and regulatory amendments to improve countries’ technical and effectiveness compliance with the FATF Standards, as well as the development and implementation of national and sectoral ML/TF risk assessments.

Jennifer holds a Bachelor of Arts (History) and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of British Columbia and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Laws from the University of the West of England.

Lia Umans is a financial integrity consultant for McDonell-Nadeau and a technical assistance advisor for the IMF. She has over 30 years of extensive and unique experience with the Financial Action Task Force, the International Monetary Fund and the Belgian Financial Intelligence Unit.

From 2008 to 2019, Lia was a Policy Analyst at the FATF Secretariat. She provided significant contributions to the FATF’s policy work on identifying and responding to high-risk and non-co-operative jurisdictions and supported the FATF’s Evaluations and Compliance Group. She also played a key role in several mutual evaluations.

From 1996 to 2008, Lia held various positions at the Belgian Financial Intelligence Unit and was the FIU’s central contact point for other domestic AML/CFT authorities, counterpart FIUs and international organisations. As a co-chair of the Egmont Technical Assistance and Training Working Group, Lia made major contributions to the Egmont Group’s design and delivery of training programs for FIUs.

Lia holds a Master’s degree in Commercial and Financial Sciences.

Loretta Joseph is a public policy influencer and a leading global authority on digital asset regulation and blockchain technology.

She brings more than three decades of experience across banking, finance, and consulting, with expertise spanning financial markets and related industries. A lifetime member of the advisory board of the Australian Digital Currency and Commerce Association (ADCCA), Loretta also serves as an advisor to multiple technology, biotechnology, and cybersecurity companies.

A passionate advocate for the responsible adoption of blockchain, Loretta works closely with governments, regulators, and industry stakeholders around the world. Her leadership has been recognized with several prestigious awards, including FinTech Leader of 2017 from FinTech Australia, Female Leader of 2016, and the Alumni Award for Social Impact 2016 from Sancta Sophia College, University of Sydney.

Marijn Ridderikhof is a financial integrity consultant for McDonell-Nadeau, the IMF and the Council of Europe. He is an experienced global AML/CFT and Anti-Corruption specialist with extensive knowledge of regulating and supervising financial institutions and designated non-financial businesses and professions, and of the FATF Standards, the Mutual Evaluation and ICRG processes.

Marijn has worked at the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) as a senior expert in integrity supervision when he led several projects in this field, including in the Netherlands and the Dutch Caribbean. He represented DNB in the Delegation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the FATF and CFATF for many years, including through participation in the FATF working groups responsible for the revision of the AML/CFT Standards. He also served as a financial expert in the Mutual Evaluations of Australia and South Africa.

Marijn is a graduate of the University of Amsterdam with a Master’s degree in Law (LL.M with a specialization in European and International Law) and passed several exams in Economic and Commercial Law, and also in International Relations at the Université de Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne).

Mileidy Bernal Campos is a seasoned AML/CFT policy consultant with over 15 years of experience. An expert on FATF standards, she has led multiple international technical assistance projects, demonstrating strong leadership in delivering high-quality outcomes. Fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, Mileidy also holds a Public Leadership Credential from Harvard Kennedy School earned in May 2023.

Currently, she offers bespoke AML/CFT advisory services to various international bodies, specializing in policy drafting, procedure development, and effectiveness assessments. At McDonell-Nadeau, Mileidy supports countries in implementing FATF Recommendations (particularly Recommendation 15), assists with mutual evaluations, and conducts related national risk assessments. Additionally, she provides strategic support to CARIFORUM countries through the World Bank.

Previously, Mileidy worked at the Egmont Centre of FIU Excellence and Leadership in Canada and was a Technical Expert at GAFILAT in Argentina. She has also held several roles within the Financial Intelligence Unit Mexico.

Mileidy graduated with honors in Law from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in 2004.

Mr. Hansen has accumulated over 30 years of expertise in the field of investigating financial crime and AML/CFT field. Mr. Hansen completed a successful career with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police which over 12 years was spend investigating domestic and international high profile ML investigations, 7 years establishing Canada’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FINTRAC) and 2 years with Canada Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) developing CFT Programs.

Since 2009, Mr. Hansen has been engaged as a consultant supporting over 25 countries strengthen their AML/CFT regimes in the areas of judicial, law enforcement (LEA), national security (CFT) and financial intelligence units (FIU) while working with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank (WB), Asia Development Bank (ADB),United Nations (UN) Office on Drugs and Crime, and other technical assistance providers. Mr. Hansen’s is a trained FATF evaluator having participated as the FIU and LEA expert in the mutual evaluations.

During the past three years Mr. Hansen in his role with McDonnell Nadeau has support several countries prepare for FATF Mutual Evaluations or, countries efforts for exiting the FATF ICRG processes. He has participated as an expert supporting several countries undertake National AML/CFT Risk Assessments (NRA) and developing National AML/CFT Strategies. Mr. Hansen resides now in Ottawa, Canada after spending the six (6) years residing in SE Asia (Hong Kong and Singapore).

Wayne Walsh S.C. is a practising barrister who specializes in financial crime and compliance. He was previously a prosecutor with the Department of Justice in Hong Kong for 25 years and a regular member of the Hong Kong, China delegation to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

From 2010 to 2012, Wayne co-chaired a FATF Working Group which revised the current FATF Forty Recommendations. He participated in FATF Mutual Evaluations as a legal assessor and assisted Hong Kong, China during its FATF Mutual Evaluations in 2008 and 2019. Wayne continues to advise the Hong Kong Monetary Authority on AML/CFT standards and is an AML/CFT consultant for the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Early in his career, Wayne worked as an Inspector in the Royal Hong Kong Police Force, a commercial litigator, and a prosecutor with the Serious Fraud Office in New Zealand. He is the author of the legal textbook “Cross-Border Crime in Hong Kong: Extradition, Mutual Assistance, Financial Sanctions” which was published by Lexis Nexis in 2020. Wayne holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from the University of Otago, a Bachelor of Laws degree, also from the University of Otago, and a Master of Laws (Honours) degree from the University of Auckland..

Michelle Garcia-Rangel is a Business Development Consultant with more than 20 years of international operations and strategic growth experience.

At MNC, Michelle focuses on connecting and building relationships with Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) and other private-sector firms seeking to strengthen and improve the effectiveness of their AML/CFT compliance programs. She specializes in opening meaningful conversations with decision-makers who can benefit from MNC’s tailored solutions.

As a trilingual professional (English, French, Spanish), Michelle bridges cultural and linguistic gaps, ensuring clients feel understood and supported from the first interaction. She has worked across diverse sectors—including banking, asset management, renewable energy, education, media, and financial integrity—giving her a broad perspective on organizational challenges and opportunities.

Known for her ability to build trust, foster relationships, and connect clients with the right expertise, Michelle serves as the gateway for organizations looking to navigate today’s complex and rapidly evolving regulatory landscape with confidence.

Anne Larson is a financial integrity consultant for McDonell-Nadeau and has over 15 years of active involvement with the Financial Action Task Force. She served as the co-chair of the FATF’s International Cooperation Review Group (ICRG) from 2018 – 2025 and as the U.S. representative from 2010 – 2018. Larson was involved in creating the ICRG procedures in 2009 and revising them in both 2015 and 2022. Larson managed the U.S. involvement of all aspects of the FATF’s ICRG process, including editing progress reports and on-site reports, participating in ICRG on-sites and face-to-face meetings, and assessing country’s legislation and regulations.

Larson also worked on updating and revising the FATF standards for the fourth and fifth round of evaluations, specifically helping draft FATF recommendations on targeted financial sanctions related to terrorist financing and WMD proliferation financing. For the U.S., Larson managed the terrorist financing and proliferation financing aspects of the FATF’s fourth round mutual evaluation of the United States.

In addition to her work at FATF, Larson was the Director of the International Programs and Transnational Threats at the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes (TFFC) from 2013 – 2025. Larson managed a team at the U.S. Treasury that developed policies to combat transnational organized crime, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing, including working with domestic law enforcement officials to produce the United States’ first ever terrorist financing risk assessment in 2015 and the first proliferation financing risk assessment in 2018. Larson also managed U.S. Treasury’s work with non-profit organizations and facilitating their access to financial services while protecting them from terrorist financing abuse.

Before joining Treasury 2008, Larson served as a legislative assistant to Congressman Stephen F. Lynch, covering foreign policy, defense, and trade issues. Previously, Larson worked as a senior research assistant to Ambassador Ivo Daalder at the Brookings Institution where she authored a chapter analyzing international perspectives on legitimate use of military force as a response to WMD proliferation, terrorism, and humanitarian crises (Beyond Preemption, Daalder, Ed., 2007). Larson also worked at Oxford Analytica based in Oxford, UK.

Larson graduated with honors from Princeton University and received her Master’s degree in International Security from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

Ian Matthews is a consultant specializing in the financial services and supervisory aspects of anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT). Prior to this, he spent 18 years working at the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK as a supervisor and then as a technical specialist in international AML/CFT matters. He was part of the UK delegation to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and spent 5 years as co-chair of the FATF’s Evaluations and Compliance Group, which is responsible for overseeing the conduct of the global mutual evaluation process. He was co-author of the FATF’s Typology on ML/TF in the Securities Sector and has taken part in several FATF Mutual Evaluations. Ian is a qualified lawyer and has worked in private practice in the UK, specializing in civil and criminal litigation. He is currently a Scientific Expert for financial issues for the Council of Europe’s MONEYVAL committee and regularly undertakes work for the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.

Olivier has contributed to global efforts against financial crime across the public, private and non-profit sectors for more than 15 years. At the intergovernmental level, his experience includes supporting the implementation of the UN Convention Against Corruption, advising the World Bank’s Sanctions Board on allegations of fraud, and assessing countries’ AML/CFT efforts with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the IMF.

In addition to his legal and policy background, Olivier specialises in the interactions between financial crime and new technologies. In 2018, he published the first comprehensive review of how FIUs and supervisors can leverage advanced analytics for AML purposes. During his time with a London-based global bank, he led intelligence and risk assessments on virtual currencies and other new payment methods. He subsequently worked with tech companies developing AI-led RegTech and SupTech tools for financial crime detection and mitigation.

Olivier is an Associate Fellow with the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) Centre for Finance and Security. He holds master’s degrees in law from University Panthéon-Sorbonne and Sciences Po Paris, as well as an MSc in Computational Statistics and Machine Learning from University College London.

What we do

A global team of local experts

Rick McDonell

Josée Nadeau

Allan Prochazka

Alejandra Quevedo

Andrew Mahoney

Aub Chapman

Craig Hamilton

Jennifer Sweeney

LiaUmans

Loretta Joseph

Marjin Ridderikhof

Mileidy Bernal Campos

Tom Hansen

Wayne Walsh

Hue Dang

Michelle Garcia-Rangel

Anne Larson

Ian Matthews

Olivier Kraft

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Loretta Joseph

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