Liz Owen is a Policy Analyst specializing in Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing at the Financial Action Task Force since March 2017. Previously, Liz served as an Anti-Corruption Analyst at the OECD from March 2014 to March 2017, focusing on the evaluation of countries' anti-corruption frameworks and providing guidance to various countries, particularly in Latin America and the Asia/Pacific region. Prior experience includes an Advisor role in Domestic and International Criminal Law at the New Zealand Ministry of Justice, where Liz conducted research and analysis on issues related to international criminal law, corruption, and organized crime. Liz holds a Bachelor of Laws with Honours (1st Class) and a Bachelor of Arts from Victoria University of Wellington, earned between 2006 and 2011.
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.