Helping clients protect and recover value through proactive cyber risk identification and management, and rapid action in response to a breach.
Helping clients to manage risk and regulatory compliance and respond to incidents of financial crime.
Uncover, analyse and clarify facts at the centre of disputes, frauds and other sensitive commercial matters.
Providing advisory and accelerated implementation services to the public and private sector.
Assists clients to grow, protect and recover value in their real estate portfolios.
Working with organisations to stabilise the business or to recover value on behalf of stakeholders.
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Executive Director | Financial Crime Melbourne
"Understanding and managing dynamic risk is key."
Richard is a pragmatic and insightful leader, with a broad career in financial crime prevention and detection.
Richard has over 30 years experience in financial crime regulation and investigation, including executive leadership roles with Australia’s AML/CTF regulator, AUSTRAC. He has led teams responsible for enforcement, supervision and education of a broad range of industry sectors, represented Australia at major international AML forums and has acted as a financial crime expert on Asia Pacific Group mutual evaluations of member countries.
He brings valuable experience that will assist businesses in meeting their financial crime challenges and preventing criminal exploitation.
Anti-Money Laundering & Counter-Terrorism Financing preventionFinancial CrimeEducation and uplift programs on ML/TF risk and complianceAML/CTF Compliance and Enforcement.
Bachelor of Economics, James Cook University of North QueenslandBachelor of Commerce, Deakin UniversityAnti-money laundering specialist, ACAMSAsia Pacific Group on money laundering mutual evaluation assessor.
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