James MacKenzie

Background

About James MacKenzie

James is an Independent Certified Anti-Money Laundering specialist (CAMS) with over 20 years experience in the Financial Services Industry, with tenures at Panache Global, Outlier Solutions Inc, MNP LLP, Fidelity Investments and the Law Society of Upper Canada. A founding board member of the Canadian Money Services Business Association, he has helped over 50 MSBs and other reporting entities design and enhance their compliance regimes and has successfully contributed to reducing FINTRAC administrative monetary penalties by hundreds of thousands of dollars. An avid amateur history buff and arm-chair sociologist, James has always been a keen student of the history of money and it’s long term effects on the trajectories of civilizations; did Cyrus of Persia pioneer Open Society? Did hyper-inflation doom the Roman Empire? Was the US South ever free of Northern fiscal policy during the Civil War?These are the questions that keep James awake at night. James is delighted to have the opportunity to apply his skills and passion to a worthy pursuit that contributes to the legitimate Canadian and global economy. He is also fully bilingual (English and French). conversant in Spanish.