EvalCore Advisors - Regional Expertise, Global Vision
EvalCore Advisors offers senior management consulting services and effective strategic and organizational solutions, directed at government entities, financial institutions, and designated non-financial businesses and professions. These solutions are designed to meet the needs of AML/CFT/CFP regional and international assessments, relying on regional expertise.
Through specialized expertise and our unique "Top-Down" approach, EvalCore Advisors enables its clients to achieve sustainable regulatory governance that ensures the desired outcomes in regional and international assessments.
Dr. Adel AlQulish, The Founder & MD
Dedicated anti-financial crime leader with over two decades of regional and global impact.
2004–2016: Founded and led MENAFATF Secretariat in Bahrain across three terms; built teams, coordinated member countries on AML/CFT, oversaw mutual evaluations, delivered tailored training, and secured FATF associate membership. Headed MENAFATF delegations to FATF; partnered with World Bank, IMF, and UN for joint assessor training. Awarded Union of Arab Banks "Achievement Award" (2016).
2017–2025: Led Saudi delegations to FATF and MENAFATF; secured full FATF membership (2018) via technical team leadership, chaired MENAFATF NRA Committee (2017–2019) and co-chaired Mutual Evaluation Working Group (2019–2025). Active in local/regional/international working groups driving AML reforms.
His research investigates how perceptions of money laundering (ML) risk influence the effectiveness of anti-money laundering (AML) measures. Through extensive mixed-method research.