Shaná brings over fifteen years of financial crime regulatory experience to the role, having worked at the Financial Services Regulatory Commission as Director of the Trust and Corporate Service provider (TCSP) sector with responsibility for licensing, regulation and implementation of a bespoke AML/CFT regime. In 2020, Shaná joined the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (“CIMA”) as Chief Risk and Policy Officer in the AML/CFT Division tasked with policy development to further enhance the AML/CFT/CPF risk-based supervisory framework of the Authority. She has sat on various working groups including the CFATF Virtual Assets /VASP WG and has represented the Cayman Islands as Financial Expert in the CFATF technical compliance re-rating of the Bahamas in 2022 and as Joint Financial Assessor in the mutual evaluation of Guyana in 2024.

Shaná holds a Master of Law degree in International Law from the University of Westminster, London, a bachelor’s degree in Linguistics, and has been a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) since 2008. Additionally, she is a Certified Fraud Examiner and a Certified Financial Crime Specialist.