Stephen
Dennison
Stephen Dennison manages the sanctions, geopolitics and trade portfolios on the U.S. Financial Crime Analysis team, as part of HSBC’s Compliance function. He joined HSBC in 2018 and conducts proactive intelligence analysis on emerging and evolving financial crime threats, fusing bank and commercially available data with open source research.
Before joining HSBC, he worked for ten years in a variety of intelligence roles at the UK Ministry of Defence, with a focus on counterterrorism investigations and the disruption of terrorist networks. He also worked on the implementation of cutting-edge government intelligence IT systems and the formulation of associated changes to departmental working practices and policies. Stephen earned a Bachelor’s degree in History from University College London in 2004, and a Master’s degree in International Relations Theory from the London School of Economics in 2012.