PIRES PINTO Francois, Administration de l'Enregistrement des Domaines et de la TVA (AED)

François Pires Pinto has been appointed as Deputy Head of the AED's Financial Crime Department on 1 January 2020. He is primarily responsible for the strategic and operational development of the AED's AML/CFT supervision mission, more specifically the management of the risk-based approach relating to all sectors falling within the AED's scope of supervision, both for Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions (DNFBP's) and Unregulated Financial Vehicles. François also represents the AED on the National Prevention Committee (AML/CFT), as well as in various sub-working groups.

He began his career at the AED in 2003 in the Subscription Tax Department, moving on to the VAT Debt Collection Department, where he was Head of Department for 7 years. He represented the AED as debt management expert in the European Commission's Fiscalis Program (Tax collection and mutual recovery assistance) and in the Area Group on Debt Management of the Intra- European Organisation of Tax Administrations (IOTA).

In 2015, he was promoted to AML/CFT inspector in the AED's Anti-Fraud Department, specializing in on-site inspections of TCSP’s and accountants falling within the AED's scope of supervision. His move to the strategic level of the AML/CFT mission within the AED's Financial Crime Department took place in 2019.