Chris Bagnall is a US-based anti-financial crimes professional who started his career in 2007. Chris holds a Bachelor and Master’s degree in Criminal Justice and holds the CAMS-FCI and CFE designations.

Chris has built and/or enhanced several AML/CFT, Economic Sanctions and Fraud Mitigation programs at US mid-size banks as well as programs that supported providing services in industries such as correspondent banking, money service businesses, third-party payment processing, prepaid cards, trade, and merchant acquiring.

Chris has been collaborating with a group of innovative financial crimes professionals on delivering advanced technology to change the paradigm of anti-financial crimes program innovation, risk mitigation, and intelligence sharing. Especially within the anti-human trafficking space.

Chris works closely with professional organizations, such as ACAMS, on certification development, webinars, and articles. Chris runs the ACAMS ‘Back to the Basics’ column.