Rachelle Boyle Global Forum Secretariat, OECD

Ms. Rachelle Boyle is Head of Unit in the Secretariat to the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes. With the support of a strong team of professional staff, the unit is responsible for undertaking peer reviews of transparency and exchange of information practices in about half of the Global Forum’s 91 members.

Rachelle spent four years with the Secretariat to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), supporting the development and implementation of the global anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing standards, including through the FATF’s mutual evaluation program.

Prior to that, she headed the international division at the Australian anti-money laundering regulator and financial intelligence unit. From 1999 to 2002 Rachelle was a co-chair of the Asia Pacific Group (APG) on money laundering’s Underground Banking and Alternative Remittance Systems Working Group. She spent over 10 years in Australian law enforcement working on investigations, intelligence, co-ordination, policy and reform issues concerning money laundering and serious fraud.

Rachelle is a lawyer who also holds a degree in Science (Psychology) and a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration.