Bio

Awards: Money 2020 ''One to Watch” “Industry Contributor of the year” - Commendation at EP Awards “De-risking and Financial Inclusion Innovator” - Award by Pan Finance Industry Representations: Advisory Board member - Payments Association Co-Chair Interbank Payments Policy Committee (IPPC) - UK Finance ExCo member – AFEP Designations: SMF17 (Current) SMF16 (Pending) LL.B.(Hons) Prof. Postgrad Diploma (Governance, Risk, Compliance) Fellow of the International Compliance Association I am the UK Head of Compliance and MLRO (SMF17) at Banking Circle, and a regular speaker at industry events. I started my career with the RAF before moving into financial services and have more than 19 years’ experience in Corporate Banking and FinTech, having previously worked for Citi, Barclays, JP Morgan, Ebury and Currency Solutions. I sit on the executive committee for the Association of Foreign Exchange & Payments Companies (AFEP), am the lead for the Emerging Payments Association (EPA) Project Banking Access, and am a Fellow of the International Compliance Association (FICA).