Olivier Kraft
Associate Fellow
Olivier Kraft is a Manager in the Global Financial Crime Analysis unit in HSBC’s Financial Crime Threat Mitigation (FCTM) department. Using research and analytics, he identifies and assesses financial crime threats to HSBC and its customers with a view to supporting the Bank’s intelligence-led financial crime risk management.
Prior to joining HSBC in 2019, Olivier was a Research Fellow with RUSI’s Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies. In this role, he designed and led the Financial Crime 2.0 programme, informing public-private discussions on the use of data analytics for AML purposes as well as on the response to emerging financial crime threats.
Olivier was previously a member of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Secretariat, where he conducted reviews of countries' anti-money laundering/counter-terrorist financing efforts. He previously worked on international anti-corruption matters with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and with the World Bank Group.
Olivier’s areas of research include: virtual currencies, innovative payment methods, convergence of financial and cybercrime, international and national AML policies.
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