I’m a Senior Financial Crime expert with a PhD in Political Science focusing especially on combating the financing of terrorism, risk and effectiveness.
Well-versed in both academic and professional (qualitative) research methodologies, I am a critical thinker, with strong analytical skills.
My research background (10+ years) has given me a unique and comprehensive insight in the ever-evolving financial crime landscape and the international efforts of public and private stakeholders to fight financial crime.
Contributing to risk and threat assessments for the company's Business Wide Risk Assessment and Threat Library solutions.
Conducting research into threats and risk indicators. Presenting the findings via workshops (Stockholm, London) and in three White Papers.
Member of the Supervisory Boards for the Dutch National Risk Assessment on CT (2019, 2022) & the Evaluation of the Dutch Counter Terrorism Strategy (2020).
Member of the Ethics Committee of the Transaction Monitoring partnership of ABN AMRO, ING, Rabobank and Triodos Bank (2022).
Providing independent research, training and advice on financial crime and AML-CFT policies for public and private clients.
Key areas of interest include: risk identification and mitigation, assessing effectiveness, public-private cooperation, the use of ethical AI and technology for AML/CFT, terrorism financing.
2-year CFT policy evaluation for Dutch Ministries of Finance and Justice.
Expert consultant for two AML/CFT studies for the European Commission.
In-house training and consulting for banks, compliance start-ups, money transfer services, trust companies, gambling sector, public sector...
Technical assistance commissioned by the Council of Europe for projects on regulating Virtual Asset Service Providers in Ukraine and Serbia.
Research and reporting on de-risking of Non-Profits and emerging tech (AI, ML) commissioned by the ECNL.
Conducting research on combating terrorism financing, with a particular interest in (1) risk-based approaches; smart technology/data-led solutions (2) compliance and the efforts and challenges of private actors.
Teaching courses on financial surveillance, terrorism financing and big data Sciences Po and the Catholic University of Lille.