About

Head of EMEA Financial Crimes Compliance & MLRO / Global Head of Corporate Trust & Depositary Receipts Compliance 
Tony has 16 years of compliance experience across roles in the public and private sectors. He is currently the Head of EMEA Financial Crimes Compliance & MLRO at BNY, with responsibility for all aspects of the EMEA Financial Crimes Compliance framework, including AML, ABC, ATE, and Sanctions. He also has global compliance responsibility for BNY’s Corporate Trust and Depositary Receipts businesses. Tony is a member of the UK Finance Economic Crime Committee and is a former member of the JMLSG editorial panel.

In his prior role as Deputy Head of EMEA Financial Crimes Compliance and Deputy MLRO, Tony was responsible for AML policy, regulatory change, and advisory across EMEA. His previous experience includes compliance oversight of the Middle East & Africa for BNY, overseeing regional anti-bribery & corruption and data protection programmes, and working at the UK’s data protection regulator. 

Tony has a Bachelor’s Degree in History & Politics from the University of Nottingham, a Graduate Diploma in Law from BPP Law School, a Master’s in Law (LLM) from Northumbria University, and a Diploma in Financial Crimes Compliance.