Annalise Vineer originally commenced her career in insurance, dealing with complex fraud investigations and contentious claims. After qualifying as a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute and a Chartered Insurance Practitioner she embarked upon an MSc in Forensic Accounting which enabled her to transition into AML investigations in banking. She then moved to the Financial Conduct Authority, where she worked in Supervision, overseeing the behaviour and practices of a portfolio of firms. Having completed her MSc, she moved back into banking and joined her current employer HSBC, where she has held a number of different roles. She is currently employed as a Senior Manager within the Business Financial Crime Risk team. In 2018, she completed her ACAMS® qualification and in 2019 graduated as a Doctor of Criminal Justice, with a thesis entitled ‘The Awkward Question: An Examination of Questioning Techniques Used by Banks to Prevent Financial Crime’. Most recently she has also qualified as a Certified Global Sanctions Specialist.