Inonu Akgun ALP
Founder, CEO, AMLTHINK
Having started his professional life at MASAK (FIU of Turkey) in 1999, ALP has held various positions at the FIU for 20 years.
He prepared the AML compliance report given to financial institutions annually and reported the deficiencies to the financial institutions by performing the quantitative and qualitative measurement of the financial institutions' suspicious transaction reports with the scoring system.
He played a role as AML team leader in an EU project. During his professional career, he participated in numerous international conferences and meetings.
During his Department Head position at MASAK in 2014 and 2015, he managed and mentored the establishment of MASAK information security infrastructure and obtaining ISO 27001 certification, the establishment of the e-notification system, development of Integrated Financial Intelligence System (EMIS) providing electronic communication and e- SAR system with obligated parties, issuance of AML Compliance Scorecards for financial institutions on annual basis.
Between 2015-2020, he served as Vice President of the FIU and managed the Analysis, Sanctions, and IT departments. During this period, he carried out automation of analytical processes related to money laundering and terrorist financing, harmonization of AML scenarios of financial institutions, the establishment of the infrastructure of standard information flow from financial institutions, and the preparation of sectoral SAR guidelines. He left the public service in 2021 at his own request.