David Lewis

David Lewis is an experienced organisational leader and trusted advisor to CEOs and government ministers on financial crime risk and effective implementation of global standards. Until 2022 he was Executive Secretary of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and G20 Deputy, responsible for bringing to bear the combined expertise of governments around the world to fight money laundering, the financing of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Earlier in his career, David served as senior policy advisor and head of anti-money laundering policy at HM Treasury. He was previously a senior member of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (now the UK National Crime Agency), responsible for the agency’s intelligence sharing relationships with the private sector.

David received the inaugural Financial Crime Fighter of the Year Award from the Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime for his outstanding leadership in the field of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing, and ACAMS Public Service Award for long-standing commitment to the anti-financial crime community. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a member of the board of global non-profit organisation Lawyers Without Borders. David holds a BA (Hons) from the University of Portsmouth and an MSc from Cranfield University.