Brenda Stuart

President

Brenda Stuart is a civil law attorney and the founder of the law firm Archer Caribbean, which focusses on corporate and employment law, compliance matters, and (e)trainings & workshops in the Dutch Caribbean. She is a member of the Curaçao Bar Association.

Having been a member of ACCUR for some time and possessing a legal background, she understands the value of sharing knowledge with other compliance professionals in the compliance community. As president of ACCUR, she will work with the entire board to expand professional development opportunities, strengthen financial stability, and increase membership and engagement. Together, they will support ACCUR members through the MEVAL review and actively pursue CRCA ’25 for Curaçao.

Simone Ritstier

Vice President

Simone started her career at ING Netherlands where she worked for 18 years. The last 9 years she worked in various positions within the KYC Center. The last year she worked as a Global KYC trainer. Next to her bachelor’s degree in business administration, she became a certified trainer.

In 2022, she joined a smaller company and, by October, took on the role of Head of Caribbean Office, overseeing all training and education initiatives in the region. In August 2023, she became the Governance, Risk & Compliance Manager for Seatrade, a global shipping company headquartered in Curaçao. Recently, she transitioned to ORCO bank in Curaçao, where she assumed the role of KYC Manager, leading a team of professionals.

Jochanella Balentina

Secretary
Jochanella is currently working as a Compliance Officer at ACU (credit union) with previous compliance experience from the banking sector. She started in Compliance in 2014 and has worked in both offshore and local banking gaining experience in performing client due diligence, transaction monitoring, investigation of unusual transactions, and reporting unusual transactions to the FIU.
In her current role she is responsible for various activities, including dealing on a daily basis with the client acceptance procedure, perform investigations based on usual activity, draft the quarterly compliance report, give compliance training to her colleagues, and conduct spot-check on the activities performed by the front line officers of the 3 branches of ACU (Curacao, Sint Maarten and Bonaire). Jochanella holds a certification in Anti-Money Laundering & Financial Crimes (CAMLFC).
Her goal by becoming a board member of ACCUR is to keep developing herself as a Compliance professional, bring a valuable contribution to the association, and consequently for the members.

Harmen van de Wetering

Treasurer

Harmen holds a Master of Tax Law from the University of Amsterdam. He has 20+ years of experience in the financial services sector. He worked at different financial services/trust companies in The Netherlands and on Curaçao, where he held various positions. Since 3,5 years he is the Compliance Officer at Amicorp Curaçao. He is also a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS). He believes compliance is not a burden but a strategic advantage for companies and organizations. His goal is – also through ACCUR – to create and maintain awareness within the financial industry of the importance of compliance.

Dionne Heymans

General board member

Dionne Heymans (RA) started her career in the Netherlands in 2007 working for PwC Amsterdam. In 2008 she obtained her degree in Master of Accountancy & Control from the University of Amsterdam and that year she moved to Curaçao to work for PwC Curaçao. She finished her Post Master Register Accountant and obtained her certified title “Register Accountant” in 2015.

Aside from being a full-time auditor, Dionne has been working as a compliance officer for the past 3 years. Dionne is looking forward to sharing and collaborating with the Compliance Community.