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Complinet's 5th Annual Compliance Award Winners

London – November 9, 2009 – Complinet, the leading provider of connected compliance solutions to the global financial services industry, today announced the winners of its 5th annual compliance awards.

The winners were presented with their trophies last night at the awards ceremony held at Grosvenor House in Mayfair, London.

The winners include:

2009 Money Laundering Reporting Officer of the Year
Winner: John Flynn, Head of FCP, Aviva
Highly commended: Lesley Kelvey-Towell, MLRO, BNP Paribas Fortis
2009 Young Compliance Officer of the Year
Winner: Tyler Woollard, Compliance Officer/MLRO, Hoodless Brennan
2009 Chief Compliance Officer of the Year
Winner: Michael Matossian, EVP and Global Head of Group Regulatory Compliance, Arab Bank
Highly commended: Steve Davey, Head of Compliance, Altium Capital Ltd
2009 Best Consulting Firm of the Year
Winner: Financial Services Regulatory Practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Highly commended: Dana Denis-Smith, Managing Director, Marker Global Limited
2009 Best Regulatory Law Firm or Lawyer of the Year
Winner: Rob Moulton, Partner, Nabarro LLP
2009 Compliance Innovator of the Year
Winner: Dylan Stokes, Director of Corporate Compliance and Operational Risk, Barclays Capital
Highly commended: Rajesh Kumar, Executive Director, JPMorgan
2009 Compliance Personality of the Year
Winner: Ian Cornwall, Director of UK Regulation, APCIMS
2009 Most Effective Compliance Training at a Regulated Firm
Winner: April Bethune, Head of Compliance Training, Deutsche Bank
Highly commended: Amber Cross, Compliance Risk Specialist, Capital One Bank (Europe) PLC
2009 Outstanding Long-Term Service to the Compliance Industry
Winner: Tony Madison, formerly Deutsche Bank – now retired
2009 Compliance Officer of the Year
Winner: Clare Curtis and Mark Harris, Co-heads of Compliance, Lehman Brothers in Administration
Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner: the late Paul Nelson, Partner in charge of financial services Linklaters

Chris Pilling, Chief Executive Officer at Complinet said, “Our annual awards ceremony highlights the increasing importance and need for high calibre compliance and risk officers that are committed to compliance. In the current climate, there are some truly inspirational leaders in compliance and we welcome the opportunity to show them our support. Complinet will continue to build our business around good relationships with our customers and have extended that to the wider compliance community as a whole. We also hold regional focus groups and host customer advisory boards.”

In addition to these community building activities, Complinet recently announced that, along with other organisations, it is working with BSI on creating an industry standard to help compliance teams benchmark process and methodology within financial institutions.

Chris Pilling said, “It is early days but it’s this type of proactive approach that gives hope that we can change behaviour within firms and support the future of our global economy. We shall continue to invest and demonstrate our support for the global compliance community.”

About Complinet

Complinet is the leading online provider of connected risk and compliance solutions to the global financial services community.

Complinet's cost-effective range of services includes a 'complete' service that delivers insight and interpretation of regulatory risks and developments. Our portfolio also helps firms to screen their clients, manage their policies and train their staff.

Complinet was founded in 1997 and employs more than 200 people in its offices in New York, London, Sydney, Melbourne, Singapore and Dubai. Every day, industry professionals in more than 1,800 firms across 81 countries rely on Complinet as their information partner for ongoing analysis and solutions that help them keep pace with changing regulations.

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