Seconded to HSBC Mexico S.A from London in January 2012 as Regional Head of SFR with responsibility for Financial Crime (AML, Fraud, Sanctions) Investigations, Business Intelligence, Fraud Prevention, Business Continuity Management, Physical Security, SFR Programme Management and Information Security. Multi-country remit with over 500 staff. Budgetary responsibility of USD34million. Supporting a staff population in excess of 30,000 across the Global Banking and Markets, Commercial Banking, Retail Banking, Asset Management, Insurance and Private Banking operations.I was a senior member of the Global Standards Steering Committee and a project sponsor for the program of remediation to upgrade the monitoring and alerting capabilities of the disparate financial crime systems and advised on the requirements and how to best achieve a holistic financial intelligence platform that encompassed Sanction screening, AML and Fraud monitoring and alerting.My role required me to act in partnership with international organisations, security and regulatory bodies in US, UK, Mexico, Panama, Colombia on sanctions compliance. I have built instrumental relationships across the enforcement and regulatory agencies in the UK and US overseas. The bodies and agencies I worked with, amongst others, include: Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), US State Department, US Dept of Treasury, US Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and UK FCO. A number of the cases we worked were at the behest of the US, UK and Mexican authorities and assisted these authorities with their live investigations. Many of these cases involved investigating suspect cross border transactions and tracing the flow and the individuals and companies involved. These investigations led us to cases involving money exchange houses, casinos, nightclubs, Hawala exchanges as well as traditional electronic transfers using various front companies and associated persons.

I led a team that provided threat and security risk management consultancy services to clients across the Middle East. These services range from asset protection and operational risk assessments to crisis management, emergency response and evacuation planning, security benchmarking and auditing and the provision of technical security solutions. In addition to providing operational security services, I worked with architects, designers, and fire and life safety consultants to assess the risks to developments ranging from small scale residential units to large scale mixed use or commercial developments for tens of thousands of occupants. I led the Dubai Holding Continuity of Business project team and worked with Dubai Holding Business Excellence, Group Security and Enterprise Risk Management groups. I delivered risk management services, crisis management planning and business continuity planning (based on the international standards such as ASNZ4360 and BS25999) to Jumeirah, The Executive Office, Tecom, Dubai Group, Dubai International Capital, Dubai Properties and Sama Dubai.

I was lead Middle East consultant for the Crisis and Security Management group of Control Risks. In February 2005 I established the Control Risks regional office in Dubai with UAE Country Manager. I was primarily responsible for the delivery of all consultancy services across many sectors in 14 countries across the Middle East. This range of services included Strategic Security Consultancy, Development and Implementation, ISO 17799 Auditing and Benchmarking, Technical Engineering, Terrorist Damage Assessment, Training, Technical Security, IT Security, Business Continuity, Event Security and Executive Protection.

Responsible for all aspects of IT and Physical Security for the online trading arm of Commerzbank AG.

Senior security consultant for Boutique Financial Services consultancy