Matthew D. Email & Phone Number

I am an enthusiastic and capable compliance professional with a keen interest in anti-money laundering. After working in collections for many years, I moved to London and became an Arrears and Litigation Specialist for a mortgage servicing company. My regulatory experience enabled me to join the compliance team as the company expanded, where I joined a small team of Compliance Specialists reporting to a Compliance Manager who in turn reports to the Director of Risk & Compliance and the Money Laundering Reporting Officer. In this varied role I undertook transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, compliance reporting, suspicious activity reporting and regulation gap analysis. Following an office relocation I joined international law firm Withers LLP as a Risk and Compliance Assistant. Primarily responsible for the AML policies and procedures of the firm, I was responsible for the identification and investigation of high risk or politically exposed clients, as well as the maintenance of the high risk database and ongoing monitoring of these clients. I was responsible for transaction and third party payment investigation, background checks. I was responsible for the drafting, publishing and implementation of new procedures and for AML and Anti-Bribery & Corruption training for new starters as well as firm wide regulatory training. I was responsible for the firms KYC procedures and provide oversight and sign off on client due diligence. In 2017 I was promoted to Risk and Compliance Officer, and have worked closer with the MLRO in managing projects that benefit and improve the R&C function. I maintain my previous responsibilities, but have been allocated assistants whom I direct and provide oversight for. I am familiar with regulations including the FCA Handbook, AML, CTF, Sanctions, JMLSG guidance notes, SRA AML practice notes, SRA Accounts Rules, CCA, DPA & TCF, as well as regulations in jurisdictions such as Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai.