Chris is a global financial services leader with extensive experience in several financial crime disciplines including anti-money laundering, KYC, sanctions, anti-human trafficking, and information sharing. He has led and built multiple financial crime programs within the U.S. mid-size and super-regional banking sector.
There has been transformative shift in the financial crime regulatory environment, including a greater focus on risk-based approaches that leverage collaboration, technology, and data/analytics. These innovations are paramount to fighting financial crime.
Technology plays a pivotal role in fighting financial crime. Often, practitioners view new technology as too similar to existing processes to make a difference, but embedding information sharing into monitoring and investigation is transformational.