With more than 20 years of professional experience, Mr. Hames has established fraud risk functions, developed alliance partners across the financial crime technology landscape, and led commercial due diligence, forensics, AML, know your customer, and asset tracing assignments.

Mr. Hames’ notable assignments include the investigation of 300+ entities and individuals in relation to a multibillion-euro “mirror trading” scheme and a global review of a large European bank’s engagement with high-risk individuals. He has worked with clients across various industries, including defense, finance, gaming, oil and gas, and telecoms.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Hames spent seven years with Capgemini (previously Exiger) in London, where he most recently served as Vice President and Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) Advisory Head. In this role, he was responsible for the expansion of FCC services in the UK and key European markets. Prior to his role at Capgemini, Mr. Hames was a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank, where he established the Global Business Intelligence Unit within the Anti-Financial Crime function. This team was responsible for enhanced due diligence with respect to the bank’s highest-risk clients.

Mr. Hames earned a bachelor’s degree in modern European languages from Durham University, UK. He is fluent in English and Spanish and has intermediate capabilities in Portuguese and French.