Natalie O. Sandiford Chief Maritime & AML Governance Officer
Areas of Consulting
- Legal
- Maritime & Blue Economy
- Governance & Compliance
- Stakeholder Management
- Market Entry & Expansion
- Policy Development
Capacity Building
- Facilitator & Co-ordinator, AML Compliance Excellence Across the Caribbean training and capacity building series
- Lead, From Policy to Practice thought leadership series
- Editor-in-Chief, Blue Policy Series and Digital Transformation in the Maritime Sector Series
Course Co-ordination
- Gender Equality in the Maritime Sector
- ESG, Resilience & Public Value Communications in Ports and Maritime Institutions
- AML/CFT Risk Profiling for High‑Risk and Politically Exposed Clients
Education
- LLB, Bachelor of Laws, University of Wolverhampton
- LLM, Masters in Maritime Law, University of London
- MSc, Masters in Management Studies, University of the West Indies
Certifications
- LEC, Legal Education Certificate, Eugene Dupuch Law School
- ACAMS, Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist
- LMA, International Maritime Codes & Conventions
- Admitted to practice law in Barbados and the British Virgin Islands
- First Called to the Bar in 2005
Affiliations
- Principal Legal Counsel, Altus Chambers, Attorneys-at-Law
- Executive Director, Altus Climate Action Now Inc
- President, Women in Maritime Association Caribbean (WIMAC), Barbados Chapter
Natalie O. Sandiford serves as the Chief Maritime & AML Governance Officer at Altus Regional Consulting Solutions (Caribbean) Ltd., where she provides executive leadership across the firm’s governance, regulatory, and institutional‑strengthening portfolio. Her work spans maritime governance, AML/CFT regulatory architecture, and market entry strategy. She has contributed to the design of compliance systems, supervisory engagement frameworks, and implementation tools that strengthen organisational readiness and support sustainable, future‑focused growth.
With a background in maritime law, financial‑crime compliance, and public‑sector advisory, Natalie Sandiford leads the development of governance frameworks that align with international standards, including IMO conventions, FATF Recommendations, and emerging global regulatory expectations.
Natalie is the architect of several of the firm’s flagship initiatives. She leads the AML Compliance Excellence Across the Caribbean Series, a regionally recognised programme delivering practitioner-led training, regulatory-aligned simulations, and interactive online workshops on AML/CFT compliance.
She is the pioneer of the Altus Regional Learning Development Portal (AltusLDP), which offers practitioner designed CPD programmes and self‑paced courses in maritime, logistics, tourism, sustainability, leadership, and AML/CFT compliance. It supports continuous development through structured, sector‑specific training aligned with regional needs.
Natalie also designed the Altus Regional Policy Implementation Hub, our flagship platform complete with toolkits, programs, and implementation strategies for helping institutions translate policy commitments into measurable practice.
As the visionary of the Altus Regional Blue Policy Series which examines the interplay between policy commitments and maritime sector resilience across the region, Natalie guides the team in shaping regional dialogue.
Natalie also conceptualized the Digital Transformation Trends in the Maritime Sector Series, which produces practical guidance for future‑ready port and maritime systems. As the Editor-in-Chief for these thought leadership series, Natalie continues to shape regional dialogue on maritime policy, sustainability, and innovation.
Natalie’s work also advances gender equality, ESG integration, and climate action across the Caribbean’s maritime landscape. Her gender‑equality work includes the development of the Caribbean Maritime Sector Gender Equality Mapping study, sectoral diagnostics, and implementation frameworks that support organisations in embedding gender commitments into governance and workforce systems.
Through these programmes, Natalie advances regional capacity building, regulatory coherence, and sector‑wide knowledge sharing, while contributing to building institutions that are more inclusive, resilient, and aligned with global sustainability standards.
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