Pattison Boleigha, FCA, FCIN, CAMS, CRMA, CGEIT, HCIB, ACIT, MBA, BSc

Trustee

Pattison Boleigha is a respected professional with over 30 years of banking experience and more than 20 years of extensive experience in anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing, regulatory compliance, internal controls, and audit.

IT Governance and Anti-Fraud, including providing strategic and visionary leadership and guidance. Prior to his current position as Managing Director of Pattison Consulting Limited, he worked for eighteen years in Access Bank plc and thirteen years at Citibank Nigeria, covering compliance, internal control, internal audit, operations and financial control.

He is the current founding President of the Compliance Institute, Nigeria. He is also a member of many professional bodies, including the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, Information Systems Audit and Control Association and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

In 2015, Pattison won ACFE Nigeria Chapter award for contribution in the fight against Fraud and White-Collar Crime. He also attained the ACAMS Nigeria Chapter’s recognition as an outstanding contributor to Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism regime in Nigeria. The Convention on Business Integrity (CBi) award was also accorded to him in appreciation of exemplary leadership and valuable contributions as a member of the Executive of the Core Group of the CBi. He got the Lagos State Audit Service Commission award in appreciation of invaluable service to the Auditors in the Lagos State Public Service.

He is certified in anti-money laundering and risk management assurance. Pattison represented Access Bank Plc in the International Banking Security Association based in the U.S.A and the U.N Global Compact on Anti-Corruption Working Group. He was also a member of the AML working Group of Institute of International Finance U.K.

He has a Bsc in Accounting from the University of Nigeria and an Executive MBA from Rivers State University Nigeria. He is also an Alumnus of INSEAD, Harvard Business School, London Business School and IMD Executive programmes.