Mondiu Jaiyesimi, CAMS, CAMS-Audit, FIS, MSc. Economics

Mondiu is a Partner with MNP’s Forensics and Litigation Support team in Toronto and leads the firm's Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing (AML / ATF) portfolio in Ontario. He provides strategic AML / ATF advisory services to help reporting entities manage and reduce risk and remain in compliance with evolving regulatory requirements. These regulatory obligations include the proceeds of crime (ML) and Terrorist Financing Act, sanctions evasion, associated regulations, and Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) Guidelines. 

Mondiu works with a broad range of Canadian reporting entities —including banks, credit unions, casinos, iGaming operators, money services businesses, fintech firms, life insurance companies, and real estate professionals — to develop and strengthen compliance programs. His expertise includes designing AML programs, conducting effectiveness reviews, performing remediation audit validations, leading enhanced due diligence and know-your-client (EDD / KYC) initiatives, transaction monitoring, model validation and scenario testing, sanctions governance, and supporting clients through FINTRAC examinations. 

Before joining MNP, Mondiu held senior roles in AML and financial crime compliance at two of Canada’s largest financial institutions, a Big Four global consulting firm, a U.S.-based consultancy, and three of the top four banks in the United Kingdom. 

He holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in economics from the University of Lagos, Nigeria, and a Master of Science (MSc) in economics from the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom. Mondiu is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), holds the advanced CAMS-Audit certification, and is a Financial Intelligence Specialist (FIS).