About us

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Dr. Giridhar Kannan (Giri) is the Founder and Director at AML SureCheck ® . Giri is an expert in anti-financial crime, sanctions, fraud, and the controls and technology used to mitigate these risks. His extensive and practical experience of more than 20 years in implementing compliance programs and assessing company compliance with regulatory and industry standards was gained from

his previous role as a first-line regulator and as a financial crime internal auditor with Westpac Group providing trusted advisory through testing of their AML/CTF controls, processes and systems during and after AUSTRAC enforcement action.

Giri is a professional member at the Institute of Internal Auditors-Australia (PMIIA) and holds the Advanced ACAMS – AUDIT certification from the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS, USA).  Giri has completed his Ph.D. in Management and serves as an adjunct faculty at the University of Sydney, Business School, where he tutors the subject - International Financial Crime. Giri is also member of the Australian Compliance Institute and is a distinguished speaker at various industry events on Financial Crime related topics. He is also the first author to publish a White Paper on AML/CTF Audit at IIA-A . 

Giri is also a volunteer in the industry mentorship program at Griffith University and University of Sydney helping student(s) navigate their entry into the corporate world. Giri has a passion for travel and goes on long drives with his family but as a routine enjoys his early morning walk in his neighbourhood. 

Tariq Islam holds nearly 20 years of experience in risk management, compliance, and internal audits across financial services, professional services, and the defence sector.

Tariq has spent more than 10 years in delivering AML/CTF projects through remediation and independent reviews during his role as Executive Manager at both CBA and Westpac Banking Corporation.

He began his FC industry career at PwC and worked on assisting the AML/CTF remediation for Tabcorp. He was also a part of the independent review team in multiple review and has conducted a wide range of AML/CTF-focused internal audits coverage (e.g. Update to ML/TF Risk Assessment, TMP, SMR, CDD).

At AML SureCheck ®, we are on a mission to help businesses check adherence to AML/CTF program compliance through independent reviews and Management consulting.

AML SureCheck® got conceived from the founder's mission of helping businesses ‘Check’ (examine the accuracy, quality or detect) adherence of AML/CTF program compliance and be ‘Sure’ (without any doubt) of our independent reviews or advisory.  

• Tailored & risk based independent reviews per businesses existing AML/CTF Program  
• Reports meeting applicable assurance standards 
• No consultancy services for reporting entities where we performed independent reviews to avoid potential or perceived conflict of interest