Luke Swallow

Luke is an Associate in the Forensic Technology team, based in FRA’s London office. He has five years' experience in the banking sector, specialising in the use of data analysis, data visualisation, and anomaly detection to prevent retail banking fraud and money laundering.​

Luke's recent experience at FRA includes:​

• Creating and refining complex financial models in support of a £500m audit negligence claim against a Big Four company​
• Executing data analytics processes to support an investigation into alleged breaches of UK export control regulations by a multinational company, requiring the use of existing tools alongside bespoke SQL queries and Python scripts​
• Developing a series of standardised dashboards to offer quick, reliable, and actionable insights on accounting data​

Prior to joining FRA, Luke most recently worked in Fraud and Financial Crime Prevention at a major UK bank. His work involved analysing large volumes of transactions and identifying trends associated with fraudulent behaviour with the aim of preventing the highest value of fraudulent payments possible whilst minimising genuine customer impact.​

Luke also has a strong grasp of governance, risk, and controls through his experience as an Internal Auditor. He has audited both operational risk functions and first-line functions in investment banking, where he collated and summarised information used in reports for the US Federal Reserve.​

Luke holds a First Class Master’s in Mathematics from the University of Leeds. He also holds the Power BI Data Analyst Associate certification from Microsoft.