About Dr Stephen Strickland

Dr Stephen Strickland, within the fields of anti-money laundering, financial crime and crypto risk management Steve is recognised as one of the industries leading specialists. He holds a Doctorate in financial crime, is a Fellow of the International Compliance Association having completed a Professional Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Crime Compliance; he is also a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute having been awarded Chartered Manager status. Steve is an acclaimed public speaker on the global stage, he is currently Chief Compliance Officer for Copper and prior to this Chief Compliance Officer for Elements Group AG, an entrepreneurial FinTech platform specialising in crypto to fiat payment rails. Previously headed up Sotheby's Compliance & Business Integrity function as the Global Head of Financial Crime Compliance and MLRO. Steve was also lead for the design and build of the global crypto asset/exchange compliance controls. Prior to this Steve was the Head of Anti-Financial Crime for Deutsche Bank Operations International (Birmingham) holding a number of regional and global roles. Previously Head of Anti-Bribery and Corruption for Barclaycard. Prior to banking Steve held a senior police role with the office of the National Police Coordinator for Economic Crime. In addition, Steve held a number of portfolios including: Head of International Development, Project Lead for the development of Authorised Professional Practice for Fraud (APP) and Head of Training and Educational Services for the Economic Crime Academy, which he founded in Dec 2011. Dr Stephen Strickland was the Technical Coordinator responsible for delivery of the NFIB Intelligence hub ‘Know Fraud’ heading up the police ‘Technical Application Development’ and implementation teams. Prior to this Steve headed up a Fraud Engagement Team, providing advice, training, guidance and consultancy to UK police forces preparing for the roll out of Action Fraud, which he was responsible for designing.