Stephen (Steve) Dawe

Steve joined the IMF in September 2005. He works as a deputy in the Financial Integrity Group (FIG) of the Legal Department (LEG) on financial integrity issues mainly related to Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT), leading a small team that oversees more than 50 countries. He has a particular focus on ML and FT risk. For the previous 20 years, Steve worked for the Reserve Bank of New Zealand as a bank supervisor, financial sector and FDI regulator, and general counsel. He has worked on AML/CFT since 1993 including representing NZ and the IMF at the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Within FATF, Steve has chaired working groups, served on its steering group, helped produce guidance on national ML/FT risk assessments, and was heavily involved in producing the 2013 FATF Methodology, particularly on effectiveness. He has led and participated in four FATF assessments, reviewed many others, and is involved in training FATF assessors. Steve has worked on AML/CFT issues for the IMF in relation to more than 150 countries. Steve is a lawyer and accountant with an LLB/BCA from Victoria University of Wellington.