David Lewis

David Lewis is currently with Kroll, an independent risk and financial management firm, as the Managing Director and Global Head of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Advisory in the Forensic Investigations and Intelligence practice. Early in his career, David received his education at Portsmouth and Cranfield Universities. He then proceeded to work for the UK government as a Senior Policy Advisor where he was the head of AML Policy and the Illicit Finance Unit as well as a senior member of the Serious Organized Crime Agency, now the UK National Crime Agency.

In recent years before joining Kroll, David was the former Executive Secretary of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and a Senior Advisor to the G7 and G20 on AML and counter terrorist financing from 2015-22 where he assisted in bringing together the shared knowledge and expertise of governments and international organizations such as the United Nations, International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group, and more. A few honors of his include receiving the Inaugural Financial Crime Fighter Award in 2021 from the global coalition to fight financial crime as well as the ACAMS Public Service Award for his longstanding commitment to the global anti-financial crime community.