SightSpan™ Announces Maria Laplace Joins Middle East AML/Risk Management Group

March 27, 2009 - PRLog -- Ms. Maria Laplace, formerly a Business Risk Officer at Cititrust, has a strong background in overall risk management.  Maria’s past roles include being the Money Laundering Reporting Officer at Pacific Trade Bank, an international bank, and an Officer in a Bank’s Foreign Trade Department where she worked extensively with reviewing import/export documentation, wire transfers, and SWIFT transactions. Maria is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and an active member of ACAMS.

SightSpan’s™ expansion directly in the Middle East is moving quickly, as they aggressively add senior staff within the MENA Region and Globally. Maria’s skill set, background and career experience level fits very much into the overall SightSpan™ staffing and business model.

Maria will work under the leadership of Mr. Junaid Ward, SightSpan™ UAE. Mr. Ward commented “Adding Maria to the team at this critical growth period for SightSpan will allow for us to provide a superior service to our GCC clients and we welcome her to the SightSpan™ Middle East team.  Our commitment to excellence within the region and globally is supported by adding people of such high professional standards and I am pleased to have Maria as part of our team here in the Middle East”.

Ms. Patricia Potts, SightSpan™ Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer stated “Adding experienced professionals, such as Maria, directly onto our Middle East team fits into our overall corporate strategy and demonstrates SightSpan’s™ commitment to the Middle East region. I welcome Maria to the team and look forward to her providing our clients with the highest level of service.”

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SightSpan™ is an International Consulting and Training firm that assists private and government clients to address critical and confidential projects on matters related to Risk Management, Corporate Governance and Business Process Improvement. SightSpan™ has offices and team members in the United States, Middle East and Southeast Asia regions.