Governance

The work of the Committee is prepared by the Bureau. 
The Bureau consists of a Chairperson, two Vice-Chairpersons and two other members, elected by the Committee from among the delegations enjoying voting rights in the Committee. The mandate of the members of the Bureau is two years, renewable once.

The current Bureau is composed as follows:

 

Chairperson

Mr Nicola MUCCIOLI (Director of San Marino Financial Intelligence Unit)

Mr Muccioli has more than 20 years of experience in the field of anti-money laundering (AML) and combatting the financing of terrorism (CFT).

He has held various positions within the San Marino government and FIU, and he represented the FIU in many international fora for combatting economic crime, including MONEYVAL and the Egmont Group. In 2003, he became Head of the AML Office of the central Bank of San Marino. In 2008, Mr Muccioli contributed to the drafting of the new AML/CFT Law and to the establishment of the new FIU, of which he became the Director in 2019.

Since 2009 he was the head of delegation of San Marino to MONEYVAL, a member of the Bureau and since 2015 he was one of the two Co-chairs of the Working Group on Evaluations. Besides, he is a regular member of the San Marino delegation to the Joint Committee with the EU in the context of the Monetary Agreement, and the contact person for matters dealing with the IMF and other international bodies.

 

Bureau Members

Mr Toms Platacis

Vice-Chairman (Latvia)

Mr Alfred Zammit

Vice-Chairman (Malta) 

Ms Laura AUS

Member (Estonia) 

Mr Jacek Lazarowicz

Member (Poland)

 

Working Group on Evaluations 

The Working Group on Evaluations shall assist MONEYVAL by preparing the plenary discussion and proposing solutions to the Plenary on technical and some other significant issues with regard to mutual evaluation reports.  In particular, before each report is due to be discussed in Plenary, the Working Group shall prepare jointly with the Secretariat a list of substantive issues to be discussed in its respect. Participation in the Working Group on Evaluations is open to one representative from each MONEYVAL country/territory and one representative from each observer to MONEYVAL. Meetings of the WGE will also involve participation of members of the evaluation team, the assessed jurisdiction’s delegation, reviewers, chairman of MONEYVAL and MONEYVAL scientific experts. The group shall be co-chaired by a MONEYVAL scientific expert and an expert from a MONEYVAL Member State or territory.

Scientific experts

  • Dr Lajos Korona, Public Prosecutor, Metropolitan Prosecutor's Office, Budapest, Hungary – Legal scientific expert
  • Mr Andrew Strijker, former Head of the Dutch delegation to FATF – Financial scientific expert with special responsibility for the EU Directives