Peter Brown

Peter is a highly experienced trainer and consultant, specialising in anti-money laundering, anti bribery and corruption, internal audit and regulatory compliance.  

Peter has over 40 years experience in financial services. His earlier career was within internal audit and compliance disciplines covering domestic, international and wholesale banking, as well as later working with two major investment management companies.  A move into consultancy work with a leading AML consultancy meant that this broad “hands on” experience then provided a good base for serving the consultant's clients through reviews of anti-money laundering policies and procedures, customer due diligence (CDD) audits and assistance in undertaking retrospective reviews to update CDD to current  standards.  For several years, Peter was also the “voice” of the JMLSG helpdesk and has also been MLRO in two investment management companies and for the London office of a Middle Eastern bank.

He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (through the  ifs School of Finance ) and a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) Prior to The Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC) (now The Financial Skills Partnership) ending it’s Accreditation scheme, Peter achieved “Approved Trainer” Accreditation. Peter is also a Freeman of The City of London.

As well as working in and with banks and investment management companies, Peter has gained AML knowledge and experience whilst undertaking consultancy work for finance and leasing companies, mortgage lenders, stockbrokers, accountants and lawyers.  Lecturing and training commitments have taken him across mainland Britain as well as to the Channel Islands and Isle of Man, and have included work undertaken for ACCA and the CISI.

Tim Brown

Tim trains staff on the various roles and requirements of the Compliance Officer as well as the rules and regulations which impact their role.

Tim has worked in the City of London since 1969 when he joined Williams Deacons Bank Limited (now The Royal Bank of Scotland).

Tim moved on to the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and progressed through various stages of banking experience including training as an Internal Auditor. In 1993 Tim left the banking side of the financial services industry and joined the Compliance and Internal Audit department of the Fund Management company INVESCO, the London arm of the listed company AMVESCAP.

Tim's time at INVESCO provided the foundations of his Compliance experience, covering both Retail and Institutional business, and in 1999 he joined Cogent Investment Operations Limited (Cogent) to set up its Compliance and Business Risk Department.

Tim specialises in training individuals on the roles and responsibilities of the compliance function. He holds the TAP “Foundation Certificate in Training Delivery Skills”.