Peter Drake is an independent Anti-Financial Crime consultant. He previously led the EMEA AML Compliance Risk Management team, for Citigroup’s Treasury and Trade Solutions and Commercial Bank. This included oversight of wholesale banking for high risk client groups such as Foreign Correspondent Banking and Digital/FinTech/Payment Intermediary relationships. Peter has advised many internal and external board-level stakeholders at leading financial institutions, had extensive interaction with clients and presented at various forums, developing and leading workshops, training sessions and presentations on a range of financial crime topics. Peter previously worked at Deloitte, joining in 1994, where he completed his ACA training in the Financial Services Assurance and Advisory department where he specialised in investment companies and funds. He joined Deloitte’s Forensic and Dispute Services practice in London in 1999 and was seconded to Prague to lead the Deloitte Forensic service line for Central Europe from January 2006 to August 2007. During this time, as a forensic accountant, Peter specialised in advisory and investigative work related to the prevention and detection of financial crime (fraud, corruption and money laundering), focusing particularly on the financial services sector. Peter has an MA in Social and Political Sciences from Cambridge University and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.
