Simon
Ward
Senior Manager
KPMG
Simon is a Senior Manager in KPMG UK’s Forensic Risk Consulting practice. He has extensive experience working on financial crime issues in the private sector and at senior levels in both the UK and Australian governments. He has designed and implemented AML and sanctions regulatory frameworks and advised clients on complex policy requirements and implementation issues.
During his time in the public sector, Simon worked as part of HM Treasury’s financial sanctions policy unit and was a senior member of both the Australian and UK delegations to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). While at HM Treasury, Simon also led the initial phases of the UK's first-ever national risk assessment on proliferation financing.