Kevin
West, CGSS, CFE
Kevin West is a Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mr West is in the Forensic & Litigation Consulting segment and is the Anti- Money Laundering & Compliance leader for the segment.
Kevin was previously a partner with KPMG Forensic (South Africa) heading up the AML and ABC service line for Africa. He worked for KPMG for 15 years. After leaving KPMG in 2013, Kevin was the Head of Financial Crime Compliance for Barclays Africa being responsible for approximately 12 countries on the continent. He held this role for 2 years. In 2015, Kevin joined the FirstRand Group to head up their Financial Crime Operations (including the Financial Crime Intelligence Unit). He performed this role as a consultant and recently joined FTI when his contract came to an end. During his career, Kevin has worked in various jurisdictions across the world, namely London, Dubai, Russia, US, and all Southern Africa countries.
Kevin has previously served on the Board of the ACFE South Africa Chapter, and was also the founding Board member of ACAMS® South Africa Chapter and the Institute of Commercial Forensic Practitioners (ICFP). He is also a Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS) with ACAMS.