Having worked in the financial services industry for more than thirty five years and specialising in financial crime compliance since the inception of the UK Money Laundering Regulations on 1 April 1994, Steve is recognised as one of the UK’s leading industry experts on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing issues and legislation/regulation.He is currently a Director of AML Analytics Limited which he co-founded from set-up in March 2011. The business was established after recognising the need for firms within the regulated sector to be able to demonstrate compliance with the global sanctions regime. AML Analytics are now recognised as the world leaders in the testing and analysis of automated sanctions and PEP screening solutions and transaction monitoring systems. Since inception products and services have been delivered to the leading financial institutions around the globe. AML Analytics is recognised globally and are the only company to have performed ‘Thematic Reviews' on behalf of Regulators around the world. Since foundation AMLA has grown organically into an international company with a current headcount of more than 100 staff with offices and employees in the UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, the USA, India, South America and Europe with further expansion planned in the Middle EastSteve previously held roles as the Director of Regulatory and Financial Crime Programmes at Wolters Kluwer Financial Services in London and Global Head of Money Laundering Prevention for Prudential plc. During his fifteen years at Prudential he successfully completed secondments to NCIS (now the National Crime Agency) and the National Terrorist FIU at New Scotland Yard. In 2001 Steve created and built the Institute of Money Laundering Prevention Officers (now trading as 'The Institute'), a nationally recognised cross representative forum made up of anti-money laundering specialists, an industry body dedicated to facilitating and furthering education and professional development. Steve acted as Chairman from 2001 to 2008 and Honorary President from 2008 to 2012. He is an experienced speaker on financial crime issues and has lectured at conferences throughout the UK, Western and Eastern Europe, Asia, Australia and the USA. As a result Steve is an exceptionally well networked individual within the financial crime prevention environment across financial institutions, professional services firms, regulators and law enforcement.