Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
Dr. Rana Matar is a seasoned policy analyst specializing in Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT). Currently serving at the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) since July 2018, Dr. Matar previously held roles as an AML/CFT expert at the KwFIU from September 2015 to May 2018 and as an executive officer at MENAFATF, focusing on the MENA region's AML/CFT regime assessment from August 2005 to January 2013. Dr. Matar earned a PhD in Law from Aix-Marseille University, where studies were conducted from 1999 to 2004.
Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental body established in 1989 by the Ministers of its Member jurisdictions. The objectives of the FATF are to set standards and promote effective implementation of legal, regulatory and operational measures for combating money laundering, terrorist financing and other related threats to the integrity of the international financial system. The FATF is therefore a “policy-making body” which works to generate the necessary political will to bring about national legislative and regulatory reforms in these areas.