Chris
Timmons
Director
Chris Timmons has 20 years of financial crime risk management experience. Drawing on his experience leading in-house AML and financial crime teams at top-tier banks, he advises on regulatory matters and investigations involving anti-money laundering, anti-bribery and corruption, and sanctions. With experience in Europe, Asia Pacific, the Americas, and the Middle East, Chris implements sustainable change to effectively manage financial crime risk.
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Chris brings a wealth of experience in engaging with regulators and regulatory expectations in enforcement situations, advising on acute financial crime risk matters and the broader control framework, and conducting financial crime related investigations. His experience has covered Europe, Asia, Australia, America, and the Middle East.
Before joining FRA, Chris’s career in financial services included roles such as:
- Lead change manager for the first implementation of an anti-money laundering (AML) framework in a leading Australian wealth manager
- Head of AML Systems and Investigations for a top-tier Australian financial group
- UK and Europe Head of AML for a leading global banking group with accountability for day-to-day financial crime risk management and for the regional efforts to implement a financial crime transformation program while under regulatory enforcement
- Head of Financial Crime Advisory for the commercial and wholesale banking divisions of a Nordic banking group
- Director in the Financial Crime Compliance team of a global bank, leading teams responsible for client intelligence, financial crime risk appetite, country risk framework and vendor enhanced due diligence report framework and vendor liaison
- Head of Financial Crime and Money Laundering Reporting Officer for the Swiss subsidiary of a Tier 1 banking group
- Cryptocurrency Exchange: Currently supporting a multi-year US compliance monitorship of a global cryptocurrency exchange.
- Iraqi Bank: Supporting the bank's counsel in assessing compliance infrastructure, implementation of compliance remediation measures, and completing a comprehensive rebuttal to a third-party integrity report alleging sanctions violations.
Biography
Chris Timmons has 20 years of financial crime risk management experience. Drawing on his experience leading in-house AML and financial crime teams at top-tier banks, he advises on regulatory matters and investigations involving anti-money laundering, anti-bribery and corruption, and sanctions. With experience in Europe, Asia Pacific, the Americas, and the Middle East, Chris implements sustainable change to effectively manage financial crime risk.
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