
CONTRACTOR SERVICES
Trusted AML, KYC and quality assurance support for organisations that need proven, reliable expertise.
Effective compliance is not just about ticking boxes. It’s about protecting your business, strengthening client trust, and ensuring resilience against risk. That’s what I’ve been doing for the last 10 years – combining technical knowledge with real-world practicality.
See below for more information.
CV / RESUME
AI Financial Crime Testing & Evaluation
Mercor Intelligence, Data Annotation, Remote
2026
CDD Quality Control
Starling Bank, UK (remote)
November 2024 – February 2025
CDD / EDD Quality Control & Quality Assurance
Santander Group, UK (remote)
July 2021 – October 2024
KYC Subject Matter Expert
Deutsche Bank, Corp. & Inv. Banking, Birmingham (remote)
April 2020 – January 2021
Anti-Bribery & Corruption Investigations
Steele Compliance Solutions, Inc. (US/remote)
Nov 2019 – Sept 2021
KYC Specialist / Remediation
DWS Asset Management UK & US, Birmingham / Jacksonville
Jan 2018 – Nov 2019
KYC & QA Analyst
Deutsche Bank Asset Management UK, Birmingham
August 2016 – December 2017
Financial Crime Officer / Advisory
SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Ltd, London
September 2015 – April 2016
AML Compliance Analyst
JP Morgan & Co Private Bank, Bournemouth
April 2015 – September 2015
AML Analyst – Transaction Monitoring
Barclays Personal & Corporate Bank, Coventry
Nov 2014 – March 2015
On-boarding Analyst & Supervisor
HSBC Banking Operations, Coventry
January 2014 – November 2015
Head of Security & Surveillance
Grosvenor Casino, Coventry (full time)
January 2009 – September 2013
Key Skills
- Open Source Intelligence
- Anti-Money Laundering analysis
- Anti-Bribery & Corruption
- Enhanced Due Diligence
- Know Your Customer (KYC)
- Sanctions Exposure
- Risk Assessments
- Politically Exposed Persons
- Countering Terrorist Financing
- Transaction Monitoring
- Complex Structures
- Ultra High Net Worth Individuals
- Risk Based Approach
- Global Legal entity types
- Managing conflicting demands
- Policy & Procedure
- Stakeholder / SLA Management
- Investigation Experience
- Quality Control
- Quality Assurance
- FATCA / CRS
Software / Platforms
- World-Check
- Lexis Nexis
- Equifax
- BvD Orbis
- Salesforce
- Alacra
- Dow Jones Risk & Compliance
- PCR
- Fircosoft
- Google Search
- Fortent / Actimize / Sonar
Languages
English: native
French: intermediate
Russian: basic
Punjabi: advanced
Hindi: intermediate
Qualifications & Certifications
- University of Sussex
- Corruption & Governance PGDip (2024)
- Chartered Institute of Securities & Investments (CISI)
- Securities & Investments (2019)
- IntegrityMatters (2018)
- Combating Financial Crime (2018)
- University of St Andrews – Terrorist Financing (2017)
- ICA Specialist Certificate – Trade Based Money Laundering (2015)
- Certified Ethical Hacker CEHv8 (2015)
- Short Courses & CPD (2013-2021)
- Decentralized Finance Infrastructure
- Operationalising Ethics in AI
- AI Essentials / Advanced Prompt Engineering
- International Criminal Law
- Terrorism Studies
- Blockchain
- Trusts
- AML
- Sanctions
- Information Security
Business lines & Products
- Active
- Passive
- Private Equity
- Alternatives
- Real Estate
- Infrastructure
- Hedge Funds
- Liquidity Solutions / Money Market
- Global Micro Finance
- Private Banking