Atuweni-tupochile AGBERMODJI

AML/CFT Adviser, United Nations Office on Drug and Crime -Regional Office of Southen Africa

Atuweni-tupochile  Agbermodji was Malawi’ first officially appointed director-general of the Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) of Malawi, serving from 2014-2019. Previously she served the FIA as its legal and policy advisor and acting director-general.

Agbermodji’ s expertise includes interpreting and applying the Financial Action Task Force’s International Standards on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation. While working at the FIA , she assessed the AML/CFT regimes of countries in the East and Southern Africa region, and served as the representative for the financial intelligence units in the Eastern and Southern Africa region at the EGMONT Group of FIUs from 2015 to 2017. She is currently working as an AML/CFT Adviser with the UNODC Regional Office of Southern Africa where she assists countries in enhancing their capacity in combating transnational organised crime.