William B Howarth



Bill Howarth is the Chief Executive Officer of the International Compliance Association (ICA) and is responsible for its global Compliance, AML and Financial Crime prevention policy and initiatives. From a legal and university teaching background he still lectures at international conferences and on university courses and programmes.

Former positions include Principal of a distance learning college and several university posts, including academic and directorial positions. Bill has written extensively in the field of trusts, estates and international law and has published books on private international law.

Bill is the general editor of the ICA course manuals and materials and designed and edited the education courses and qualifications for the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).

Bill speaks extensively at conferences and courses across the world on matters relating to Education, Training and Professional qualifications in the field of AML, Compliance and Regulatory Risk. The mapping of qualifications to Occupational Standards of Competence, Education and Training Frameworks and Training and Competency Regimes is a favoured topic. Bill delivered a lecture entitled ‘The Professionalisation of the Compliance Officer’ to a range of conferences in 2009/2010.