Olivier Kraft
Associate Fellow; Technical Assistance Adviser with the International Monetary FundBiography
Olivier Kraft has contributed to global efforts against financial crime across the public, private and non-profit sectors. He is currently a Product Manager with SymphonyAI Sensa-NetReveal and a Technical Assistance Adviser with the International Monetary Fund.
His experience in the intergovernmental space includes supporting countries in the implementation of the UN Convention Against Corruption, advising the World Bank’s Sanctions Board on allegations of fraud, and assessing the effectiveness of national anti-money laundering systems.Â
Olivier specialises in the interactions between financial crime and new technologies. As a Research Fellow at RUSI, he designed and led the Financial Crime 2.0 programme and published the first comprehensive review of how governments can leverage advanced analytics for AML purposes. He subsequently led HSBC’s global intelligence assessment on virtual currencies and other new payment methods.
Olivier holds a Master’s degree in Law from University Panthéon-Sorbonne, as well as an MSc in Computational Statistics and Machine Learning from University College London.
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