Pentagon Global Finance is a global professional services firm helping some of the fastest growing companies in the world work efficiently and differently whilst reducing risk and delivering value.

Andrew is our senior expert and advanced trainer on anti-money laundering, countering the financing of terrorism and counter proliferation financing. He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), a Certified Cryptocurrency Investigator (CCI) and a Doctoral Candidate at the United Nations’ University for Peace (UPEACE) researching the impact of Illicit Finance on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Following military service investigating war crimes, sanctions evasion, money laundering and terrorist financing and 4 years working on data collection and analytics in Washington DC, Andrew was Head of Financial Crime Threat Mitigation for HSBC Malta as the country head for financial crime investigations, analytics and intelligence.

He has also recently worked in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), the Channel Islands, the Balkans, Thailand and other EU countries focused on technical assistance for FATF mutual evaluations or major Financial Crime Compliance programmes.

Areas of Expertise

• – Financial Crime, Anti Money Laundering, KYC, Due Diligence Advisory
• – Complex AML and Crypto Currency Investigations & Remediation

Education

• – Masters in Intelligence & International Security, Kings College, London.
• – Doctoral Candidate in Conflict and Development at the United Nations University for Peace (UPEACE) focusing on the impact of Illicit Finance and Sustainable Development Goal 16 (SDG16).
• – BA (Hons) Modern History