With more than 30 years of professional experience, Mr. Hicks has led numerous high-profile and regulator-driven investigations, advised financial institutions and central banks on fraud and financial crime risk, and delivered large-scale remediation and transformation programs.

Mr. Hicks’ experience includes advising a G20 central bank on fraud risk supervision covering strategy development, controls framework design, and supervisory implementation. He also advised major banks on financial crime governance, financial crime risk management frameworks, and the development of anti-financial crime target operating models. Mr. Hicks has led know-your-customer (KYC) and financial crime remediation engagements across private banking, shipping and retail banking, and corporate banking, including small and medium-sized enterprises.

Most notably, Mr. Hicks was responsible for advising a major European bank on financial crime cost reduction initiatives, with a specific focus on KYC transformation. He has worked with clients across the financial services industry, including global, European, and UK-based banks and regulators.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Hicks spent more than 15 years with KPMG, where he held various senior leadership roles including Global Head of Forensic, overseeing a team of approximately 4,000 professionals. At KPMG, he led strategic transformation initiatives, complex investigations, and cross-border regulatory engagements for clients worldwide.

Mr. Hicks earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Exeter. He is a qualified accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICEAW).