Chair
Vice-Chairs
Executive Secretary
Egmont Group
Chair
Elżbieta Franków- Jaśkiewicz
Elżbieta Franków-Jaśkiewicz is the Deputy Director of the Department of Financial Information of the Polish Ministry of Finance (Polish FIU – The General Inspector of Financial Information).
She has over 30 years of experience in government administration of
Poland – The Polish Police, Ministry of Interior, and Ministry of Finance. For
the past 24 years, Mrs. Franków-Jaśkiewicz has focused on anti-money laundering
and countering terrorist financing (AML/CFT) issues within the Polish FIU.
Her involvement with the Egmont Group (EG) has been extensive, including significant contributions to various working groups. She began with the Operational Working Group (OpWG), now known as the Information Exchange Working Group (IEWG), and later participated in the Technical Assistance and Training Working Group (TATWG). In 2022, Mrs. Franków-Jaśkiewicz was elected Vice-Chair of the Egmont Group, and since June 2024, she has been serving as the Chair of the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units.
For many years, she has represented the Polish FIU in numerous international AML/CFT activities (EG, FATF, MONEYVAL, EAG, UNODC, OECD, OSCE, the Experts Group on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing, the EU FIU Platform, FIU.Net, and others) and during numerous trainings organized and provided for various FIUs.
Mrs. Franków-Jaśkiewicz also has experience in AML/CFT twinning and capacity-building projects. In 2010, she was a project’s Resident Twinning Advisor, increasing the capacity of the AML/CFT institutional system dedicated to Romania and was an expert on numerous projects for third countries (Algeria, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Jordan, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Zambia, and others). She is a speaker at national and international conferences, seminars, and workshops on combating money laundering and terrorism financing (ML/TF) issues.
In 2009, Mrs. Franków-Jaśkiewicz was appointed as the Head of Polish Delegation to the MONEYVAL Committee within the Council of Europe, a regional body, and associate member of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). From 2011-2015, she was a Member of the MONEYVAL Bureau; in 2015, she was elected as the Vice-Chair of the MONEYVAL. In December 2017, Mrs. Franków-Jaśkiewicz was re-elected as the Vice-Chair of MONEYVAL. Since August 1, 2019, she has held the President of MONEYVAL position.
Between September 2017 – March 2018, she was seconded by the Ministry of Finance and used to work within the framework of the UNODC Global Programme on Combating Money Laundering, the Proceeds of Crime, and Terrorism Financing (GPML) as an Advisor on combating ML/TF for Central Asia.
Mrs. Franków-Jaśkiewicz holds a master’s degree in Arts. She also graduated from several postgraduate studies (the Warsaw School of Economics, the Police Academy in Szczytno, and the National School of Public Administration).
Vice-Chair
Mohammed Shahid Ahmed
Mohammed Shahid Ahmed is the Chief of Staff at the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit.
In his role at the NFIU, Mohammed leads the Unit’s international cooperation programme, overseeing relationships with the Egmont Group, the Financial Action Task Force and the regional FSRB, the Intergovernmental Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), as well as other international partners.
He also supports national coordination on the implementation of Nigeria’s AML/CFT framework, including overseeing the Secretariats of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on AML/CFT/CPF and the National Sanctions Committee responsible for the implementation of the country’s targeted financial sanctions regime.
Mohammed is currently the Regional Representative for the Egmont Group’s West and Central Africa Regional Group having been selected for a second two-year term in January 2024. He was also a member of the GIABA Policy Review Group from 2022 to 2024 and has led Nigeria’s delegation to GIABA on several occasions.
Mohammed holds a first degree in Chemistry and post-graduate diplomas in Information Technology and Project Management.
Daniel Thelesklaf
Daniel Thelesklaf is the Head of FIU Germany.
Mr Daniel Thelesklaf holds a Master of Law from the University of Zurich and has 30 years of experience in anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorist financing (CFT), and anti-corruption. Devoted to international AML/CFT cooperation, he has served in leadership roles across institutions and multilateral frameworks.
Daniel began his professional career in the private sector, working in legal and compliance functions at major life insurance and banking institutions. In 1998, he joined the Swiss Federal Office of Police to become the first Head of the Swiss FIU (MROS). He later co-founded a compliance advisory firm and worked as a consultant for institutions such as the IMF, World Bank, OECD, European Commission, and the Council of Europe, with assignments in Eastern Europe, the Caribbean, and Central Asia.
From 2008 to 2011, he was Co-Director of the Basel Institute on Governance and led the International Centre for Asset Recovery. Between 2012 and 2019, he served as Director of the Liechtenstein FIU. During this time, he also chaired MONEYVAL, and was Co-Chair of the FATF ICRG Europe/Eurasia Joint Group. He also served two terms on the Steering Committee of the Egmont Group (2013–2015, 2017–2020)
In 2019, he was re-appointed as Director of the Swiss FIU and became Co-Chair of the FATF Risk, Trends and Methods Working Group. From 2021 to 2023, he led the Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST) initiative at the United Nations University.
Since July 2023, leads the FIU Germany. In 2024, he joined the General Board (in FIU composition) of the European Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA).
Egmont group secretariat
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
Jérôme Beaumont
Jerome Beaumont is an internationally respected leader with over 20 years of experience in the financial sector, including 15 years of international experience in management and then executive roles across Europe and North America, with ongoing collaborations worldwide. He currently serves as the Executive Secretary of the Egmont Group, a global organization uniting 182 Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) in the world.
Jerome’s career has centered on growth, innovation, and cross-border collaboration. He brings deep expertise in anti financial crime operations & regulations, international relations, and the evolving landscape of finance, including digitalization, cybersecurity, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), Stablecoins, Cryptocurrencies, Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), Fintech and Regtech.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and a Master’s in Business Administration, and is certified in Cybersecurity & Fintech (Harvard) and Board Governance (Wharton).
Prior to joining the Egmont Group, he held several roles supporting European Union and United Nations missions, and joined TRACFIN, the French Financial Intelligence Unit, in 2011. Over five years, he led major operational AML cases, coordinated international information exchange following terrorist attacks in France, and managed TRACFIN’s international relations and policy development. He also worked closely with reporting entities and supervisory authorities.
Jerome has contributed to the review of FATF standards, the Egmont Group’s core documents, and FATF/FSRB mutual evaluations. A constant participant in FATF plenaries since 2011, he also regularly speaks at global forums, including the US Congress Intelligence-Security Forum, the Cambridge Symposium on Economic Crime, Wolfsberg Group and ACAMS events.
As Executive Secretary, he leads a team of passionate professionals committed to supporting the Egmont Group, its members from 182 jurisdictions and advancing the global fight against financial crime.
