Scott Saunders

Scott Saunders commenced is role with The Star Entertainment Group on 13 February 2023.

Scott has over 30 years of risk and compliance experience at global financial institutions. For the past 20 years his roles have been focussed predominantly on anti-money laundering and other financial crime risks and controls. During these years he has served as Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) for four large global financial institutions in Canada and Australia, with an equal focus on high-volume retail client activities and complex institutional banking transactions and services.

In addition to developing strong financial crime programs, Scott is adept at process optimisation and managing large-scale project implementations. He is an experienced leader who creates a focus on collective delivery and individual accountability.

Before joining The Star, he was the General Manager, Financial Crime and Chief Compliance Officer at Westpac Banking Corporation, having joined that organisation from Macquarie Group in 2019. At Macquarie, Scott was responsible for Enterprise Compliance and Financial Crime Compliance, consolidating surveillance and monitoring solutions and developing frameworks to assess inherent risks and strengthen overall controls. He established assurance functions and delivered sound Financial Crime outcomes over the course of nearly 10 years.

Prior to his role with Macquarie, Scott was the MLRO at National Australia Bank, having moved to Australia from Toronto in 2008.