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His work also focuses on strengthening transparency, financial integrity, and the resilience of the global financial system. Over the past several years, he has worked extensively on the implementation of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards, with particular emphasis on beneficial ownership transparency, international cooperation, risk assessment, and the regulation of legal persons and legal arrangements.
FATF Assessor for Mutual Evaluation of a country (2025 - Present) - update after adoption of the report.
India's representative to FATF EMENA Joint Group (2023- Present)
Since 2023, he has represented India in the Eurasia, Middle East and North Africa (EMENA) Joint Group of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) under the International Cooperation Review Group (ICRG). See below
The ICRG is responsible for identifying jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) frameworks and monitoring their progress in addressing these deficiencies. Through a structured peer-review process, the FATF Joint Groups evaluate legislative, regulatory, supervisory, and institutional reforms, assess progress against agreed action plans, engage with country authorities, and prepare technical assessment reports for consideration by the FATF Plenary.
As India's representative to the EMENA Joint Group, he contributes to the peer review of jurisdictions undergoing enhanced FATF monitoring. His work involves evaluating legislative and institutional reforms, reviewing technical submissions, analysing progress against FATF action plans, and collaborating with experts from FATF member jurisdictions and international organisations.
During his tenure, he has contributed to the review of Albania, Türkiye, Algeria, Monaco, Syria, Kuwait, Bulgaria, Mali, and Lebanon.
List of countries under ICRG where he contributed as member of Joint Group
Member of India's AML/CFT Risk Assessment Team (2025 - Present)
He currently serves as the Convener of the inter-agency working group leading the sectoral risk assessment on the transparency of legal persons and legal arrangements, and as a member of the working group on Benami transaction risks. These assessments will inform India's forthcoming National Risk Assessment (NRA). See below
These sectoral risk assessments are being undertaken in close collaboration with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the Financial Intelligence Unit–India (FIU-IND), state Registrars of Societies, Public Trusts and Charities, financial sector regulators, and other law enforcement agencies. The assessments will form a key input into India's forthcoming National Risk Assessment (NRA) on money laundering and terrorist financing.
His current work focuses on identifying emerging vulnerabilities, evaluating the effectiveness of existing legal and institutional frameworks, and supporting the development of risk-based policy responses consistent with the FATF Standards.
India's FATF Mutual Evaluation (2022-2024)
He contributed to India's preparations for the 2024 FATF Mutual Evaluation, focusing on beneficial ownership transparency and implementation of the FATF Standards. This work resulted in a Substantial Effectiveness (SE) rating for Immediate Outcome 5 and Largely Compliant (LC) ratings for Recommendations 24 and 25. See below
Over a period of more than two years, he played a key role in India's preparations for the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Mutual Evaluation (2024), with a primary focus on strengthening the country's framework for transparency and beneficial ownership of legal persons and legal arrangements.
His work involved leading and coordinating technical inputs from multiple government ministries, regulators, law enforcement agencies, and other stakeholders to support India's implementation of the FATF Standards. He contributed to the development of India's national risk assessment relating to legal persons and legal arrangements, conducted self-assessments of the country's effectiveness under Immediate Outcome 5 (IO5), identified legislative, policy, and institutional gaps, and supported the formulation of appropriate mitigation measures.
Through sustained inter-agency engagement, he contributed to the design and implementation of several legislative, regulatory, and executive measures that strengthened India's framework for beneficial ownership transparency, enhanced institutional coordination, and improved compliance with the FATF Standards.
These efforts formed part of India's broader preparation for the 2024 FATF Mutual Evaluation and contributed to India's strong performance. India received a Substantial Effectiveness (SE) rating for Immediate Outcome 5 and Largely Compliant (LC) ratings for Recommendations 24 and 25, reflecting the strength of its framework for beneficial ownership transparency.
External Reviewer for FATF Mutual Evaluation of Virgin Islands (British) (2023-2024)
He has served as an External Reviewer for the Virgin Islands (British), contributing to the independent assessment of its anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) framework against the FATF Standards.
Member of FATF Training Project Team (2024 - 2025) - contributing to the development of assessor and reviewer capacity within the global FATF network.
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