The People Behind C&G

Senior financial crime specialists and compliance experts, united by a singular focus on protecting businesses from financial crime risk.

Our People

Senior Professionals on Every File

At C&G, every engagement is led by a senior practitioner, never delegated to junior staff. Our team brings together professionals who have worked inside regulatory bodies, law enforcement agencies, and major financial institutions. This insider perspective is what makes our advice actionable, accurate, and credible.

Leadership

Our Team

Claudius Otegbade
Co-Founder & Lead Partner

Claudius O. Otegbade

CPA (USA) · FCA (Nig) · MBA · CAMS · CFCS · CFE · CFI · CBP · CCI · CIPP/C

Claudius is an AML and sanctions consultant with over 15 years’ experience across anti-money laundering, forensic accounting, fraud investigation, and regulatory audits. Before co-founding C&G, he spent five years in the AML practices of MNP LLP and Grant Thornton LLP, and most recently served as Director, Compliance at WFCU Credit Union in Ontario. Earlier, he was an auditor with PKF International in Nigeria and a forensic auditor to indigenous oil and gas firms.

He has led AML effectiveness reviews and gap analyses for PCMLTFA-regulated entities — financial institutions, credit unions, MSBs, precious metals and stones dealers, and securities dealers — covering policies and procedures, risk assessments, transaction monitoring, and reporting. Claudius is a regular speaker at AML conferences across Canada and a past board member of the ACFCS Toronto Chapter.

He holds a Bachelor’s in Accounting and an MBA, and is an internationally trained Chartered Accountant (CA), CPA (New York), CAMS, CFE, CFCS, CFI, CBP, and CCI — an alumnus of Seneca College’s Fraud Examination and Forensic Accounting graduate program.

CPA (USA) FCA (Nig) MBA CAMS CFCS CFE CFI CBP CCI CIPP/C
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Olalekan Olatunji

Olalekan “Ola” Olatunji

Head of Outsourcing & Trainer

Ola leads C&G's outsourcing practice, overseeing managed compliance services, AML/ATF training delivery, and compliance program support for regulated businesses across Canada.

CAMS CFE
Kavitha Godwin

Kavitha Godwin

Project Consultant

Kavitha brings legal and business expertise to C&G's client engagements, supporting compliance program development, project management, and regulatory research across the firm's advisory mandates.

LLB MBA
Iyanu Togun

Iyanu Togun

Executive Assistant

Iyanu supports C&G's day-to-day operations and client-facing coordination, ensuring every engagement runs smoothly from first contact through to final delivery.

Adebayo Oyekan

Adebayo Oyekan

Senior AML Analyst

Adebayo brings deep analytical expertise to C&G's compliance engagements, supporting AML reviews, transaction monitoring analysis, and regulatory reporting across the firm's client mandates.

BSc DCP ACS
Liana Shen

Liana Shen

Software Developer (Intern)

Liana supports C&G's technology initiatives, contributing to web development, internal systems, and digital tools that keep the firm operating efficiently.

Collective Expertise

What Our Team Brings

Major Bank & MSB Experience

Professionals who have worked inside the AML departments of major Canadian banks and large money services businesses, giving us direct knowledge of how enterprise compliance programs operate at scale.

Law Enforcement Background

Investigators who have supported financial crime cases for law enforcement agencies across Canada, bringing real-world investigative rigour to every forensic engagement.

Industry Credentials

CAMS, CFE, CPA, and other globally recognised certifications across the team, ensuring every engagement meets the highest professional standard.

Work with Canada's financial crime specialists.

Every engagement is handled personally by our senior team. No junior hand-off, no off-the-shelf approach.