Jennifer Smith

Deputy Head - Anti-Money Laundering Division

Ms. Jennifer Smith was promoted to Deputy Head of the Anti-Money Laundering Division of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (“CIMA”) effective July 2022, having served as the division’s Chief Analyst since October 2019.

Ms. Smith supports the Head of the division in the day-to-day management and oversight of CIMA's risk-based anti-money laundering and counter financing terrorism (“AML/CFT”) supervision. She will continue to lead the division’s Data and Risk team, which is the responsible for collecting and reporting information on CIMA’s AML/CFT and sanctions data.

Ms. Smith’s financial services experience spans over 13 years in areas of captive insurance and AML/CFT and sanctions oversight and regulatory supervision. Prior to joining the financial services industry, she was also employed as a corporate controller for a private group of companies based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

She holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree with a major in Accounting from Saint Mary’s University, Halifax Nova Scotia. She is also a Chartered Professional Accountant, a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and holds a Certificate in Insurance from the Chartered Insurance Institute in the United Kingdom.