Nick J. Maxwell

Associate Fellow; Director, NJM Research Ltd

Areas of expertise

Biography

Nick J. Maxwell is Head of the Future of Financial Intelligence Sharing (FFIS) research programme, within the RUSI Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies.

Nick is the founding Director of NJM Research, a consultancy focused on anti-money laundering issues and public-private collaboration.Prior to this role, Nick led the Research and Advocacy team at Transparency International UK and was appointed to lead Transparency International's global preparations for the London Anti-Corruption Summit in May 2016. Before being involved in civil society research, Nick was an Intelligence Liaison Officer providing anti-money laundering specialist advice to a NATO taskforce in Afghanistan. He received the Queen's Commendation for Valued Service for supporting cooperation between Afghan law enforcement, civilian and military agencies to disrupt financing of the insurgency. Nick's early career included managing the International Economics Programme at Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs) and leading the public policy function at the ICAEW.

Transatlantic Response to Illicit Finance Taskforce Member

Thoughts on the Taskforce:

The US and the UK are both engaged in significant policy reform effort and operational innovation in the fight against FinCrime - domestically we are seeing a lot of dynamism in those two countries... my hope is that this Taskforce can help support how the two countries can collaborate to bring that same dynamism to cross-border collaboration to address what is, of course, a cross-border problem of financial crime.